[short film] // role: colourist
Since the anchors of the first fleet dropped, and the sovereignty and land of the country’s First Peoples was stolen, migrant stories have been woven into Australia’s concept of itself as a nation. But that colonial history is often written from a European perspective.
Atong Atem’s Banksia explores the lesser-known history of this country’s first African settlers—one that started long before Atem’s own family arrived from South Sudan in 1997. The ambitious free-to-view projection reveals obscured layers of history on a breathtaking scale, accompanied by a score devised by Melbourne composer Petra Salsjö.
DIRECTOR Atong Atem
PRODUCER Gabrielle Pearson
CINEMATOGRAPHER Gabriel Francis
PRODUCTION DESIGNER Ranima Montes
STYLIST Nayndng Mayen
GAFFER Francis Healy Wood
MUA Rosie Kalina
MUSIC COMPOSER Jerry Agbinva
EDITOR Sarah Saw
COLOURIST Abe Wynen
PRODUCTION COMPANY Majella Productions