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Back in July, the Indigenous Rights team launched our new film club, Firestick Flicks, as part of our NAIDOC celebrations.
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.
This month’s Firestick Flicks film is Through the Fire Documentary, by We Are Warriors.
You can join us online Wednesday 25th September at 6.30pm for a discussion on the documentary. Register below!
We Are Warriors is a First Nations led movement and an Indigenous social enterprise operating as profit for purpose, founded by rap artist Nooky (AKA Corey Webster). It was launched on Invasion Day 2022, and aims to show the younger generations of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander kids what Blak excellence is, by platforming leaders and role models and tell the story of what they have overcome and worked on in order to achieve success.
Nooky says “you can’t be what you can’t see” and has a dream of changing the world to support the next generation of First Nations kids coming through.
If you want to support this movement as an ally, a grassroots community organisation, or brand or business partner, get in touch with the We Are Warriors crew here, and follow their journey on socials (@wearewarriors_au)
Get involved: Host your own film screening!
- Cosy option: Get together with your family and friends for a movie night at home
- Feeling a bit more social: Organise a screening for your group or local community
To maximise attendance and impact, it is helpful to:
- Combine the film screening with a meal or morning/afternoon tea, which also encourages people to stay on after the film to talk and take action
- Discuss AIA’s Raise the Age campaign, and encourage attendees to sign our petition: NT Kids Don’t Belong in Prison Cells.
- Publicise your film screening well and try to draw in people from outside Amnesty circles, using social media, email lists, posters, leaflets etc
- Partnering with other groups or organisations helps spread the workload and brings in a broader audience. Councils, libraries and Tourist Information centres can all be useful partners with the ability to promote it widely
Resources
Feeling peckish?
If you are looking for snacks and beverages for your film screening, these are some First Nations businesses that you could try:
- Yaala Sparkling Water
- Yaru Mineral Water
- Jala Jala chocolate
- Indigiearth spices to sprinkle on your popcorn, or relishes for a grazing platter
- Binjang Tea
- Blak Brews
- Mabu Mabu hot chocolate
- Sobah Beverages
Looking for a venue?
You could have a look around your local area to see whether there are any First Nations cafes or restaurants who may be able to cater for your film screening.
Discussion questions to get you thinking…
1. Do you remember learning about First Nations peoples in school? What were you taught? What picture was painted by your teachers? Does it differ from the knowledge about colonisation and Indigenous Rights that you have learned as an adult?
2. Within the film, we learn:
“In Australia, only 6% of all youth are First Nations. Yet we account for 49% of the juvenile detention population.”
“Striving to rise from the ashes of over 200 years of persecution, it’s hard to be what you can’t see.”
Why do you think it is so important for kids to have good role models?
3. Nooky tells the Yuin dreaming story of the Black Cockatoo to explain resilience, perseverance, overcoming struggle, and resurrection. What do you think of how the film is broken into the following segments, and the journey that the Warriors have gone through in order to be leaders for the next generation?
– 1 – The Fire Inside
– 2 – Break The Cycle
– 3 – Resurrection
– 4 – Black and Gifted
Let us know how it went!
If you hosted a film screening, please fill in this Event Form and let us know how it went!
Feel free to email any photos to activism@amnesty.org.au
Safeguarding the well-being of yourself and others
Campaigning for human rights can be difficult. Burnout and vicarious trauma can happen and it’s important to keep a look out for the signs in yourself and your friends. You can check out our Sustainable Activism & Self Care guide as a starting point to ensure that you are looking after yourself and others while doing this important work. It examines how we can better take care of ourselves as activists and what you can do to make sure your activism is sustainable!
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