Abstract
UJ Institute of Pan African Thought and Conversation, the UJ Library and the Department of Journalism, Film and Television in partnership with the Australian High Commission, invite you to a discussion with Rachel Perkins on:
Australia’s Indigenous Rights movement and activism
plus “The use of film as a tool to promote recognition of
Indigenous rights and heritage”.
Rachel Perkins is a renowned Aboriginal Australian film and television director, producer and screen writer. She is a prominent Indigenous Australian in her own right, and is also the daughter of one of Australia’s foremost Aboriginal Rights activists of the 1960s/70s, Charles Perkins.
She is on a tour organised by five Australian Embassies in Africa to showcase some of her films on the continent. While on tour, she’ll also discuss her use of film as a tool to promote recognition of Indigenous rights and heritage, as well as challenge historical representations of Australia’s Indigenous people. Rachel has also recently assumed the role of Chair of a Foundation charged with preserving Aboriginal language, song and cultural traditions.
PROGRAMME
14:00 – 14:30 Arrival and Registration
14:30 – 16:00 Screening of “Mabo”, a film by Rachel Perkins
16:00 – 16:30 Rachel Perkins Presentation
16:30 – 17:00 Panel Discussion
17:00 – 17:30 Closure
DATE 19 April 2017
TIME 14:00 for 14:30
VENUE Chinua Achebe Auditorium (6th Floor), APK Library, University of Johannesburg
(corner Kingsway and University Road, Auckland Park)
RSVP by RSVP by Monday, 18 April 2017 to Theodorah Modise on licevents@uj.ac.za / 011 559 2264
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