NAIDOC Week
Keep the fire burning this NAIDOC week with free films, talks and music from leading First Nations artists, experts and Elders.
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Paul Girrawah House, Ngambri (Walgalu), Wallaballooa (Ngunnawal), Pajong (Gundungurra) and Wiradjuri (Erambie) peoples, leads smoking ceremony for the opening of The Aboriginal Memorial, performed by Commissioning Curator Djon Mundine OAM and members of the Ramingining community.
Schedule
Film still, Dig Deeper (2023), Directed by Mark Street
Sat 6 Jul 2024, 2pm at the NFSA
Dig Deeper follows the lives and creative practice of four groundbreaking First Nations artists: Blak Douglas, Maree Clarke, Penny Evans and Ben McKeown. Dig Deeper is presented as part of NAIDOC Week 2024 and Art Meets Film, a free program of film screenings inspired by the National Gallery collection.
Cara Kirkwood. Image courtesy of Cara Kirkwood.
Fri 12 Jul 2024, 12pm
Learn more about methodologies for community decision making and collective leadership in the cultural sector, as well as the importance of transnational First Nations collaboration.
Eric Avery. Photograph by Jordan Munns.
Sat 13 Jul 2024, 11am
Experience a new commission responding to The Aboriginal Memorial by Eric Avery, a celebrated violinist, vocalist dancer and composer from the Ngiyampaa, Yuin and Gumbangirr people.
Blak Douglas vs The Commonwealth. Image supplied by Diorama Pictures.
Sat 13 Jul 2024, 1pm
In this documentary, Blak Douglas traces his grandmother’s story and the harrowing machinations of a system that deliberately fragmented his family. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with artist Blak Douglas, Dhungatti/German/Irish/Scottish peoples.