Opinion: There's something dangerously askew with the way we're talking about race and the arts
and screens an annual program of films by Indigenous filmmakers, such as Warwick Thornton, Ivan Sen, Erica Glynn, Wayne Blair and many more. Darren Dale, an Indigenous man and one of our country's most important TV producers, is on its board. The festival also champions the work of diverse Australian filmmakers, including some of us, as well as a program for women filmmakers and for screen practitioners with disabilities.
The current focus on public shaming and "burning down" the industry is misguided and ahistorical. Even if it started as an attempt at genuine critique, in the divisive and polarising world of social media, it has quickly descended into online bullying. Equally, they have not understood the history of struggle against racism in Australia, which has established structures that have already enabled some of the critics to assume their current positions within the mainstream Australian media and provides ongoing opportunities for others. For instance, the fact that there were other racially oppressed groups in Australia before them, such as Greeks, Italians, Jews and other non-Anglo whites, who also suffered under systemic racism and bigotry.
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