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Issue Details: First known date: 2007... 2007 Dreaming in Motion : Celebrating Australia's Indigenous Filmmakers
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'Dreaming in Motion celebrates the achievements over more than a decade of Australia's Indigenous filmmakers and the role played in their collective success by the Indigenous Branch of the Australian Film Commission. Filmmaker entries include personal statements, biographies, filmographies, lists of festival screenings and awasrds, and accounts of acclaimed films.' - From section of folded front cover.

Contents

* Contents derived from the Sydney, New South Wales,:Australian Film Commission , 2007 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Revolutions: The AFC Indigenous Branch, Sally Riley , single work criticism (p. [1]-6)
Indigenous Screen Culture : A Personal Experience, Lester Bostock , single work criticism
This article 'is an editied version of a paper delivered by lester Bostock at the 2003 Australian International Documentary Conference held in Byron Bay in northern New South Wales.' (Source: Dreaming in Motion: Celebrating Autsralia's Indigenous Filmmakers: p[5])
(p. [5]-11)
Lester Bostock, Australian Film Commission , single work biography (p. 12)
Australian Indigenous Film : A Community of Makers, Australian Film Commission , single work criticism
'The components of the Indigenous film culture ... sketched here [are] from the 1980s to the present have looped together through networks, collaborations and partnerships to breed a generation of filmmakers strongly adapted to the demands of productions and with the capacity to work hands-on across a number of forms and media.' (Source: Australia Film Commission, 'Dreaming in Motion: Celebrating Australia's Indigenous Filmmakers', p.20)
(p. [13]-20)
Wayne Blair, Australian Film Commission , single work non-fiction (p. 22-23)
Wayne Jowandi Barker, Australian Film Commission , single work non-fiction
Contains Wayne Jowandi Baker's short biography, his filmography, details on the film: Strike Your Heart, and a small commentary by Baker on filmmaking.
(p. 24)
Nicholas Boseley, Australian Film Commission , single work non-fiction
Contains Nicholas Boseley's filmography, details on the film: Shit Skin, and a small commentary by Boseley on filmmaking.
(p. 25)
Beck Cole, Australian Film Commission , single work non-fiction
Contains Beck Cole's short film biography, her filmography, details on the films: Plains Empty and Wirriya - Small Boy, and a small commentary by Cole on filmmaking.
(p. 26-27)
Priscilla Collins, Australian Film Commission , single work non-fiction
Contains Priscilla Collins' short film biography, her filmography, and a small commentary by Collins on filmmaking.
(p. 28)
Pauline Clague, Australian Film Commission , single work non-fiction
Contains Pauline Clague's short film biography, her filmography, and a small commentary by Clague on filmmaking.
(p. 29)
Allan Collins, Australian Film Commission , single work non-fiction
Contains Allan Collin's short film biography, his filmography, details on the film: Dhakiyarr vs the King, and a small commentary by Collins on filmmaking.
(p. 30-31)
Darren Dale, Australian Film Commission , single work non-fiction
Contains Darren Dale's short film biography, his filmography, and a small commentary by Blair on filmmaking.
(p. 32)
Richard Frankland, Australian Film Commission , single work non-fiction
Contains Richard Frankland's short film biography, his filmography, details on the films: Harry's War and No Way to Forget, and a small commentary by Frankland on filmmaking.
(p. 33-35)
Erica Glynn, Australian Film Commission , single work non-fiction
Contains Erica Glynn's short biography, his filmography, details on the films: Ngangkari and My Bed Your Bed, and a small commentary by Glynn on filmmaking.
(p. 36-37)
Darlene Johnson, Australian Film Commission , single work non-fiction (p. 38-39)
Lawrence Johnston, Australian Film Commission , single work non-fiction
Contains Lawrence Johnston's short film biography, his filmography, details on the film: Eternity, and a small commentary by Lawrence on filmmaking.
(p. 40-41)
Francis Jupurrula Kelly, Australian Film Commission , single work non-fiction
Contains Fancis Jupurrula Kelly's short biography, his filmography, details on the documentary: Bush Mechanics, and a small commentary by Kelly on filmmaking.
(p. 42)
Eric Murray Lui, Australian Film Commission , single work non-fiction
Contains Eric Murray Lui's short biography, his filmography, and a small commentary by Baker on filmmaking.
(p. 43)
Catriona McKenzie, Australian Film Commission , single work non-fiction
Contains Catriona McKenzie's short film biography, her filmography, details on the films: Road and Mr Patterns, and a small commentary by McKenzie on filmmaking.
(p. 44-45)
Danielle Maclean, Australian Film Commission , single work non-fiction
Contains Danielle MacLean's short film biography, her filmography, details on the films: My Colour, Your Kind and Queen of Hearts, and a small commentary by MacLean on filmmaking.
(p. 46-47)

Includes

form y separately published work icon From Sand to Celluloid Australian Film Commission. Indigenous Branch , Film Australia (publisher), SBS (publisher), Canberra Australia Lindfield : Australian Film Commission SBS Television Film Australia , 1996 Z1583394 1996 series - publisher film/TV (taught in 3 units)

An initiative of the Indigenous Branch of the Australian Film Commission (AFC), From Sand to Celluloid comprises six films that have been packaged and distributed by Australian Film Institute Distribution (AFID) and Film Australia. The initial conception for the series came from the Indigenous Drama Initiative, set in 1994 with the express intention of advancing the development and production of films created by Indigenous Australians and increasing their participation in all areas of the film and television industry. The first project initiated was the development and production of six ten-minute dramas for television. Expressions of interest were called for from Indigenous Australians nationally. The ten applicants chosen (from forty seven) attended a visual storytelling workshop held in Melbourne in 1995. The Initiative utilised the assistance of all the state film assistance agencies and a pre-sale from SBS with an agreement to broadcast on SBS in July 1996, as well as the full participation of Film Australia through its funding of one of the productions. Five projects were further selected to go into production, along with Sally Riley's film Fly Peewee Fly (produced by Film Australia), and were delivered to the AFC on 30 March, 1996. Indigenous Australians were employed in both cast and crew positions.

In order to encourage a wider recognition and appreciation of the work of Indigenous Australians, the AFC supported the national distribution and exhibition of the films through the Australian Film Institute Distribution (AFID). AFID distributed the films as a package under the title of From Sand to Celluloid and the films screened at twenty-four locations, from as far afield as Cooper Pedy in South Australia to Broome in Western Australia, and were attended by a total of approximately 7,200 people.

As a unified collection, the films offer more than a two-dimensional victim-oppressor approach. They challenge viewers at all levels: as fellow citizens, as parents, as observers, and as fellow members of Indigenous communities. From Sand to Celluloid challenges viewers with many uncomfortable aspects of Australia's too-recent history. These include the active discrimination practised against Indigenous people in public places such as swimming pools and cinemas in country towns around Australia and the 'stolen generation': children taken away without their parents' consent and placed into homes or in white foster homes, with devastating effect on them and their families. The series is an essential resource for Indigenous studies, Australian history film studies, English legal studies, human relationship courses, and social studies.

[Source: Australian Film Commission, http://www.afc.gov.au/archive/annrep/ar95_96/indig.html]

form y separately published work icon Shifting Sands Australian Film Commission. Indigenous Branch (publisher), 1998 Z1587387 1998 series - publisher film/TV 'Films developed and produced in association with the Indigenous Branch of the Australian Film Commission.' (Source: Dreaming in Motion: Celebrating Australia's Indigenous Filmmakers, 2007, p68)
form y separately published work icon On Wheels Australian Film Commission. Indigenous Branch (publisher), 2000 Z1589273 2000 series - publisher film/TV 'Films developed and produced in association with the Indigenous Branch of the Australian Film Commission.' (Source: Dreaming in Motion: Celebrating Australia's Indigenous Filmmakers, 2007, p68)
form y separately published work icon Dreaming in Motion Australian Film Commission. Indigenous Branch (publisher), Australian Film Commission. Indigenous Branch , 2002 Z1589346 2002 series - publisher film/TV 'Films developed and produced in association with the Indigenous Branch of the Australian Film Commission.' (Source: Dreaming in Motion: Celebrating Australia's Indigenous Filmmakers, 2007, p68)
form y separately published work icon Dramatically Black Australian Film Commission. Indigenous Branch (publisher), Australian Film Commission. Indigenous Branch , 2005 Z1589362 2005 series - publisher film/TV 'Films developed and produced in association with the Indigenous Branch of the Australian Film Commission.' (Source: Dreaming in Motion: Celebrating Australia's Indigenous Filmmakers, 2007, p68)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Works about this Work

Celebrating Our Best 2007 single work column
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 23 May no. 401 2007; (p. 46)
Dreaming in Motion : Five Films from Five New Filmmakers Felicity Collins , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: Senses of Cinema , July-August no. 27 2003;

— Review of Dreaming in Motion : Celebrating Australia's Indigenous Filmmakers Australian Film Commission , 2007 reference non-fiction
Dreaming in Motion : Five Films from Five New Filmmakers Felicity Collins , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: Senses of Cinema , July-August no. 27 2003;

— Review of Dreaming in Motion : Celebrating Australia's Indigenous Filmmakers Australian Film Commission , 2007 reference non-fiction
Celebrating Our Best 2007 single work column
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 23 May no. 401 2007; (p. 46)
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