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Two shows on radio national that may be of interest ...
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Annette LATE NIGHT LIVE - Crossing the Cultural Divide Thursday, December 16, 10pm, repeat, Friday December 17, 4pm (6pm in WA) Noel Tovey is internationally renowned as a theatre director, actor, dancer and choreographer. Late Night Live spoke with Noel Tovey in 1996, just after he gave the keynote speech at the opening of the Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras. Noel's speech was significant for two reasons: because he was the first Aborigine to address such an important Mardi Gras event and because he spoke with such passion and honesty about his life. In this interview, Noel Tovey speaks about his childhood and his early years, about being gay and an Aborigine. Also on the program, Camilla Cowley, a white pastoralist in South Eastern Queensland, talks about Wik and reconciliation. Not long after the High Court Wik decision was handed down, Camilla received a letter saying that her family's property was being claimed by the Gunggari people. Like most pastoralists, Camilla was outraged, but unlike others, she marched right down to the local Aboriginal Land Council and confronted the Gunggari people directly. It was an encounter that was to change her life and that of her family forever. AWAYE! - Looking for Johnny W
Friday, December 17, 11am, repeat, Saturday, December 18, 6pm Johnny Warangkula is one of a group of Aboriginal artists whose first works are considered to be the most important historically, aesthetically and of course, financially. It's their paintings, dating from around 1971, that fetch the highest prices at auction. Surviving members of the original "Papunya school" are now sought out for new works by curators, dealers and buyers, both here and overseas. This is a story about a search for the man behind the world record price, Johnny W and the million-dollar marketing of thousands of years of culture |
