This year’s National Reconciliation Week theme is ‘Bridging Now to Next’, a call to reflect upon the resilience of First Nations peoples past and the collective strength of First Nations peoples present.
It is a time for us all to step forward on the reconciliation journey together, uniting to understand the importance of the past in informing our future. The films and series contained in the Reconciliation Week collection this year reflect upon this theme, showing how one can overcome adversity and come through to the other side stronger than ever before.
Living Black: Unfinished Business - Corroboree 2000
Living Black, the longest-running Indigenous news and current affairs program on Australian television, marks National Reconciliation Week with a special episode on Monday 26 May at 8.30pm.
25 years on from the remarkable Corroboree 2000 Bridge Walk, Western Arrernte woman, Walkley Award-winning journalist, Executive Producer and host, Karla Grant, interviews attendees from the momentous event to hear how they felt at the time and if they believe reconciliation still stands a chance in Australia.
Episode guests include Former Minister for Indigenous Australians, Hon. Linda Burney and CEO of Reconciliation Australia, Karen Mundine.
Living Black: Unfinished Business – Corroboree 2000 (series 32 episode 6) premieres Monday 26 May on NITV and SBS On Demand at 8.30pm.
National Reconciliation Week featuring Patrick Dodson
Live from Fremantle Passenger Terminal, WA, Yawuru elder, Patrick Dodson, also known as the Father of Reconciliation’, along with next-generation leader Tremane Baxter-Edwards, deliver a Reconciliation keynote. At a time when Australia faces uncertainty in its reconciliation journey, this keynote calls on all Australians to step forward together to build a more united and respectful nation.
Together, Dodson and Baxter-Edwards embody cross-generational First Nations leadership, with their voices reflecting the strength, wisdom and hope to carry the reconciliation movement forward, following the theme ‘Bridging Now to Next’.
National Reconciliation Week featuring Patrick Dodson premieres Tuesday 27 May at 11am (AEST) on NITV and SBS On Demand.
Our Medicine
Taking viewers behind the frontline of Australia’s strained medical services, six-part series Our Medicine shines an important light on First Nations professionals working to achieve better health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients and communities.
Narrated by popular actress Leah Purcell AM, Our Medicine follows First Nations doctors, nurses, paramedics, traditional healers and other medical professionals in their day-to-day challenges as they support patients on their journey through the system.
Our Medicine premieres Thursday 29 May on NITV and SBS On Demand, with weekly double episodes. Episodes air weekly at NITV starting Thursday 29 May at 7.30pm.
Namatjira Project
In one of Australia’s most potent stories, Namatjira Project traces the life and works of Albert Namatjira, a renowned Arrernte painter from the MacDonnell Ranges in Central Australia.
Namatjira gave many Australians their first glimpses into the outback heart of the country and was widely celebrated, exhibited globally, and introduced to Queen Elizabeth. However, in 1957 he was falsely imprisoned, and in 1959 he died.
By 1983 the Government sold the copyright to his artworks to an art dealer, and today, Namatjira’s family fight for survival, justice and to regain their grandfather’s copyright. Namatjira Project illuminates the relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people today, in Australia and globally.
Namatjira Project will air 8pm Wednesday 29 May on NITV and is streaming now at SBS On Demand.
The Point
National Indigenous Television’s (NITV) flagship news and current affairs program, The Point, returns for its tenth season on Tuesday 3 June at 7.30pm on NITV and SBS On Demand, and on SBS following World News Late.
Each week, host John Paul Janke, a proud Wuthathi and Meriam man, joins expert panellists, community leaders and decision makers to explore issues that matter most to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
Now marking a decade on air, The Point continues to bring Indigenous perspectives to the centre of national conversations, platforming diverse perspectives from across the continent. This season features one-hour, issues-based panel shows, alternating between episodes filmed in community and in-studio on Cammeraygal Land in Sydney. The series remains a leading source of original journalism and breaking news.
This year, The Point will once again travel across the country to engage local communities and explore real solutions for the future. Locations include Hobart (nipaluna), Darwin (Garramilla), Cherbourg (Barambah), the Torres Strait Islands (Zenadth Kes), and Melbourne (Naarm).
The Point premieres weekly from Tuesday 3 June at 7.30pm on NITV, and encores on SBS after SBS World News Late. It will also be available to stream free on SBS On Demand, with captions in English and subtitles in Arabic, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean and Vietnamese.
The Knowledge Keepers
In a changing climate, this powerful documentary, draws on some 65 thousand years of Indigenous knowledge, to help us better prepare for the future.
The 30-minute documentary follows First Nations land practitioners as they answer questions from younger generations on how to care for Country. Drawing on roughly 65,000 years of wisdom on Indigenous practices around fire, flood and heat management, these experts explore ways that we can better prepare Australia for extreme weather.
The Knowledge Keepers is currently available to stream on SBS On Demand.
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