Saturday, February 04, 2012  
 
 
    Redfern Now writers start  

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Jon Bell, Dennis Simmons, Adrian Wills, Jimmy McGovern, Steven
McGregor, Tamara Whyte, Danielle MacLean and Michelle Blanchard.

McGovern and seven indigenous writers familiarised themselves with Redfern on a walking tour before getting to their first day of a week of tutorials, which he will follow up in a month. The writers, chosen from a nationwide call for story ideas, range in experience and have travelled from centres such as Darwin, Perth and Brisbane. SMH 15/12/2010

     
   
    Redfern now search for writers  

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Calling all indigenous scriptwriters Central 7 Oct 2010
Cracker scriptwriter set for Block party  SMH 23rd September, 2010
Indigenous drama to be championed by ABC Australian

Script submissions are being sought until October 15.
By mid-November, up to 10 will have been chosen ...

from the REDWatch crew:

We shudder at the thought of recreating the Redfern riot for TV and the reinforcement of the tired old stereotypes [e.g. SMH's limited use of photos], on the other hand this might provide an opportunity to look at what is happening in the community.

 

The challenge of course is how do you make the good stories worthy of TV drama? Does anyone know any good Aboriginal script writers and / or stories that might be good for TV and not just reinforce the stereotypes? Can people send story ideas ?

     
   
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