Karla Grant Presents

Take a journey through the NT top end to discover how traditional culture and knowledge is being incorporated into remote schools to create a twoway learning mode

The mysterious Torres Strait Island turtleshell masks collected last century are unique and irreplaceable, yet none are now left in the hands of traditional owners. They are all in foreign museums.

Directed by Tracy Moffatt and shot entirely in a studio, this is the haunting story of a middle-aged Aboriginal woman who nurses her white mother.

Bread and DrippingFour women recount their lives during the bleak years of the economic depression of the 1930s. Tibby Whalan, Eileen Pittman, Beryl Armstrong and Mary Wright describe their struggles to survive and maintain families when faced with widespread unemployment, evictions and hardship.The film makes extensive use of archival footage and photographs from the 1930s to present a unique insight into the lives of women in Australia. Made in 1981, the documentary has been restored from 16mm original film materials.Yorky BillyThis film by Kim McKenzie is a portrait of a disappearing way of life in the Northern Territory outback. At Ngurgdu (Spring Peak) in the NT, an area soon to be irrevocably disturbed by uranium mining, 80-year-old William Alderson (known as "Yorky Billy") reflects on his life. 

A look at the sacred sites in and around Mparntwe in Central Australia, and the struggle of the Arrernte people to identify, document and preserve these sites in the face of urban expansion.

Looks at the 1967 referendum, where over 90% of voters agreed that Aborigines be counted in the census, effectively acknowledging Aboriginal people as citizens within their own country.

Although specific to time and place, the film is timeless and universal in its observations of a conflict between an Indigenous minority and a powerful government.

House-opening ceremonies in a contemporary Aboriginal community combine elements of Aboriginal, Torres Strait and European cultures in dealing with death.

A haunting drama about personal and public loss, about white ownership and Aboriginal dispossession, and about the difficulty of reconciliation. 

The experiences of the Indigenous peoples of Papua New Guinea during World War Two, when 2 million foreign soldiers fought battles on their land. 

 The moving story of Warri and Yatungka, the last of the Mandildjara people to be living a traditional nomadic lifestyle in the remote Gibson Desert of central Australia.

A look at an Aboriginal-run dance club that welcomed all races equally after World War II, and saved Aboriginal people from many of the discriminations.

Proud Gamilaraay woman Loren Ryan is a musician, Aboriginal culture teacher, and now a trainee reporter with ABC New England North West. 

Between Cook discovering Australia and Aboriginal people discovering Cook, there are clearly various historical truths. 

Travel into the traditional homelands of the Lardil people of Mornington Island, where they share a special relationship with Mother Earth that began when the land was created by their ancestors. 

The Gubaw Gizul of Saibai is an insight into the totemic kinship connection that each clan of Saibai has with a specific directional wind, and the integral role the winds play in the everyday life.

In Far North Queensland, Australia, Fire helps keep the Yalanji People strongly connected to their country and traditions.

On the tiny Island of Dauan in the north west of the Torres Strait, spirituality and culture is deeply connected to the water and sea country that surrounds the Island.

Filmmaker Jeremy Thomson goes on a journey to discover more about his fascinating grandfather, Ernie Bridge, who went on to become Western Australia's first Indigenous parliamentarian.

The story of a true maverick and renaissance woman Elsta Foy, a Walman Yawuru Elder of Broome and a pioneer of Indigenous health services, who became the first Indigenous health worker trained in WA.

Over six weeks, we follow three young Murri boys in Inala as they prepare for a debutante ball. Along the way, they find culture, discover dance and journey from boyhood to manhood.

The story of Warlpiri elder and lawman, Francis Jupurrurla Kelly, who was instrumental in starting the Indigneous media industry in Australia and who now serves as Chair of the Central Land Council.

Kanalaritja tells the story of Tasmanian Aboriginal shell stringing, a story of survival and resilience.

A worried grandfather tracks his grandson down to bring him home and take him through Country and through law.

Tayamangajirri (which means 'we look after each other') follows the lives of a team of women from Tiwi Islands who work day and night making sure that the Island's kids and families are safe.

Not Just Numbers is the inspirational journey of a group of Aboriginal women to stop the violence in their communities.

Journalist Karla Grant goes on a personal journey as she joins the Soul Harvest Choir from Vanuatu on a trip to Central Australia to perform at the Desert Song Choral Festival in Alice Springs.

The story of Brian and Violet Carter who travelled back to Ardyaloon (One Arm Point on the Dampier Peninsula WA) in the 1970s and established the first school at Middle Beach.

Peter is Chinese/Aboriginal and the only boy in a large a family of girls. Now the CEO of the Yawuru Prescribed Body Corporation, his story will step behind his public image to reveal what drives him.

A colourful and entertaining character who isn't shy of telling a yarn or two, Baamba remains an unsung hero of Indigenous progress made in the last fifty years.

Sally was born in 1942 and has many stories to tell about her life and the unique richness and influences of being raised in a multicultural community.

At WA's first Indigenous-run police station in Warakurna, two Noongar officers learn Yarnangu Lore and culture and master the local Ngaanyatjarra language to police in a more meaningful way.

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