Black Chicks Talking: Documentary Analysis

This essay examines at how Indigenous teens are currently being marginalised, oppressed and stereotyped in Australia today. It will also explore how western and Aboriginal culture influences, affects and shapes young indigenous youth. Examples from the movie ‘Yolngu Boy’ and the documentary ‘Black Chicks Talking’ will demonstrates stereotypes, personal opinions from those affected and the way Indigenous youth and the dominant white culture are interdependent to one another.
One way Aboriginal Australians have been marginalised and influenced is the forced assimilation into white culture. This is shown in how they must follow white laws and politics, have had to relocate and have had their land and culture stolen from them. The way this affects teenagers is enormous as they haven’t been able to experience their traditional culture the way they deserve to. In addition the Indigenous Australian Aboriginal language has changed dramatically over the last 200 years, languages have been lost and most are used much less as they have been phased out as a more modern …show more content…
All come from different areas and have very different backgrounds. One in particular is a great example of the interdependence between Aboriginal and western cultures. Rosanna Angus has been a Community Warden and currently works as a Cultural Tour Guide. On her tours she has tourists search for and eat bush tucker, goes mud crabbing with them and much more. She says that as an elder with strong ties to the land she enjoys educating others on the traditions of the land and likes to teach them about the Indigenous Aboriginal culture. As a part of the Bardi and Jawi Clan she has been raised with the culture and knows a lot about the culture. This spreading of knowledge and education is very informative to those on the tours while also allowing both cultures to interact freely on land that is being