form y separately published work icon Nice Coloured Girls single work   film/TV  
Issue Details: First known date: 1987... 1987 Nice Coloured Girls
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An experimental narrative which departs from realist conventions by suggesting connections and differences in the relationship between Aboriginal women and European men in the early years of settlement and in contemporary Sydney, Nice Coloured Girls is also 'a ground-breaking film stylistically and thematically. The audience is left to question history, in particular the reliability of primary sources. The absence of the Aboriginal point of view in Australia's "history" becomes glaringly obvious as we are left to question the nature of traditional representations of Aborigines. As Australians, Aboriginal people have been marginalized and stereotyped but Moffatt who is a young, contemporary Aboriginal Australian offers an Aboriginal perspective through her work and questions dominant representations which have excluded Aborigines (or offered unrealistic images of them)' (French, 'An Analysis of Nice Coloured Girls', q.v.).

Works about this Work

A Historical Review of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Storytelling, Resistance, Reclamation and Education through Film Emma Gavin , 2023 single work criticism
— Appears in: Journal of Australian Indigenous Issues , December vol. 26 no. 3-4 2023;
Films at St Kilda 2016 single work column
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 18 May no. 626 2016; (p. 35)
'Indigenous short film will be showcased at St Kilda Film Festival with films from Indigenous directors Tracy Moffatt, Warwick Thornton and Richard Franklin selected for the festival's Short Black program. ...'
Taking Pictures B(l)ack : The Work of Tracey Moffatt Susan Knabe , 2014 single work criticism
— Appears in: Reverse Shots: Indigenous Film and Media in an International Context 2014; (p. 81-102)
Dreaming Back : Tracy Moffatt's Bedeviling Films Alessandra Senzani , 2007 single work criticism
— Appears in: Post Script , Fall vol. 27 no. 1 2007; (p. 50-71)
Dancing with Shadows : Erasing Aboriginal Self and Sovereignty Philip Morrissey , 2007 single work criticism
— Appears in: Sovereign Subjects : Indigenous Sovereignty Matters 2007; (p. 65-74)
This work discusses Inga Clendinnen's, Dancing with Strangers (2003).
An Analysis of 'Nice Coloured Girls' (Tracey Moffatt, 1987) Lisa French , 2000 single work criticism
— Appears in: Senses of Cinema , no. 5 2000;
Lisa French critically examines Tracy Moffat's exploration of gender relations and the influence of colonial history in her 1987 film, Nice Coloured Girls.
Dancing with Shadows : Erasing Aboriginal Self and Sovereignty Philip Morrissey , 2007 single work criticism
— Appears in: Sovereign Subjects : Indigenous Sovereignty Matters 2007; (p. 65-74)
This work discusses Inga Clendinnen's, Dancing with Strangers (2003).
Reconciling Nicci Lane : The 'Unspeakable' Significance of Australia's First Indigenous Porn Star Andrew King , 2005 single work criticism
— Appears in: Continuum : Journal of Media and Cultural Studies , December vol. 19 no. 4 2005; (p. 523-543)
'This article will explore X-rated representations of Aboriginality in Australian-produced pornographic videos, particularly the image of Australia's first indigenous porn star, Nicci Lane. It investigates how pornographic natives involving 'Aboriginal' character motifs are connected to broader embodiments of Aboriginality in popular culture. Drawing from a parallel with Australian television drama and mainstream films, the article highlights how contemporary sexualised images of Aboriginal people are intimately tied to a politics of reconciliation. By surveying recent literature on pornography, which describe how certain pornographic narratives engage 'unspoken' community desires, my argument will discuss Nicci Lane's career as a unique development in the history of representations of Aboriginality. Through analysis of Lane's Arigato Baby (1991), these 'unspoken' desires relate to showing Indigenous people in everyday sexual contexts, as romantic partners, friends and lovers...' (Author's abstract p. 523)
Dreaming Back : Tracy Moffatt's Bedeviling Films Alessandra Senzani , 2007 single work criticism
— Appears in: Post Script , Fall vol. 27 no. 1 2007; (p. 50-71)
Moving Images : The Films of Tracey Moffatt… So Far ... Catherine Summerhayes , 2003 single work criticism
— Appears in: Womenvision : Women and the Moving Image in Australia 2003; (p. 267-280)
An overview of Tracey Moffatt's work as a film-maker.
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