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form y separately published work icon Zach's Ceremony single work   film/TV   life story  
Issue Details: First known date: 2014... 2014 Zach's Ceremony
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'Zach's Ceremony' is a story that follows an everyday Australian kid, caught between two worlds - ancient versus modern. At the heart of this film is the clash of culture, race and identity.
 Against the vibrant city of Sydney, Zach is provoked by racist taunts and finds himself on a self-destructive path fuelled by drugs, alcohol and sex. His rebellious outbursts challenge his once close relationship with his dad, reaching breaking point when he is expelled from school. Zach's father believes he needs to be empowered by his culture and become a man through the ancient rite of initiation. Will Ceremony and Aboriginal knowledge get Zach back on the right path? All he really wants is for his father to love him for who he is.' (Source: Documentary Australia Foundation website)

Notes

  • Epigraph: "In Sydney they call me a blackfella, in Doomadgee they call me a whitefella.I don’t know who I am.” Zach Doomadgee - Aged 13

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Works about this Work

Ten Years in the Making 2017 single work column
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 5 April no. 648 2017; (p. 32)
'Zach's Ceremony, a documentary, has opened in cinemas around the country, with one-off screenings and Q and A sessions'
[Review Essay] Zach's Ceremony Review – An Affecting Portrait of Growing up Indigenous in Two Worlds Luke Buckmaster , 2017 single work essay
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 28 March 2017;
Documentary a Labour of Love Rudi Maxwell , 2016 single work column
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 29 July no. 629 2016; (p. 15)
Zach Opens Byron Festival 2016 single work review
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 19 October no. 637 2016; (p. 33)

— Review of Zach's Ceremony 2014 single work film/TV life story
'The opening night feature for the Byron Bay film Festival's 10th anniversary needed to be something special, and director J'aimee Skippon-Volke believes Zach's Ceremony "fits the bill perfectly". ...'
Zach Opens Byron Festival 2016 single work review
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 19 October no. 637 2016; (p. 33)

— Review of Zach's Ceremony 2014 single work film/TV life story
'The opening night feature for the Byron Bay film Festival's 10th anniversary needed to be something special, and director J'aimee Skippon-Volke believes Zach's Ceremony "fits the bill perfectly". ...'
[Review Essay] Zach's Ceremony Review – An Affecting Portrait of Growing up Indigenous in Two Worlds Luke Buckmaster , 2017 single work essay
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 28 March 2017;
Ten Years in the Making 2017 single work column
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 5 April no. 648 2017; (p. 32)
'Zach's Ceremony, a documentary, has opened in cinemas around the country, with one-off screenings and Q and A sessions'
Documentary a Labour of Love Rudi Maxwell , 2016 single work column
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 29 July no. 629 2016; (p. 15)
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