How black is black (A) | Jade Woods | ACMI collection | ACMI: Your museum of screen culture

How much Aboriginal are you?, we are asked by a group of indigenous Australian children. “How black is black” questions the issue of blackness and how much Aboriginality is assumed to be an issue of skin colour. Through a series of stills and colourful action sequences, thirteen year old director Jade Woods presents a film about identity, friendship and race. Soundtrack provided by the Sisters Underground.

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Credits

director

Jade Woods

producer

SBS-TV

production company

Eat Carpet

LOUD Media Festival of Youth Culture and the Arts

Duration

00:01:00:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

313337

Language

English

Subject categories

Aboriginal Australia → Aboriginal Australians - Youth

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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