The award winning film Zach’s Ceremony is coming to Mount Isa next month.
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Filmed over five years, Zach's Ceremony is a documentary from film maker Aaron Petersen about a family drama in the Gulf of Carpentaria which is fascinating and occasionally heart breaking.
The film stars locals Alec Doomadgee and his son Zach Doomadgee.
The film is the brainchild of Doomadgee man, Alec Doomadgee, a descendent of Waanyi, Garawa and Gangalidda peoples.
Alec Doomadgee, who has starred in Redfern Now, produced the film about his son Zach’s identity challenges over a 10-year period as he enters adolescence and moves between the cultures of the Gulf of Carpentaria and Sydney.
Zach’s Ceremony is an extraordinary, feature-length documentary that shows one boy’s journey to manhood in a complex, emotionally driven story.
Zach’s Ceremony is an extraordinary, feature-length documentary that shows one boy’s journey to manhood in a complex, emotionally driven story.
Its themes are universal: that of family and connection, but also explores the fascinating and unique question of what it means to be a modern man belonging to the oldest living culture on earth.
The film received a standing ovation when it was screened at New York’s Margaret Mead Film Festival last year.
While Big Apple audiences approved, the film was also winning honours at home when it won the best film and documentary award at the 2016 Byron Bay Film Festival.
Alec Doomadgee said the film was “a story about us, a story about Australia.”
“It’s a story about our law and our culture, about the real Australia,” he said.
Local indigenous woman Naomi Craigie will host this event at Cinema Mount Isa on Saturday, May 6, 2017.
Enough tickets must be sold to ensure this screening goes ahead.
Funds will be placed on hold until the screening is confirmed.
Go to https://fan-force.com/box-office/ to buy tickets.
The Mount Isa screening is at 7pm on May 6.