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Shellie Morris Shellie Morris i(6930054 works by)
Gender: Female
Heritage: Aboriginal
(Storyteller) assertion
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1 1 y separately published work icon Prison Songs - The Musical Shellie Morris , Casey Bennetto , Jo Turner (director), 2015 2015 8854917 2015 single work musical theatre

This musical is based on the documentary Prison Songs about the lives of 'Berrimah Hilton' inmates.
1 4 form y separately published work icon Prison Songs Shellie Morris , Casey Bennetto (composer), Kelrick Martin (director), ( 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)
1 y separately published work icon Ngayu Bayakarda Bardarda : Borroloola I Am a Small Baby : Borroloola Thelma Diten , Shellie Morris , 2012 Darwin : Northern Territory Library , 2012 9601477 2012 picture book lyric/song children's

A collection of songs sung in the Aboriginal Garawa language.
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