Council celebrating NAIDOC Week with film screening

The community is invited to attend Strathbogie Shire Council’s NAIDOC Week event – a film screening at the Euroa Community Cinema.

The cinema will screen Indigenous documentary ‘Ablaze (PG)’ by Tiriki Onus and Alec Morgan on July 2 at 7.30pm & July 3 at 4pm.

NAIDOC Week is an annual celebration of Indigenous history, culture and achievements with events held around Australia during the week from July 2-10.

Strathbogie Shire Council Mayor Cr Laura Binks said Strathbogie Shire Council was proud to have strong links with First Nations people through a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Taungurung Land and Waters Council.

“Last year we celebrated NAIDOC Week with a very special flag raising ceremony after we were gifted the Taunugurng Sovereign Flag but the Taungurung People,” Cr Binks said.

“We are proud of our MoU which has been a valuable document to strengthen our relationship with the Taungurung people.”

Cr Binks encouraged the community to attend one of the free screenings of Ablaze.

“The film depicts the true story of the first Aboriginal filmmaker William Bill Onus,” she said.

“It tells the story of the Yorta Yorta and Wiradjuri man from Victoria – a truly heroic cultural and political figure who revived his people’s culture in the 1940’s and ignited a civil rights movement that would, against enormous odds, change the course of history.”

Through rare archival footage, state-of-the-art animation, vividly created digital motion graphics and eye-witness accounts, Ablaze is the compelling tale of how Bill and supporters brilliantly orchestrated their campaign for equality through entertainment.

To book for the free screenings, visit https://www.trybooking.com/BZTZX