Naarm Firestick Flicks NAIDOC film screening - The Dark Emu Story

The Indigenous Rights team at Amnesty are launching a new initiative: Firestick Flicks. This monthly film club aims to encourage Amnesty activists, staff, and supporters to watch First Nations films and documentaries, by providing supporting resources, discussion prompts, and reflections to foster deep learning and understanding on the path to reconciliation.

To kick off this initiative, we are planning a soft launch event with a special in-person screening of the first film, The Dark Emu Story, during NAIDOC Week.

About The Dark Emu Story:

Through his book ‘Dark Emu’, author Uncle Bruce Pascoe challenges Australia to rethink its understanding of the history of this country, before and after colonisation. He uses records and written accounts from white settlers and explorers, such as Major Thomas Mitchell, as evidence to show that First Nations communities were thriving, and had well-developed systems of trade, economy and farming, as well as engineering and architecture, and disprove negative stereotypes of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

‘The Dark Emu Story’ is a thought-provoking documentary which explores the impact that publishing this award-winning book had on Uncle Bruce, and the role that the media played in trying to discredit his research, and ultimately, his identity as an Aboriginal man.

Event Details:

Event: Soft Launch of Firestick Flicks with Screening of The Dark Emu Story

Location: Naarm Action Centre - Suite 7, 134 Cambridge St, Collingwood VIC

Date: 11th July 2024, 5.30pm for a sharp 6pm film start.