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form y separately published work icon Ablaze single work   film/TV  
Issue Details: First known date: 2021... 2021 Ablaze
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'Ablaze tells of Bill Onus, a Yorta Yorta/Wiradjuri man from Victoria, a truly heroic cultural and political figure who revived his peopleʼs culture in the 1940s and ignited a civil rights movement that would, against enormous odds, change the course of history.

'Through rare archival footage, state-of-the-art animation, vividly created digital motion graphics and eye-witness accounts, Ablaze is the compelling tale – part detective story, part contemporary opera – of how Bill and supporters brilliantly orchestrated their campaign for equality through performance, entertainment, film  and sheer audacity outsmarted mighty forces seeking to destroy Indigenous cultures, languages, and communities.

'Ablaze is an enlightening film for today’s turbulent times.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

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      image of person or book cover 7000772064341960624.png
      Screen cap from promotional trailer.
      Extent: 81min.p.

Awards

2021 winner AWGIE Awards Documentary Public Broadcast or Exhibition
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