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Essie Coffey and Martha Ansara, facsimilie, Alec Morgan, National Archievs of Australia, 1978
Jasper Cohen-Hunter

Honouring Elders Aunty Essie Coffey and Uncle Norm Hunter

Jasper Cohen-Hunter pays tribute to two revolutionary Elders who protected, documented and sustained First Nations culture and lore through storytelling, on ...
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A young man in a wide brim hat and sunglasses and an elderly woman pose on the grass in front of a huge black and white poster of a goat on a concrete wall.
Susan Bye

ACMI Recommends: Faces Places

A legendary director and a photographer/muralist form an unlikely friendship on a roadtrip exploring memory and legacy in rural France.
A still from My Survival as an Aboriginal' (1979) - Essie Coffey holding eucalypt leaves and teaching students
Kate ten Buuren

On Essie Coffey's My Survival as an Aboriginal

The first Aboriginal woman to direct a documentary paved the way for future generations of filmmakers and truth tellers.

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