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Born: Established: Sydney, New South Wales, ;
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1 6 form y separately published work icon The Final Quarter ( dir. Ian Darling ) Australia : Shark Island Productions , 2019 15991571 2019 single work film/TV biography

'Cheers turned to boos in the final years of AFL champion footballer Adam Goodes' career when he publicly called out racism. This impassioned film tracks Australia's heated response.

'The Indigenous leader and Sydney Swans player became a lightning rod for an intense public debate and widespread media commentary that divided the country. In the last three years of his career, Goodes was named Australian of the Year, accused of staging for free kicks, and performed an on-field war dance celebration. When the football crowds turned on him, the Brownlow medallist left his beloved game. Director Ian Darling’s (Suzy and the Simple Man, SFF 2016) film is crafted using only archival footage aired at the time, which has been expertly edited: a technique seen most recently in documentaries such as Amy and Senna. The result is a powerful film that holds a mirror to Australia and suggests we reconsider what happened on and off the football field.'

Source: Sydney Film Festival.
1 9 form y separately published work icon Paul Kelly : Stories of Me Ian Darling , ( dir. Ian Darling ) Australia : Shark Island Productions , 2012 Z1882851 2012 single work film/TV 'Paul Kelly: Stories of Me charts the many lives, loves and losses of Paul Kelly, one of Australia's most gifted singer-songwriters. Kelly has been marking out the Australian landscape and its people through words and music for almost 40 years.

'The sixth of nine children, a former altar boy, dux of his school, sports champion and grandson of two famous opera singers, Kelly began playing guitar at the age of 12. Since then, he has penned over 350 songs on themes of love, sex, death, family, friends and places, drawing on an enormous number of heroes - literary, musical, artistic and sporting - for his inspiration, and begging, borrowing and stealing from all of them. His songs are landscapes; charting not just the physical terrain but the emotional landscapes he and his contemporaries have walked through.

'He is a storyteller, a poet, and has the unique ability to communicate with all Australians, across all age groups and gender. Collaborating with indigenous musicians, young performers, and artists of all genres, Kelly has created some of the most important songs of our times.

'Paul Kelly has lived through failure and he has the songs to show for it. Although a very private person in a public career, Stories of Me digs deeply into what makes Paul Kelly tick, revealing the man and his music for the first time. And the poet who lurks inside all of us.'

Source: Paul Kelly: The Movie website, http://www.paulkellythemovie.com.au/
Sighted: 25/10/2012
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