In the late 1970s, non-Indigenous filmmakers wanting to support Indigenous Rights in Australia released films on Black Australia to mixed success. While Fred Schepisi’s controversial The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1978) divided audiences and demonstrated how non-Indigenous storytellers could co-opt Indigenous stories to great detriment, Phillip Noyce’s Backroads (1977), made in close consultation with Gary Foley, was groundbreaking for tackling racism and giving First Peoples a say in how they were portrayed.
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Collection
In ACMI's collection
On display until
10 November 2030
ACMI: Gallery 1
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
P180660
Curatorial section
The Story of the Moving Image → Moving Minds → MM-06. First Nations → MM-06-C01
Object Types
2D Object
Exhibition Prop
Photographic print/Pictorial
Materials
Digital print