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Shellie Morris Shellie Morris i(6930054 works by)
Gender: Female
Heritage: Aboriginal
(Storyteller) assertion
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BiographyHistory

'Shellie Morris a Indigenous woman, and signer/songwriter who mixes contemporary folk music and acoustic ballads. Morris was raised in Sydney, but in the 1990s moved to Darwin, Northern Territory to find her Indigenous family.

'In 2001, Morris toured with Yothu Yindi, and had also performed with Neil Murray from the Warumpi Band. In 2004 and 2005 Northern Territory Indigenous Music Awards, she was named the best female musician. Morris has also worked with Aboriginal communities and youth throughout Australian, helping Aboriginal people to write music about their stories and experiences. And, is an ambassador for the Fred Hollows Foundation, and for The Jimmy Little Foundation.' (Source: Wikipedia)

Most Referenced Works

Personal Awards

2014 winner National NAIDOC Awards Artist of the Year
2014 winner Australian of the Year NT Australian of the Year
2012 winner National Indigenous Music Awards Traditional Music Award of the Year and the Borroloola Songwomen

Awards for Works

form y separately published work icon Prison Songs ( dir. Kelrick Martin ) 2015 8225358 2015 single work film/TV

'Prison Songs is billed as “Australia’s first musical documentary’ where the subjects express themselves through songs written by Casey Bennetto and Indigenous singer/songwriter Shellie Morris.'

It is captivating, heartbreaking, uplifting and unique.

'Watching prisoners singing and dancing in the unforgiving surrounds of the prison walls is inspiring stuff. Most of the male and female inmates are Indigenous, adding a poignancy to the documentary. The proportion of domestic violence, alcoholism and addiction in their stories is high.'

'Inmates break into hip hop, blues, country, reggae and gospel tunes as they sing about their backgrounds and their daily toil. There are solos, duos and group numbers performed in cells, workyards, laundries -musically giving us access to the personalities behind the prison cases.' (Source: TV Tonight website)

2015 winner Australian Teachers of Media Awards Best Indigenous Resource
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