I heard that the television show Redfern Now was pretty well a fully aboriginal effort, from the actors to writers, producers to all those who you don't see on camera. I especially enjoyed the first one, the third was ok and I have yet to see the second.
I found this at Hoopla. They are a few tweets from Australian Aborigines under the hashtag 'I tried to be authentic but'. They made me laugh. I expect you have to be Australian to get them all.
#Itriedtobeauthenticbut
@LukeLPearson every year at Corroboree I just end up line-dancing by myself in a corner somewhere singing “Achy-Breaky heart”
@AnitaHeiss I’ve thrown more parties than boomerangs!
@Ebswearspink I thought the song “from little things big things grow” had to do with superannuation
@Shannondod the only culture I know is Culture Club
@nathblackmagic writing stories in books is a lot easier than writing stories in caves:)
@Morris11Donna the only tracking I do is with gps
@Utopiana my parents named me “Celeste”, rather than giving me a traditional blackfella name like “Alison” or “Bess”
@PeteDawson law school wouldn’t accept my essays in dot form
@anitaheiss the only stars I want to sleep under is five stars. *****
@Nareenyoung I actually have no artistic talent. Whatsoever
@Morris11Donna I buy my speared meat on kebabs at the supermarket
@Tahjee_Moar the only time I stand on one leg is when I do the tree pose in yoga
@Ebswearspink my totem animal was a tamagotchi
Love these, Andrew! [esp law school]
ReplyDeleteRedfern 1 great drama, RF2 funny and dramatic, R3 good not great [beats big brother etc]
If anyone has missed them they are online at http://www.abc.net.au/tv/redfernnow/video/?play=/tv/streams/redfernnow/ep/redfernnow_01_01.mp4
All worth watching
FC, it is nice to see Aborigines portrayed in another way to what we normally see.
DeleteWill have to check this show out. I loved the comments, especially the last one - that made me laugh out loud! V.
ReplyDeleteMy fave comment too. Apparently there were quite a lot more.
DeleteI've never heard of this show. When is it on and what channel?
ReplyDeleteWas on River. Finished now. It was ABC1 at 8.30 on Thursdays. A new series is being made.
DeleteI ended up watching all three episodes tonight. They were pretty good. Thanks for the recommendation. V.
ReplyDeleteYou are ahead of me then V.
DeleteI wonder if they had the series here in the U.S. Australian films have always been my favorites, but I can't find anything on U.S. google about it.
ReplyDeleteThese are funny tweets!
Rubye, you might have to find it by questionable means, as did someone above, I expect.
DeleteHumour is the key to world peace I think - when we feel we can't shitstir within reason then we are lost I reckon
ReplyDeleteMC, it is kinda an ownership thing, like gay people take on poof as their own word, and immigrants take on wog as their own word.
DeleteLOL
ReplyDeleteI must watch RF on ABC iView, the reviews were good :)
The first was a cracker Jayne. See that one if none else.
DeleteI missed all three Andrew, thank goodness for iView.
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