REBEL WITH A CAUSE
MIFF PREMIERE SCREENINGS – Q&A GUESTS CONFIRMED
Including DIRECTORS DOUGLAS WATKIN, JILL ROBINSON, SIO TUSA and EJ BARRETT and
PAT O’SHANE, SUSANNE BONNER, MARILYN MILLER, RAYMOND WALKER, PETRINA WALKER, JARLOW WALKER, MICK BAYLES, YARRAKA BAYLES
Wednesday August 9 and Saturday August 12
The four-part Rebel With A Cause celebrates four iconic and outstanding Queensland First Nations rebels – Senator Neville Bonner, poet Ooodgeroo Noonuccal, magistrate Pat O’Shane and media icon Tiga Bayle – who put everything on the line for change.
Commissioned by National Indigenous Television (NITV), this four-part documentary series hones in on the political dimension of the personal, showcasing the unparalleled efforts of four trailblazers from Queensland who altered the course of Australian history. Interweaving never-before-seen archival material with interviews with loved ones and peers, Rebel With a Cause dives into the philosophies that guided these four figures – “Don’t hate; educate”, “I’m going out with my gloves on”, “I’m a token for no man” and “Are you going to be an honourable ancestor?” – to present an inspirational, vital account of First Nations–led change-making.
Senator Neville Bonner, a Jagera Elder, was the first Indigenous person elected to Parliament, serving 12 years across four federal governments. Former teacher and barrister Pat O’Shane, a Kuku Yalanji woman, became Australia’s first Aboriginal magistrate – a position she held from 1986 until 2013. Birri Gubba Gungalu radio host Tiga Bayles ruled the airwaves, presenting Sydney’s Radio Redfern and establishing the Brisbane Indigenous Media Association and the National Indigenous Radio Service. And Noonuccal poet, conservationist and activist Oodgeroo Noonuccal was the first Aboriginal person to publish a book of verse.
Rebel With A Cause screens across two sessions at the Melbourne International Film Festival next week – on Wednesday August 9 and Saturday August 12:
https://miff.com.au/program/film/rebel-with-a-cause-part-1
https://miff.com.au/program/film/rebel-with-a-cause-part-2
PART ONE Q&A GUESTS:
NEVILLE BONNER
Director: Douglas Watkin
Producer: Citt Williams
Susanne Bonner – Neville Bonner’s granddaughter
PAT O’SHANE
Director: Jill Robinson
Producer: Citt Williams
Pat O’Shane
Marilyn Miller – Pat O’Shane’s daughter
PART TWO Q&A GUESTS:
OODGEROO NOOUCCAL
Director: Sio Tusa
Producer: Citt Williams
Raymond Walker – Oodgeroo Noonuccal’s grandson
Petrina Walker – Oodgeroo Noonuccal granddaughter
Jarlow Walker – Oodgeroo Noonuccal’s great grandson
TIGA BAYLES
Director: EJ Garrett
Producer: Citt Williams
Mick Bayles – Tiga Bayles’ brother
Yarraka Bayles – Tiga Bayles’ daughter
Rebel With A Cause is an Inkey Media Production. Series Producer Citt Williams. Executive Producer Dena Curtis. Editors Fiona Strain ASE, Scott Walton, Pip Hart. Director of Photography Anna Howard ACS. Composer Rhyan Clapham.
Rebel with a Cause airs on National Indigenous Television (NITV) later this year.
