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A feature documentary about opera singer Tiriki Onus who finds a 70-year-old silent film believed to be made by his grandfather, Aboriginal leader and filmmaker Bill Onus. As Tiriki travels across the continent and pieces together clues to the film’s origins, he discovers more about Bill, his fight for Aboriginal rights and the price he paid for speaking out.
Good for
- Friends night
- Teens
- Drop-in friendly
Skip it if
- You want fast pacing
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 79GoodWatch 77
IMDb7.9
Running time
1 h 30 min
A typical length for documentaries, −6 min on the typical 96
typical 9690Half of all documentaries run 89–107 min.
Reach
Streams in 2 countries
Released
2022
May 26, 2022
4 years ago
Genre
DocumentaryLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
- Australia
Directing · 2
- Alec Morgan Director, Writer, Researcher
- Tiriki Onus Director, Writer
Writing · 1
- Tom Murray Script Consultant, Associate Producer
Production · 6
- Ari Harrison Executive Producer
- Jeff Harrison Executive Producer
- Sue Maslin Executive Producer
- Tom Zubrycki Producer, Sound Recordist
- Julia Overton Production Manager
- Keisha Clements Post Production Coordinator
Camera · 3
- Rick Kickbush Director of Photography
- Kathryn Milliss Director of Photography
- Murray Vanderveer Drone Cinematographer, Cinematography
Editing · 3
- Tony Stevens Editor
- Sam Zubrycki Assistant Editor
- Freeman Trebilcock Assistant Editor, Visual Effects
Sound · 5
- Jen Anderson Original Music Composer
- Tristan Meredith Sound Mixer
- Craig Pilkington Scoring Mixer
- Peter Cho Sound Editor
- Phil Myers Sound Recordist
Visual Effects · 2
- James Ruse Visual Effects
- Juliet Miranda Rowe Animation
Other crew · 1
- Darius Family Post Production Supervisor
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