Deadly Family Portraits - ABC

South Australia, 2018-2019

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are warned that the following program may contain images and voices of deceased persons.

Change Media supported three emerging Aboriginal producer and director teams to create a three part mini series for ABC iView. Carl Kuddell worked with the teams as a consultant producer across the series, and Change Media offered its services as a post production house.

Electric Mimili. Screenshot from the documentary. ©2019 Sequioa Productions

Deadly Family Portraits, a new production initiative to celebrate and showcase the depth of artistic talent among Aboriginal families and emerging Aboriginal filmmakers was launched today by the South Australian Film Corporation (SAFC), ABC Arts iView and Arts South Australia.

The Deadly Family Portraits series presents the compelling stories of three outstanding Aboriginal families, the Sansburys, the Crombies and the Fieldings, where artistic talent continues across the generations. Each episode have been produced by an Aboriginal filmmaking team to create an intriguing conversation between artist and filmmaker; as they reflect upon identity, culture, life, art, country and family. Each film premiered on ABC iView Arts in 2019.

Crombie Crew. Screenshot from the documentary. ©2019 Gina Rings

Credits

Directors - Pearl Berry, Isaac Wilson, Edoardo Crismani

Producers - Lilla Berry, Sierra Schrader, Gina Rings

Consultant Series Producer - Carl Kuddell

Editors - Emma McGavisk and Johanis Lyons-Reid

Colorist - David Tang

DOPs - Johanis Lyons-Reid, Allan Collins, David Roberts

Sound mix - Carlos Manrique Clavijo

SAFC - Nara Wilson and Amanda Duthie

ABC Executive Producers - Lin Jie Kong and Sally Chesher

Partners:

Deadly Family Portraits is an initiative of South Australian Film Corporation, Arts South Australia and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

Supported by TARNANTHI Art Gallery of South Australia, Mimili Maku Arts, Tandanya Arts Centre, Electric Fields

Ngarrindjeri Shorts 1 - ABC

Everything is Connected - Ngarrindjeri Shorts 1 - ABC iView - 2016 January - SA

Advice: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are advised that this website and videos links contains images and voices of people who have died.

For Ngarrindjeri, everything is connected. Join their elders Ellen Trevorrow and Major Sumner on country as they share stories of art, culture and survival. We collaborated with Ngarrindjeri to create a beautiful web series for the inaugural Ngarrindjeri Culture Hub, linking Ngarrindjeri art, culture and country.

The Ngarrindjeri weaving, dancing and wood-carving videos showcase Ngarrindjeri culture and invite people to visit and participate in cultural activities at Camp Coorong. They were created during a series of multi-arts and capacity-building workshops with Ngarrindjeri communities in 2016.

The 4x 7min series is available on ABC’s iView arts channel under the title ‘Ngarrindjeri Shorts’. Click on the images below to watch all four episodes.

We Are Ngarrindjeri - Everything Is Connected

Ngarrindjeri Weaving - Everything Is Connected

Ngarrindjeri Carving - Everything Is Connected

Ngarrindjeri Dance - Everything Is Connected

FInd 30sec trailers for Everything is Connected here:

Everything Is Connected - Ngarrindjeri Dance - 30 sec Trailer - PLAY FILM

Everything Is Connected - Ngarrindjeri Weaving - 30 sec Trailer - PLAY FILM

Everything Is Connected - Ngarrindjeri Carving - 30 sec Trailer - PLAY FILM

Click here for Ngarrindjeri Shorts season 2 - Ngarrindjeri Speaking for SeaCountry.

News flash - Thursday May 19th, 2016:

Everything Is Connected has been nominated for the Official Selection of the International Melbourne WebFest 2016! We are also nominated for Best Non-Fiction [Australia] and Best Cinematography [International]!!!

The series also was nominated for the 2016 SA Screen Awards and will screen on ABC iView in July 2016. And we can now announce that we have received funding from the Australia Council for the Arts for a Ngarrindjeri Culture Hub, which will include another web series featuring Ngarrindjeri artists and cultural stories.

Big congrats to our team both at Ngarrindjeri and Change Media - and a huge thanks to everyone involved and our partners and friends for all your support!

Together with our community partners, the Ngarrindjeri Regional Authority and the Ngarrindjeri Land and Progress Association, we delivered a series of multi-arts community engagement and capacity-building workshops in 2015-2016, to transmit Ngarrindjeri culture to young leaders and simultaneously created three new digital media works: Ngarrindjeri Carving with Elder Major Sumner and community members, Ngarrindjeri Dancing with Tal Kin Jeri dance group, and Ngarrindjeri Weaving with Elder Auntie Ellen Trevorrow and community members.

The inter-generational cultural exchange during the workshops, masterclasses and co-creative productions supported core elements of Ngarrindjeri cultural and arts activities.

The artworks, artifacts and a series of engaging cinema quality multimedia artworks are now being used by Ngarrindjeri to communicate culture and connection to country to the wider community.

Production credits

Producers: Carl Kuddell

Series Director: Jennifer Lyons-Reid  

Director: Johanis Lyons-Reid

Developed by: Clyde Rigney Jnr, Luke Trevorrow and Laurie Rankine Jnr, Jennifer Lyons-Reid, Carl Kuddell and Johanis Lyons-Reid, in consultation with the Ngarrindjeri Regional Authority and Ngarrindjeri Land and Progress Association

Production management: Luke Trevorrow, Laurie Rankine Jnr

Director of Photography: Johanis Lyons-Reid

Assistant Camera: Laurie Rankine Jnr, Owen Love

Editor & Post-Production: Johanis Lyons-Reid

Sound recording: Carl Kuddell, Laurie Rankine Jnr 

Participants and contributors include

Auntie Ellen Trevorrow

Uncle Major Moogy Sumner

Ngarrindjeri community members

Alice Abdulla

Edith Carter

Latoya Love

Harmony Love

Bessie Rigney

Cheyenne Carter

Thomas Trevorrow

Tal Kin Jeri dancers

Loretta Sumner

Krissa Sumner

Major Sumner

Stacia Sumner

Lianna Sumner

Tyrone Lindsay

Jordon Karpany

Damien Wanganeen

Ryan Knowles

Ngarrindjeri Regional Authority team

Clyde Rigney Jnr

Luke Trevorrow

Laurie Rankine Jnr

Owen Love

Supported by:

Australia Council for the Arts

Arts SA

Change Media

Ngarrindjeri Land and Progress Association

Ngarrindjeri Regional Authority

Natural Resources Management Board SA Murray Darling Basin

The Rural City of Murray Bridge

Alexandrina Council

This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body, and the South Australian Government through Arts SA.