MICHAL BONCZA highly recommends a revelatory exhibition of work by the doyen of indigenous Australians’ art, Emily Kam Kngwarray
Film round-up: June 11, 2020
Reviews of The Australian Dream, Artemis Fowl, Citizens of the World, Banana Split, You Don’t Nomi and Virus Tropical
The Bard commutes to work for the first time in 45 years
GORDON PARSONS is riveted by a translation of Shakespeare’s tragedy into joyous comedy set in a southern black homestead
GEORGE FOGARTY relishes the music of black British artists that channels Carribbean, Latin and club sounds, along with contemporary west African radicalism
CHRIS SEARLE hears the ordeal of the Palestinian people in the improvised musicianship of a UK jazz trio
DAVID RENTON is puzzled by an ambitious attempt to look back on world culture from the future without engaging with or understanding it
The Australian Dream (15)
Directed by Daniel Gordon
★★★★
WITH the world rising up in the wake of the heinous murder of George Floyd comes this film calling out racism in Australia, explored through the inspirational and extraordinary story of former professional Australian rules footballer Adam Goodes.
A dual Brownlow Medallist and named Australian of the Year in 2014, Goodes — an indigenous player — describes the relentless racial abuse and negative press he received after refusing to put up with the racist boos and slurs he experienced at matches, which eventually made him walk away from the sport he loved.
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