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Redfern Now is 'the first contemporary TV drama series written, directed and produced by Indigenous Australians.'
Source: ABC Television website.
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'Aaron Davis is a proud Indigenous policeman: proud of the community in which he works, and very proud of his daughter Robyn and his three-year-old granddaughter Donna.
'It's early morning, and Aaron does his usual boxing training with local kids, and the only thing to mar the day is that he is being taunted by young troublemaker Lenny.
'Late that day as Aaron is finishing up at the station Lenny is brought in yelling abuse. Lenny's been in a bad fight and Aaron is about to call for a doctor. But he stops when Lenny's taunting pushes him too far, and so when Lenny calls out from the cell in pain, Aaron ignores him.
'But Lenny's cries suddenly stop and Aaron realises that something is terribly wrong. He rushes to help, but it's too late — Lenny is dead. And so Aaron's nightmare begins.
'As word of the death spreads, Lenny's brother tries to cause trouble but he and his young friends are held back, talked around by family and community. Lenny's mother, Aunty Mona, asks Aaron whether her boy suffered. Aaron lies and tells her no.
'But when Lenny's family is shown the cell surveillance tapes, Aaron has to find the courage to go and tell Aunty Mona the truth.'
Source: Australian Television Information Archive. (Sighted: 11/6/2013)
Australia : ABC Television Blackfella Films , 2012
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Freda’s Fingerprints
2018
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Relationships with the Past : How Australian Television Dramas Talk about Indigenous History
2017
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— Appears in: M/C Journal , vol. 20 no. 5 2017;'In recent years a number of dramas focussing on Indigenous Australians and Australian history have appeared on the ABC, one of Australia's two public television channels. These dramas have different foci but all represent some aspects of Australian Indigenous history and how it interacts with 'mainstream' representations of Australian history. The four programs I will look at are Cleverman (Goalpost Pictures, 2016-ongoing), Glitch (Matchbox Films, 2015-ongoing), The Secret River (Ruby Entertainment, 2015) and Redfern Now (Blackfella Films, 2012), each of which engages with the past in a unique way.'
Source: Author's introduction.
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Shedding the ‘Victim Narrative’ for Tales of Magic, Myth and Superhero Pride
2016
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— Appears in: The Conversation , 9 June 2016; 'One of the things I love about my culture is the sense of magic within it. Everything was created from some greater power, and I can see why elders worry that our young people are losing that sense of magic, of wonder, within the oldest living culture in the world. ...' -
Ethnic Diversity on Australian TV : Are We Finally Ready for Colour on Our Screens?
2016
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— Appears in: Brisbane Times , 14 May 2016; 'If you were judging the state of Australian television by last Sunday's Logies, you might reasonably conclude that when it comes to on screen diversity – of the ethnic variety, at least – we're not doing too badly. ...' -
Elite Indigenous Masculinity in Textual Representations of Aboriginal Service in the Vietnam War
2016
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— Appears in: Journal of Australian Studies , February vol. 40 no. 1 2016; (p. 32-44)'This article analyses three texts that feature Aboriginal soldiers or veterans of the Vietnam War as protagonists: the novel Not Quite Men, No Longer Boys (1999), the play Seems Like Yesterday (2001) and the Redfern Now television episode “The Dogs of War” (2013). In all three texts, military service in Vietnam inculcates among the protagonists sentiments constitutive of what Brendan Hokowhitu refers to as elite Indigenous masculinity—the mimicry and appropriation of white hegemonic masculinity. Constructing themselves as elite Indigenous males allows the Aboriginal soldiers/veterans to position themselves as superior to “other” Aboriginal males. Through the course of the texts, though, the protagonists come to realise that elite Indigenous masculinity is a myth because civilian (white) Australia will continue to judge them the same as other Aboriginal men. Through encounters with other Aboriginal men, the Aboriginal soldiers/veterans are able to reconceptualise their own masculinities and to accept the legitimacy of multiple Aboriginal masculinities.'
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Untitled
2012
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review
— Appears in: Sunday Canberra Times , 28 October 2012; (p. 27)
— Review of Redfern Now 2012 series - publisher film/TV -
Untitled
2012
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review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 28 October 2012; (p. 24)
— Review of Redfern Now 2012 series - publisher film/TV -
Grace under Pressure
2012
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review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 27 - 28 October 2012; (p. 26-27)
— Review of Redfern Now 2012 series - publisher film/TV ; A Moody Christmas 2012 series - publisher film/TV -
Indigenous Talent Rises to the Challenge
2012
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— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 31 October 2012; (p. 5)
— Review of Redfern Now 2012 series - publisher film/TV -
A Singular Look at Emotional Diversity
2012
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— Appears in: The Australian , 31 October 2012; (p. 19)
— Review of Redfern Now 2012 series - publisher film/TV -
Cracker's McGovern to Coach Aboriginal TV Writers
2010
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— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 15 December 2010; (p. 5) -
Indigenous Drama to be Championed by ABC
2010
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— Appears in: The Australian , 23 September 2010; (p. 4) -
Indigenous Shows Are a 'Landmark' in Local TV
2012
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— Appears in: The Australian , 11 June 2012; (p. 26) -
Cameras Roll on Redfern Now
2012
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— Appears in: National Indigenous Times , 6 June no. 267 2012; (p. 40) -
Reel Time
2012
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— Appears in: The Australian , 20 June 2012; (p. 17)
Awards
- 2014 winner Logie Awards — Most Outstanding Drama Series
- 2014 commended Australian Centre Literary Awards — The Kate Challis RAKA Award for the episode 'Sweet Spot'.
- 2013 winner Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards — Best Television Drama Series For Season Two
- 2013 winner Deadly Sounds Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Music, Sport, Entertainment and Community Awards — Television Show of the Year
- 2013 winner Logie Awards — Most Outstanding Drama Series
- Redfern, Inner Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,