Travis Akbar Travis Akbar i(22105376 works by)
Gender: Male
Heritage: Aboriginal ; Aboriginal Wangkatha
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1 form y separately published work icon Tambo Travis Akbar , ( dir. Travis Akbar ) Australia : Cabana Productions Dark Before Dawn Productions , 2023 28342795 2023 single work film/TV

'Arriving home from the horrendous Gallipoli campaign, young First Nations soldier Tambo heads to town for a drink with his digger mates before returning home. Feeling worthless after a racist incident, the traumatised Tambo treks into the bush to take his own life. Coming across another veteran, however, Tambo hears the truth about the land he fought for. With new feelings stirring, Tambo realises that the only place he wants to be is home.'

Source: Nunga Screen 2024.
1 A Life of Wonder : A Revered Actor Who Bucked Trends Travis Akbar , 2021 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , July no. 433 2021; (p. 64)
— Review of My Name Is Gulpilil 2021 single work film/TV

'In 1955, Charles Chauvel’s Jedda – the first colour feature film made in Australia – was released. At the January première in Darwin, the two Aboriginal cast members, Rosalie Kunoth-Monks and Robert Tudawali, were the only ones permitted to sit with the white people. (Later that year it was released in the United Kingdom as Jedda the Uncivilized.)' (Introduction)
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