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Aboriginal Culture

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Directed by Wayne Blair. With Chris O'Dowd, Deborah Mailman, Jessica Mauboy, Shari Sebbens. It's 1968, and four young, talented Australian Aboriginal girls learn about love, friendship and war when their all-girl group The Sapphires entertain the US troops in Vietnam.

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We watched the episode that used Lonely Chid as a theme.

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Six extraordinary stories one unmissable series. Redfern Now is the first drama series written, directed and produced by Indigenous Australians. The highly celebrated and multi award winning drama of 2012. Recipient of Most Outstanding Drama at this year's TV Week Logie Awards, the critically acclaimed Redfern Now returns for another extraordinary season.

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CORNY COLLINS, VELMA VON TUSSLE AND STUDIO MANAGER
“Look, now I’ve got some new ideas for the show. We get rid of Negro day.” “Finally some sense out of you.” “and we mix those kids in with the rest of the council.” “Mix those kids?” “That’s right I said it.”“This is not a black and tanned cocktail.”“Well why couldn’t it be? Velma, isn’t this where it is all heading anyway. Now you can fight it or rock out to it.”
Hairspray is a movie set in Baltimore, the year is1962 where the fight for civil rights is gaining momentum. All the way through the movie, there are many remarks and smart comments about the divided races/colours. In this scene the director has used a scenario that proves racism was a big hassle then, as much as it is now. The fact that Corny Collins wants to integrate the kids shows that there are some people willing to help. Velma is in denial about moving to a new age and doesn't want to mix the to colours together. The statement "This is not a black and tanned cocktail." is sort of like a metaphor. Velma is basically saying that there is no need for them to be mixed and she would rather keep them out of her mixed "cocktail". Hairspray is a generally fun loving movie that proves life wasn't all that easy in the '60s and the races can all get along if they realise that we aren't that different, but we may just have different beliefs.

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In my test for this term I struggled a little bit. I felt very confident with my short answer question and the 3 multiple choice questions. When it came to giving a long answer like choosing a quote and I had to explain it, I could barely get a few words on the page. I feel like I need to work on getting the information in proper context before I try to answer the question on it. The test itself was not all that impossible to complete, I just had trouble trying to think of something to say when out on the spot.

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"This day from very far my heart remembers well. The shimmer of blue water, silvery fish, the lime-washed sails, memory of sampan breasting the waves out to the main. I dream the smells, rough, salty, keen..."

Te Hanh's poem "In My Village" from our core text, Voices Nearby the Anthology shows us how a community and village can live in peace when they may not have many resources. Throughout the poem Hanh uses imagery to create an image in our mind of what this village looks, sounds and smells like. A few strong imagery quotes are "The shimmer og blue water, silvery fish, lime-washed sails." and "I dream the smells, rough, salty, keen." Hanh has used descriptive language to make us feel like we are actually in the village. "In My Village" has shown us that tranquillity can be found in the smallest places and that the way someone describes something, we can get a sense of what their culture is.

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Voices Nearby
An Anthology of Asia-Pacific Writing