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'Eddie and Charlie are two cousins trying to deliver a special rock home to their Uncle. They pre-roll 187 joints for the long drive home, pick up an Aboriginal transvestite, go to an explosive wedding, pick up an Italian rock god who has some issues, get chased by a possessed dog, piss off a woman of magic, get locked up, have an old car, they meet a redneck, get covered in chocolate sauce, chased by an angry spider and they are black.
'There is only one real question you really need to ask yourself... Would you get in the car with them???'
Source: Golden Seahorse Productions website, http://www.goldenseahorse.com.au/
Sighted: 02/06/2009
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World premiere screened at the 2009 Dungog Film Festival.
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Indigenous Films on Show at St Kilda Festival
2019
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— Appears in: Koori Mail , 19 June no. 703 2019; (p. 3) 'Gunditjmara man and acclaimed filmmaker Richard Frankland will be at the St Kilda Film Festival this week to reflect on his works and the 2019 NAIDOC theme of 'Voice. Treaty. Truth.'' -
From Massacre Creek to Slaughter Hill : The Tracks of Mystery Road
2016
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— Appears in: Studies in Australasian Cinema , vol. 10 no. 1 2016; (p. 143-155) 'Ivan Sen’s 2013 feature Mystery Road [dir., 2013. Sydney: Mystery Road Films] seeks to break out of the arthouse mould of most Aboriginal cinema in its calculated adaptation of two seemingly disparate Hollywood genres, film noir and the western: genres which are foregrounded in the style and marketing of the film. Aaron Pedersen in his starring role as ‘Indigenous cowboy detective’ Jay Swan strikes a delicate balance between his compromised role as agent of the state and as freewheeling hero, for his role as a detective is underpinned by the ‘treacherous’ historical legacy of the tracker. In this article, I trace the central importance of the tracker figure in a reading of Mystery Road, taking in, among other texts, Sen's 1999 film Wind [dir., 1999. Australia: Mayfan Film Productions] and Arthur Upfield's ‘Bony’ novels. The troubled status of the tracker feeds into the noirish elements of Mystery Road, which ultimately requires a new kind of hero to emerge so that retribution may be enacted for past and present wrongs. That hero is the cowboy, a part for which Pedersen has been dressed all along.' (Publication abstract) -
Kangaroos, Petrol, Joints and Sacred Rocks : Australian Cinema Decolonized
2013
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— Appears in: Studies in Australasian Cinema , October vol. 7 no. 2-3 2013; (p. 189-200) 'This article takes issue with the colonial imaginary of Indigenous people in Australia that is deconstructed by contemporary Indigenous films. It briefly discusses the concept of ‘decolonizing the lens of power’ and ‘returning/reversing the colonial gaze’. Through a close analysis of the two films Stone Bros. and Samson & Delilah, both made in the spirit and context of Kevin Rudd’s national apology to the Indigenous people of Australia, it will present Indigenous decolonizing work in cinema. It concentrates on their presentation of modern Indigenous life and cultural traditions, political and historical criticism, play with stereotypes, film-making aesthetics and employment of mainstream genres.' (Author's abstract) -
The Primitive, The Sacred and the Stoned in Richard J. Frankland's Ston Bros.
2012
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— Appears in: Studies in Australasian Cinema , vol. 6 no. 1 2012; (p. 29-43) This article reads Richard J. Frankland's Stone Bros. (2009) as a critique of romanticized notions of primitive Aboriginal spirituality. Through the unlikely arena of popular cinema, this irreverent stoner comedy draws viewer attention to the persistence of notions of repressive authenticity, with particular reference to elements of Aboriginal spirituality. I examine the film's parodic treatment of two central motifs: the 'important' stones belonging to the two main characters - Aboriginal cousins Eddie (Luke Carroll) and Charlie (Leon Burchill) - and Eddie's light skin colour. Stone Bros. insists that anachronistic ideals of Aboriginality continue to hold currency for both indigenous and non-indigenous people in contemporary Australia. In raising potentially uncomfortable issues for black and white Australians through popular cinema Stone Bros. draws to viewers' attention the potentially negative impacts of misplaced romanticisms on the nation's reconciliation process. -
Seriously Funny : History and Humour in The Sapphires and Other Indigenous Comedies
2012
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— Appears in: Senses of Cinema , July no. 63 2012; 'The Sapphires (Wayne Blair, 2012) opens in an idyllic rural setting. A group of young Aboriginal girls run home across the paddocks in the fading evening light to sing for a gathering of family and friends. But this benign atmosphere rapidly switches to terror as white Australian Government officials arrive on the scene and forcibly remove one of the girls from the Cummeraganja Mission community. It is the late 1960s, and State and Federal Government "child protection" policies allow the removal of so-called "half-caste" Aboriginal children from their families, leaving a devastating and traumatic legacy that the film goes on to address.' (Author's introduction)
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High Times on Chaotic Highway to Discovery
2009
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— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 24 September 2009; (p. 18)
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Film
2009
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— Appears in: Brisbane News , 23 - 29 September no. 753 2009; (p. 28)
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Dreams of a Depressed Postman
2009
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— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 26-27 September 2009; (p. 17)
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Untitled
2009
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— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 4 October 2009; (p. 13)
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New Generation of Black Filmmakers Hits the Road
2009
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— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 1 June 2009; (p. 9) -
Dungog the Star
2009
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— Appears in: Koori Mail , 17 June no. 453 2009; (p. 58) -
A Pro-Drugs Movie? Get off the Grass, Says Director
2009
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— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 17 August 2009; (p. 6) Garry Maddox reports on Richard Frankland's reaction to a M15+ classification for his film Stone Bros. Frankland believes the rating is unnecessarily harsh and will limit the film's audience. -
Frankland Fumes at Film Rating
2009
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— Appears in: Koori Mail , 26 August no. 458 2009; (p. 41) Indigenous film-maker Richard J. Frankland's Stone Bros has received an MA 15+ rating from the Film Classification Authority. Frankland believes the rating is unfairly restrictive. -
Practical Jokes
2009
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— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 12-13 September 2009; (p. 10)
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