No.61
Music—Listen to the Banned
I came across Freemuse in a rather serendipitous way. An article from a Norwegian newspaper appeared among the results when I googled human rights news ... Read More
Art
No.56
Lee Grant – Sudanese Portraits from Suburbia
I started working on this project about the Sudanese diaspora in Australia after photographing a family for another project set in the suburbs. According to ... Read More
No.52
Interview with Justin Peach, director of Lonely Pack
Below is an excerpt from an interview between writer Emma Jane McNicol and Justin Peach, German filmmaker and Director—along with Lisa Engelbach—of the 2009 documentary ... Read More
No.48
Annie Wu – New Australia
Annie Wu’s New Australia, part of the NEW 11 exhibition at ACCA earlier this year looked back on the past. New Australia is a breakaway Australian socialist ... Read More
No.47
Film—On the Ice
An inspired, captivating thriller, On the Ice is above all a film of contrasts. Set in the town of Barrow on the northernmost tip of ... Read More
No.46
Film – HRAFF Australian Shorts
The Human Rights Arts and Film Festival (HRAFF) Australian Shorts program was presented by RMIT University at the Capitol Theatre on Sunday 22 May. Stephanie ... Read More
No.42
Film—Iron Crows
Chittagong, a seaport city of Bangladesh, is home to the world’s biggest ship demolition yard. From the age of 12, Bengali men find themselves working ... Read More
No.40
Film—And the River Flows On
Land rights are an ongoing issue in many countries, as indigenous communities seek to protect their land and way of life from powerful state and ... Read More
No.37
Film—HRAFF Red Hot Shorts
On Monday 16 May at ACMI in Federation Square, Red Hot Shorts turned its focus to human rights and cultural diversity as part of HRAFF ... Read More
No.36
Poetry—HRAFF Poetry Slam
Wednesday 18 May saw the gathering together of six poets and one sacrificial goat at Red Violin in Melbourne city. Arranged over the Victorian armchairs ... Read More