Film
Black Screen presents Ablaze
Performance Space 45 Moreland Street, Footscray, VIC, AustraliaThe true story of the first Aboriginal filmmaker William Bill Onus. Black Screen presents Ablaze, the story of Bill Onus, a Yorta Yorta and Wiradjuri man from Victoria, a truly heroic cultural and political figure who revived his peopleʼs culture in the 1940s and ignited a civil rights movement that would, against enormous odds, change the…
The Purple Shall Govern: Screens of Resistance
Performance Space 45 Moreland Street, Footscray, VIC, AustraliaThe Purple Shall Govern, an exhibition and expansive public program presented by artist Roberta Joy Rich, explores the resilience of people during Apartheid-era South Africa, alongside those living on the unceded sovereign lands of Australia. Through re-framing history and her own family narratives, Roberta hopes to shed light on how the past informs our experiences in…
When the typhoon blows off its cocoon, the butterfly embraces the sun
Performance Space 45 Moreland Street, Footscray, VIC, AustraliaInspired by the legacy of independent filmmaker, Kidlat Tahimik, and the voices of contemporary Filipinx artists living and working on Kulin and Gadigal Lands, Saluhan presents an end of year screening series and party, co-presented by Footscray Community Arts. Films and presenter information: Cinema Bahala Na (RJ Dela Rosa) TAO PO Tenejero Balanga, Bataan Philippines…
Faces of Footscray
Footscray Community Arts 45 Moreland Street, Footscray, VIC, AustraliaWhat makes the West a thriving and vibrant community to be a part of? Our people of course! Located on the hoarding of the New Footscray Hospital site (Geelong Road, Federal Street end), Faces of Footscray is a photographic portrait series celebrating the people of the West. A community arts collaboration between Footscray Community Arts…
Kal Angam-Kal: Stories from West Papua
Gabriel GalleryKal angam-kal: Stories from West Papua is a documentary exhibition that brings together Elders and Young people from the Narrm (Melbourne) based West Papuan community in a series of youth-led intergenerational interviews. Kal angam-kal is a proverb in the indigenous language of the Amungme tribe of Timika, West Papua meaning “the word has been spoken…
Kal Angam-Kal: Panel and Screening
Performance Space 45 Moreland Street, Footscray, VIC, AustraliaJoin us for a screening of documentary Land of the Morning Star (dir. Mark Worth, 2004, 55mins). Land of the Morning Star reveals the turbulent history of West Papua, swept up in the power-play of international politics. Through eyewitness accounts and rare archival film, this fascinating documentary paints a picture that is intimate in detail…
Queer PHOTO: Marungka Tjalatjunu (Dipped In Black) Film Screening and Q&A
Footscray Community Arts 45 Moreland Street, Footscray, VIC, AustraliaJoin us at the opening of this screening on Saturday 3 February, as part of Queer Out West site takeover; for a screening of the award-winning documentary ‘Marungka Tjalatjunu (Dipped in Black)’ created by Derik Lynch and Matthew Thorne. The film follows Yankunytjatjara queer artist Derik Lynch who takes a road trip back to Country…
Queer PHOTO: Lilah Benetti Artist Talk
Footscray Community Arts 45 Moreland Street, Footscray, VIC, AustraliaJoin Lilah Benetti in this one-off in conversation, along side South Sudanese artist and writer Atong Atem. Shot on film, this series features portraits of migrant and Indigenous Black individuals, rooted in the unique context of what is commonly referred to as Australia. The word recognise that Blackness is far from a monolithic identity; rather,…