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Social Realism Meets Coptic Motifs in Eritrean Artist’s Michael Adonai’s Visions of His Evasive Homeland

He became an artist while struggling for his country’s self-determination as a young man on the frontline of the liberation movement. Then he lost Eritrea again but recreates it in imposing paintings

June 1st, 2020|Country: Australia, Eritrea|

The Glitz and Gravity of Australian Indigenous Drag—‘Black Divaz’, dir. Adrian Russell Wills, 2018

A dazzling, empathic film follows six drag queens competing in Australia's inaugural Miss First Nations contest, as they find empowerment and share vulnerabilities

March 25th, 2020|Country: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, Australia, Biripi People, Dunghutti People, Iwaidja People, Malak Malak People, Tiwi Islands, Torres Strait Islands|

There Are No Bad Kids, Just Bad Approaches to Them—‘In My Blood It Runs’, dir. Maya Newell, 2019

A stunning documentary about a gifted unruly child decries the imperialist methods of education and punitive discipline in place in Australia. Its subject matter, however, is ubiquitous

December 11th, 2019|Country: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, Arrernte, Australia, Garrwa People|

Film: Judas Collar, dir. Alison James, 2018

Look at the consequences of human interference with the camel populations of Australia in this powerful women-made narrative short that is currently contending for the Oscars' shorts nomination

November 10th, 2019|Country: Australia|

Film: RocKabul, dir. Travis Beard, 2018

A dive into the underground rock scene of Afghanistan with a self-taught heavy metal band District Unknown at the forefront, made by the founder of Kabul’s first rock festival.

July 9th, 2019|Country: Afghanistan, Australia|

Music: Tenzin Choegyal and Taro Terahara, The Awakened Heart, 2011

Calming, healing collection of mantras, both ancient and contemporary, in a collaboration between Tibetan musician based in Australia and the Japanese master of the bansuri flute

June 21st, 2019|Country: Australia, Japan, Tibet|

Music: Ngaiire, Blastoma, 2016

Dark, danceable future soul from Papua New Guinea in a sophomore album named after the singer’s childhood cancer: Ngaiire is a talent from Oceania to look out for

June 11th, 2019|Country: Australia, Papua New Guinea|

Music: Giacomo Puccini, La Rondine Live, 2018

September 15th, 2018|Country: Australia, Chile, Croatia, Germany, Italy, Japan, Kosovo, Romania, South Korea, USA|

Book: G.S. Johnston, The Cast of a Hand, 2015

September 6th, 2018|Country: Australia, France|

Book: Kirsty Sword Gusmão, A Woman of Independence, 2003

August 9th, 2018|Country: Australia, Timor-Leste|

Art: Mermaid’s Doll at Wenham Museum, circa 1890

May 25th, 2018|Country: Australia|

Food: Alfajores and a Flat White at Southern Cross Coffee, NYC

April 22nd, 2018|Country: Argentina, Australia|