Best Documentary / Factual Single (2021-)
Subcategory of AIDC Awards
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Latest Winners / Recipients

Year: 2024

winner form y separately published work icon Oodgeroo Noonuccal Australia : Inkey Media , 2023 27879033 2023 single work film/TV

'Oodgeroo Noonuccal rises to fame after becoming the first Aboriginal person to publish a book of verse, which captures her archives, hopes and dreams, intertwined with the present-day activities of her talented family.'

Source: Inkey Media.

Year: 2023

winner form y separately published work icon Still We Rise John Harvey , ( dir. John Harvey ) Australia : Tamarind Tree Pictures , 2022 25593837 2022 single work film/TV

'In 1972, activists erect an Aboriginal Tent Embassy on the lawns opposite Parliament House - fifty years on, this all archive documentary takes a bold dive into a year of protest and revolutionary change for First Nations people.' (Production summary)

Year: 2022

winner form y separately published work icon Our African Roots Santilla Chingaipe , David Collins , Tony Jackson , ( dir. Tony Jackson ) Australia : Chemical Media , 2021 24412413 2021 single work film/TV

'Author and journalist Santilla Chingaipe unearths Australia's forgotten Black African history and reveals the role people of African descent played in events that shaped the nation, from the First Fleet to the Eureka Rebellion, and beyond.'

Source: Screen Australia.

Year: 2021

winner form y separately published work icon Looky Looky Here Comes Cooky Steven McGregor , Steven Oliver , Danielle MacLean , ( dir. Steven McGregor ) Australia : Tamarind Tree Pictures Roar Film , 2020 20716369 2020 single work film/TV

'A songline for 21st century Australia – a fresh look at the Cook legend from a First Nations’ perspective – the songline tells of connection to country, resistance and survival and features the cheeky, acerbic and heartfelt showman – Steven Oliver and a host of outstanding Indigenous singer/songwriters.'

Source: Screen Australia.

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