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Watch the '82 Commonwealth Games Protest Doco
In 1982, First Nations people from across the country converged on Brisbane to protest the Commonwealth Games, demand recognition of Aboriginal Land Rights and demonstrate against the Queensland Government’s oppressive Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Protection Act. The Brisbane Indigenous Media Association (BIMA) produced a documentary on this landmark in the political struggle of First […]
Listen >>Brisbane's Blind Broadcasters in City South News
Listening to the soothing tones of radio broadcaster David Roosje, you would never know he struggles to see the microphone in front of him. Mt Gravatt’s Mr Roosje is low vision and legally blind, but it does not stop him and his co-hosts Torita Isaac and James Mullholland, who are also vision impaired, presenting their […]
Listen >>"Murru" album in memory of John Pat
Murru is an album in memory the Death in Custody of Aboriginal teenager John Pat The music collaboration – which includes the talents of John Bennett, Shellie Morris, Emma Donovan, Archie Roach, Lucky Oceans, Harry Hookey, Bill Chambers, the Last Kinection, Trevor Jamieson and David Hyams – is the result of over two and a half years of […]
Listen >>Troy Cassar-Daley Country Music Academy Indigenous Scholarship
Troy Cassar-Daley, one of Australia’s most prolific and awarded Country Music artists continues to personally put his name and dollars to encouraging emerging talent through his generous support of the CMAA Academy of Country Music.. The course is for singers, songwriters and instrumentalists over the age of 18 years. Hundreds of ACM Graduates have created […]
Listen >>Watch Let's Talk Sovereignty
A panel discussion articulating the POLITICAL, PHILOSOPHICAL & LEGAL intricacies of First Nations’ sovereignty. The panel consists of four veterans of the Black political struggle – Michael Mansell, Lilla Watson, Bob Weatherall and Mary Graham. Tiga Bayles will be facilitating the panel. Let’s Talk Sovereignty from BIMA on Vimeo.
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