| Dewey |
A920 |
| Title |
Ablaze. |
| Published |
Australia : Distributed by Umbrella Entertainment, ©2022. |
| Physical description |
1 DVD-video (84 minutes) : sound, colour ; 12 cm. |
| General note |
Catalogued from container. |
| Umbrella Entertainment : DAVID4605. |
| Originally released as a documentary film in 2020. |
| WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are warned that the following program may contain images and voices of deceased persons. |
| Credits note |
Written and directed by Alec Morgan and Tiriki Onus ; produced by Tom Zubrycki. |
| Performer note |
Told by Tiriki Onus. |
| Summary |
The true story of the first Aboriginal filmmaker William "Bill" Onus, a truly heroic cultural and political figure who revived his people's culture in the 1940s and ignited a civil rights movement that would, against enormous odds, change the course of history. Told by his grandson Tiriki through rare archival footage, state-of-the-art animation, vividly created digital motion graphics and eye-witness accounts, Ablaze is the compelling tale of how Bill and supporters brilliantly orchestrated their campaign for equality and outsmarted mighty forces seeking to destroy Indigenous cultures, languages, and communities. |
| Subject |
Onus, Bill, -- 1906-1968 |
| Motion picture producers and directors -- Australia -- Biography |
| Motion pictures -- Production and direction -- Australia -- 20th century |
| Aboriginal Australians -- Legal status, laws, etc |
| Indigenous peoples -- Civil rights -- Australia |
| Documentary films -- Australia |
| Biographical films |
| Historical films |
| Documentary films |
| Nonfiction films |
| Video recordings for the hearing impaired |
| Australia -- Race relations -- 20th century |
| Additional author |
Morgan, Alec director, screenwriter. |
| Onus, Tiriki director, screenwriter, narrator. |
| Zubrycki, Tom producer. |
| Added title |
Ablaze (Documentary film : 2020) |
