Perkins receives Documentary Award
Rachel Perkins is the recipient of the Australian International Documentary Conference Stanley Hawes Award, for her contributions to the development of Indigenous filmmakers and the Australian film industry.
“Rachel’s films reach out to audiences with compelling Australian stories told from the heart. She combines her skills as a writer, director with a remarkable tenacity as a producer,” said the co-chair of the AIDC Board, Trevor Graham.
Perkins will receive the award during the opening ceremony of AIDC in Adelaide, on March 1.
The writer/director/producer began her career making documentaries at the Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association. She then worked at SBS, ABC and as a consultant to the Australian Film Commission. Perkins has created projects from Blood Brothers to the acclaimed First Australians. She has also directed the features Radiance, One Night the Moon and Bran Nue Dae.
Extremely well deserved. I have a copy of the first Australians and every school in Australia should have copy to show every student in the country.
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