Friday 18 November 2011
More than Music - Exploring art and music through its cultural roots
Stories from Colombia, the Torres Strait, Australia's Central Desert and Melanesia highlight thriving creative practice and a continual connection to culture. These inspiring stories offer a taste of life, music and art from their respective worlds and reframe the context of traditional practice and celebrate the relevance of roots in contemporary art.
Music Voyager - Columbia's Electro Tropical Beats!, 2010
Director: Kelly Magelky
Producer: Tantra - Farook Singh
Upi Mop Le (Ricardo Idagi), 2011
Director: John Harvey
Producer: Lia Pa'apa'a & Amie Batalibasi
West Papua (Merdeka Mix), 2011
Artist: Telek
Director: Charlie Hill-Smith
Producer: Wantok Music
She Cried, 2011
Artist: Frank Yamma
Director: Richard McGrath
Producer: Wantok Music
Q & A: Nick Concklin, Ricardo Idagi, David Bridie
Date: Friday 18th November, 2011
Time: 10.00am - 11.00am
Location: The Arts Centre, Hugh Williamson Room
AWME Registered Delegates and Daytime Conference Pass holders
Cultural Collaborations - Music, the Universal Language
Cross cultural jams and collaborative creations. What happens when you throw a bunch of established artists in the same band? Or an Australian hip-hop artist with an Afghan refugee? Or how about a lineup of “burnt out blacks and singed whites”? Band dynamics are often notorious stories of amusement but when approached with vision and integrity, what are the threads, where are the harmonies and what is truly extraordinary when these projects work?
Murundak - Songs of Freedom (extract), 2011
Director: Natasha Gadd and Rhys Graham
Producer: Phillipa Campey
Associate Producer: Sarah Bond
Key of Sea, 2010
Writer & Director: Drew Ambrose
Cry Freedom
Artists: The Charcoal Club
Director: Richard Frankland
Q & A: Lou Bennett, Hugh Crosthwaite, Natasha Gadd, Sarah Bond
Date: Friday 18th November 2011
Time: 12.00pm – 1.00pm
Location: The Arts Centre, Hugh Williamson Room
AWME Registered Delegates and Daytime Conference Pass holders
Lyrical Connection - The Rise of Indigenous Australian Hip Hop
All over the country, Indigenous communities are tuning in to the deep beats and lyrical landscape of hip-hop. The Australian Indigenous hip hop movement is gathering significant momentum and reflects a strong collective culture of expression and connection. Screening music videos from profiled contributors and including panel discussion with Payback Records Chief, Nathan Lovett-Murray, and joined by guest artists to tell it how it is.
Muckatay
Artist: Kylie Sambo
I Can
Artist: The Last Kinection feat. Radical Son
Director & Producer: Isaac Turier
Just a Thought, 2011
Artist: Yung Warriors, Payback Records
Producer: Josh Davis, Heata & Discourse
Payback Records Documentary, 2011
Director: James Wade
Q & A: Nathan Lovett-Murray, Tjimba Possum-Burns & guests
Date: Friday 18th November 2011
Time: 3.00pm – 4.00pm
Location: The Arts Centre, Hugh Williamson Room
AWME Registered Delegates and Daytime Conference Pass holders
Saturday 19 November 2011
Sound Vision - The Power of Lyrics, Music, Performance and Film Combined
Presenting video clips from Indigenous Australia, visual narrative is explored as a method for storytelling and further enhancing the message of the music. From the original Coloured Stone Black Boy clip through to Emma Donovan’s Ngarraanga, concepts are driven home through imagery and the song’s impact is experienced in a new way.
Gathu Mawula Revisted, 2011
Artists: Gurrumul & Blue King Brown feat. The Chooky Dancers
Director & Producer: Carlo Santone
Black Boy, 1984
Artist: Coloured Stone & Bunna Lawrie
Producer: CAAMA & Imparja
My Island Home
Artist: Warumpi Band
Thou Shall Not Steal
Artist: Kev Carmody
Ngarraanga
Artist: Emma Donovan
Old Fitzroy
Artist: Dan Sultan
Producer: Daybreak Films
Muthi Muthi Remix
Artist: Garrangali, The Chooky Dancers
Producer: East Journey Music
Q & A: Bunna Lawrie, Neil Murray, Carlo Santone & guests
Date: Saturday 19th November 2011
Time: 12.00pm – 1.00pm
Location: The Arts Centre, Hugh Williamson Room
AWME Registered Delegates and Daytime Conference Pass holders
Exclusive AWME Screening: No Fixed Address On Tour, 1984
Presented by National Film and Sound Archive
In 1984, No Fixed Address became the first Aboriginal band to travel overseas, becoming cultural ambassadors for their people while touring the United Kingdom playing at nine cities including London, Bristol, Leeds, Plymouth and Manchester. This 58 minute documentary is not only an extraordinary record of a band on tour but the insight into culture, music and the politics of its time is legendary. No Fixed Address were inducted into the National Indigenous Music Awards Hall of Fame in August 2011.
Artist: No Fixed Address
Director: John Tatoulis
Producer: Colin South & John Tatoulis
Q & A: Bart Willoughby, Nicky Moffat, Richard Micallef & guests
Date: Saturday 19th November 2011
Time: 3.00pm – 4.30pm
Location: The Arts Centre, Hugh Williamson Room
AWME Registered Delegates and Daytime Conference Pass holders
Sunday 20 November 2011
Maori Short Film Screening
Presented by the New Zealand Film Commission
Warbrick Written and directed by Meihana & Pere Durie
London, 1889. The captain of the worn-out New Zealand Natives rugby team must inspire his side to play, or risk forfeiting the test match against England.
Daytrip Written by Costa Botes, based on story by Bill Payne. Directed by Zoe McIntosh
A gang member wakes up one morning and decides he needs a day off. A short voyage between islands changes his outlook on life.
Journey to Ihipa Written by Vicki-Anne Heikell. Directed by Nancy Brunning
When a young soldier dies during WWII, extended Maori family protect the bloodline by taking his baby from his European mother. She waits her whole life for him to return, but when he finally does, it's not what she hoped for...
Date: Sunday 20th November 2011
Time: 11.00am – 12.00pm
Location: The Arts Centre, Hugh Williamson Room
AWME Registered Delegates and Daytime Conference Pass holders
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