On Wheels
Australian Film Commission. Indigenous Branch
(publisher),
2000
Z1589273
2000
series - publisher
film/TV
'Films developed and produced in association with the Indigenous Branch of the Australian Film Commission.' (Source: Dreaming in Motion: Celebrating Australia's Indigenous Filmmakers, 2007, p68)
form
y
Unfinished Business: Reconciling the Nation
SBS Television
(publisher),
Australia
:
SBS Television
,
2000
Z1719526
2000
series - publisher
film/TV
Unfinished Business: Reconciling the Nation is a landmark in Australian television history being the first time that an Australian network had devoted a season to the stolen generations and reconciliation. The series, which showcases the work of Indigenous filmmakers, represented a huge financial investment for SBS, costing more than $1 million to produce. The genesis for the series was the growing numbers of Indigenous film makers around Australia wanting to tell their own stories. Brigit Ikin, then Manager of SBS Independent, notes in a 2000 interview with Rebecca Lancashire that SBSI received numerous proposals for films about stolen children and reconciliation over the period 1998 to 1999. 'It seemed too important to just show one or two so we started commissioning,' she said. The short films selected were subsequently screened on SBS Television between 25 May and 3 June 2000.
