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A documentary detailing efforts to remove the word 'nigger' from a Toowoomba stadium sign, E.S. Nigger Brown stand, in southern Queensland. The sign was erected in 1960 to honour Toowoomba's first rugby league international Edward Stanley Brown.
'Nigger Lovers documents Stephen Hagan’s fight for the sign to be taken down. He discovered the sign in the late 1990s when he took his family to a rugby league game. Being the Aboriginal activist he is he decided to take action.'
'Stephen Hagan’s fight makes an interesting story. In 1999 the Toowoomba Sportsground Trust politely declined his request to take the sign down. In 2002 the High Court ruled that the sign could stay. In 2003 the United Nations found that the offensive name should be changed, however, Australian authorities simply ignored the ruling.'
'Nigger Lovers is not only a story of enormous strength, of determination and persistence, it’s also a story of a man being challenged to his limits, receiving death threats and bringing his family close to bankruptcy.' (Source: Creativespirits website)
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The film premiered at the Message Sticks Indigenous Film Festival, Sydney Opera House in May 2007.
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A Week Is A Long Time In Politics
Stephen Hagan
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2008
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— Appears in: Koori Mail , 8 October no. 436 2008; (p. 21) 'I'm not talking about any particular building, but more specifically a structure that has impacted significantly on my life and that of my family for the past nine years.' (Stephen Hagan, Koori Mail 8/10/2008) -
Congratulations To The Hagans
2007
single work
correspondence
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 5 December no. 415 2007; (p. 25) 'A huge round of applause for Rhonda and Stephen Hagan's recent triumph at the independent Insiders Film Award on the Gold Coast.' (R.G. Lipscombe) -
Film Awards Reveal Talent
2007
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— Appears in: Koori Mail , 5 December no. 415 2007; (p. 22) -
Hagan's N-Word Victory
2007
single work
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— Appears in: Koori Mail , 1 August no. 406 2007; (p. 3)
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Hagan's N-Word Victory
2007
single work
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— Appears in: Koori Mail , 1 August no. 406 2007; (p. 3) -
Film Awards Reveal Talent
2007
single work
column
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 5 December no. 415 2007; (p. 22) -
Congratulations To The Hagans
2007
single work
correspondence
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 5 December no. 415 2007; (p. 25) 'A huge round of applause for Rhonda and Stephen Hagan's recent triumph at the independent Insiders Film Award on the Gold Coast.' (R.G. Lipscombe) -
A Week Is A Long Time In Politics
Stephen Hagan
,
2008
single work
column
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 8 October no. 436 2008; (p. 21) 'I'm not talking about any particular building, but more specifically a structure that has impacted significantly on my life and that of my family for the past nine years.' (Stephen Hagan, Koori Mail 8/10/2008)
