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Jack Charles
Jack Charles is a renowned Australian actor, musician, and indigenous elder. He has been involved in the arts for over five decades, and has won numerous awards for his performances, including the Order of Australia Medal. Despite facing great adversity in his life, Jack remains an important figure and advocate for the Indigenous community.
Titles credited to Jack Charles
Yagan
When Lieutenant-Governor James Stirling established Western Australia's Swan River colony (later the city of Perth) in 1829, times were tough. Seed refused to grow, food was scarce, and the initially...
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The Art of Incarceration
Narrated by Uncle Jack Charles and seen through the eyes of Indigenous prisoners at Victoria’s Fulham Correctional Centre, this documentary explores how art and culture can empower Australia's First N...
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Ablaze
A feature documentary about opera singer Tiriki Onus who finds a 70-year-old silent film believed to be made by his grandfather, Aboriginal leader and filmmaker Bill Onus. As Tiriki travels across the...
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Woodley
Woodley is the chaotic and accident prone, yet devoted father of seven-year-old Ollie. Recently divorced, his ex-wife Em couldn’t live amongst the chaos but Woodley secretly hopes that one day he’l...
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Bastardy
Provocative, funny and profoundly moving, Bastardy is the inspirational story of a self proclaimed Robin Hood of the streets. For Forty years and with infectious humour and optimism, Jack Charles has...
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The Lake of Scars
In a corner of regional Victoria exists a place of astounding natural beauty, archaeological significance and age-old culture. But the Indigenous scarred trees and artefacts found here are at risk. Wi...
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The Darkside
Writer and Director Warwick Thornton has assembled a collection of the most poignant, sad, funny and absurd ghost stories from around Australia. He will bring them to life with the help of some of Aus...
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Preppers
Escaping the fallout of a personal cataclysmic event, Charlie, a young Australian Aboriginal woman, finds herself at the centre of a mismatched community of doomsday preppers.
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