2023
Feature Documentary(North America Premiere)

Still We Rise

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TW: State violence, police violence
CC
Closed captions online
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Celebrating the feisty First Nations activists whose resistance in 1972 continues to inspire subsequent generations, Still We Rise is a bold dive into a year of incendiary protest.

Screenings

Virtual

August 4 – August 6

Directors Spotlight

A picture of a man named John Harvey against a brick wall. He is bald with a short, graying beard and he is wearing a dark navy-blue jacket over a black shirt with white text, partially obscured. His expression is calm and slightly serious, with his eyes looking directly at the camera.

John Harvey

Director

John Harvey is a writer, director, and producer of Saibai Island (Torres Strait) and English descent and the creative director of Brown Cab working across both narrative and factual in Film, Theatre and Television productions. John’s recent short film KATELE (mudskipper) won the Flickerfest Best Australian Short Film Award (Academy Qualifying) in January 2023. John was also the recipient of the Victorian Premier’s Prize for Drama for THE RETURN. His factual film STILL WE RISE screened at Blackstar in 2023. John is passionate about working with ambitious and risk taking Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander storytellers through BROWN CABS.

Year
2022
Runtime
57 minutes
Country
Australia
Language
English
Director
John Harvey
Composer
Leon Rodgers
Editor
Patrick McCabe
Producer
Anna Grieve
Screenwriter
John Harvey
Sound Design
Lachlan Harris
Premiere
North America

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