RACIAL INJUSTICE
Soccer, Kangaroos, Vegemite, thongs: these all represent droplets in the historic ocean that constitutes our Australian identity. Ladies and gentlemen, I personally greet you all today for our most inimitable ceremony, the Australian Film Festival, celebrating Australia’s diverse culture through media. To open this year’s event, two films have been selected: Bran Nue Dae – directed by Rachel Perkins – a hilarious musical conceptualising the racist attitudes that were previously present in Australia, and Australian Rules – directed by Paul Goldman – a film depicting racial conflict, not between teenagers, but their superiors. In Bran Nue Dae, a young Indigenous boy, Willie, is sent off to a Catholic school to become a priest, …show more content…
In the scene of Bran Nue Dae, as Rosie sings, Lester, an Australian man, approaches, Willie gestures Rosie to silence. As Rosie is invited by Lester into the pub due to her physical attraction and exquisite vocals, Willie remains outside behind the barred window, appearing excluded. A medium, eye-level shot pictures Willie’s facial expressions, expressing disapproval and fear of entering the pub complete with white people, conveying the separation present within the two communities, influencing audiences to sympathise with Willie as his inferiority is visibly understood through his sorrowful cast unto the transparent segregation before his eyes. Similarly, Australian Rules depicts the division of the Australian and Indigenous community in the scene of a ceremonial event, with most individuals being Australian. In addition, a close-up shot of Dumby is incorporated to emphasise his facial expressions during the scene. First displaying his eagerness and enthusiasm and then his disappointment easing into anger for his anticipation of the award, ‘best man on ground,’ he is acquitted from this rightful status to another Australian team member, revealing the racial hostility apparent in the publicans and sponsors of the event, consequently disempowering the Indigenous race. Hence, both films exhibit these circumstances to represent the unjustness previously existent in Australia, inducing audiences to perceive the inequity experienced by the Indigenous community and persuading them of the alternate solution to
Soccer, Kangaroos, Vegemite, thongs: these all represent droplets in the historic ocean that constitutes our Australian identity. Ladies and gentlemen, I personally greet you all today for our most inimitable ceremony, the Australian Film Festival, celebrating Australia’s diverse culture through media. To open this year’s event, two films have been selected: Bran Nue Dae – directed by Rachel Perkins – a hilarious musical conceptualising the racist attitudes that were previously present in Australia, and Australian Rules – directed by Paul Goldman – a film depicting racial conflict, not between teenagers, but their superiors. In Bran Nue Dae, a young Indigenous boy, Willie, is sent off to a Catholic school to become a priest, …show more content…
In the scene of Bran Nue Dae, as Rosie sings, Lester, an Australian man, approaches, Willie gestures Rosie to silence. As Rosie is invited by Lester into the pub due to her physical attraction and exquisite vocals, Willie remains outside behind the barred window, appearing excluded. A medium, eye-level shot pictures Willie’s facial expressions, expressing disapproval and fear of entering the pub complete with white people, conveying the separation present within the two communities, influencing audiences to sympathise with Willie as his inferiority is visibly understood through his sorrowful cast unto the transparent segregation before his eyes. Similarly, Australian Rules depicts the division of the Australian and Indigenous community in the scene of a ceremonial event, with most individuals being Australian. In addition, a close-up shot of Dumby is incorporated to emphasise his facial expressions during the scene. First displaying his eagerness and enthusiasm and then his disappointment easing into anger for his anticipation of the award, ‘best man on ground,’ he is acquitted from this rightful status to another Australian team member, revealing the racial hostility apparent in the publicans and sponsors of the event, consequently disempowering the Indigenous race. Hence, both films exhibit these circumstances to represent the unjustness previously existent in Australia, inducing audiences to perceive the inequity experienced by the Indigenous community and persuading them of the alternate solution to