I’m pleased to share that NITV has renewed the broadcast licensing for the film for the next 3 years. This means that BLACKBIRD is available to screen online for free in Australia until 2027. View the film on SBS OnDemand here. If you’re outside of Australia, click through here. More information about BLACKBIRD film project here.
In October 2023, I was fortunate to be able to travel to the lands of the Yuwibara people, Mackay, Queensland for the Brown Sugar Festival. The event marked “the 160th anniversary since the first South Sea Islander people were brought to Queensland to work in the sugar and cotton industries.” I had the honour of …
BLACKBIRD is an award-winning short narrative film inspired by the history of Australia’s sugar slaves, written and directed by Australian-Solomon Islander filmmaker Amie Batalibasi. To watch BLACKBIRD via online streaming (for private viewing) or DVD (for educational use, community screenings & a variety of uses) read below. We invite you to share viewing links with …
BLACKBIRD (13 mins, PG) is now available to screen online for free for those in Australia, via the SBS OnDemand platform. Watch on your computer or phone HERE (UPDATE: available until June 2024) BLACKBIRD (13mins, PG) tells the story of Solomon Islander siblings, Rosa & Kiko, who were kidnapped from their island home to work on …
We’re delighted to announce that ABC International has acquired broadcast rights for BLACKBIRD to screen throughout the Asia Pacific region, free to air via their ABC international platform. This is particularly exciting because it means that those throughout the Asia Pacific region in over 40 countries, will have the opportunity to access to our short film. …
BLACKBIRD to Broadcast in Asia Pacific Region via ABC Australia 2020
BLACKBIRD has been invited to screen at the 69th Berlinale International Film Festival in February 2019 as part of the Berlinale NATIVe Program. It’s an honour for our film and this story to be recognised at an international festival of this calibre especially as it’s part of a program focusing on indigenous storytelling in the Pacific region. BLACKBIRD is one of 16 films selected. …
BLACKBIRD to Screen at Berlinale International Film Festival
After last year’s NITV national screening debut, BLACKBIRD (13 mins, PG) is now available to screen online for free for those in Australia, via the SBS OnDemand platform. Watch on your computer or phone until [EDIT: 17 January 2019] previous showing 9 December 2018. UPDATE: If you missed this date, you can watch anytime: CLICK …
imagineNATIVE AWARD In October 2018, I was very surprised to receive a phone call from Canada with news that our short 360VR documentary ‘AEASI – as far as the eye can see above the sea’ received the Best Digital Work award at imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival in Toronto. My family and I made this film together …
BLACKBIRD DVD INTERNATIONAL RELEASE 4th JULY 2018: https://bit.ly/BlackbirdRonin BLACKBIRD is a short film by Australian Solomon Islander filmmaker Amie Batalibasi, that sheds light on a little known part of history – Australia’s sugar slaves. Ronin Films will release the BLACKBIRD DVD 4th JULY 2018, 9am AEST. BLACKBIRD screened at the New Zealand International Film Festival in …
In March, LIT, a video art work featuring Nyawuda Chuol was screened alongside 15 other artists/collectives at VU at MetroWest’s Come Together: International Women’s Day Exhibition. It was a pleasure to exhibit this work again with a group of diverse and creative women. More about LIT here. Also for International Women’s Day, Naomi Ball (filmmaker, friend, 1st AD on BLACKBIRD, DOCKED) took the …
BLACKBIRD is here! ••• EDIT: BLACKBIRD has been released by Ronin Films and is available to watch via Vimeo On Demand or DVD: More Information ••• Our short film BLACKBIRD has played at film festivals around the world and now after the recent national screening on NITV, it’s officially available to watch in Australia via SBS On …
BLACKBIRD ON NITV Over the last 18 months, our short film Blackbird has travelled around to film festivals around the world. We’re pleased to be able to share the film with a national audience via NITV – Australia’s National Indigenous Television network. People have been waiting a long time to watch the film and it’s …
BLACKBIRD Australian Television Premiere & Native Slam Short Screens at imagineNATIVE