Amateur Hour | australian film

15 Apr 2016

COMING SOON – A TV SERIES ABOUT AN ABORIGINAL SUPERHERO

Writer: Laura Imbruglia Well, this has gotta be the most feel-good tv series concept I've heard of in a long time. ABC will soon be launching a slick-looking tv series about an Aboriginal superhero. Cleverman, conceived by Ryan Griffen, is set in the future and deeply rooted in Aboriginal mythology. It features an 80% Indigenous cast including Hunter Page-Lochard (recently seen in Spear), Rob Collins (The Lion King musical) and Deborah Mailman (The Sapphires), as

9 Mar 2016

FILM PROFILE – “SPEAR”

By Laura Imbruglia

Spear (M) Directed by Stephen Page Writer: Jessica Craig-Piper Director Stephen Page’s ambitious, unconventional debut feature Spear is an arresting synthesis of cinema and modern dance. A journey into impending manhood, the film approaches thematically familiar terrain with a fresh eye, and contemplates what it means to be a young Indigenous man coming of age in contemporary Australia. Visually spectacular, the project’s aesthetic finesse is as much a result of the superior technical team assembled by Page