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Division of Society, Culture, Media and Philosophy
SCMP News: July 2008
- Kathryn Millard's film The Boot Cake has been nominated for Best Documentary in the AGIES Australian Writers' Guild Awards 2008
- Warawara staff attends Maclean High School 27 June 2008
As a result of a request form Nungera Co-operative Society Ltd, Lana Leslie, Associate Lecturer and Arlene Mcinherny, Commonwealth Programs Officer from Warawara attended Maclean Aboriginal Careers Day. The objectives of the careers day were to give Aboriginal students at Maclean High School information regarding available pathways following high school.
The careers day was attended by Aboriginal organisations, Aboriginal Guest Speakers (including athlete Anthony Mundine), various educational institutions including TAFEs and various universities.
The careers day was a terrific success with Macquarie University disseminating study options and associated promotional information to over a hundred high school students, teachers and organisations.
Photos at the right: from left to right Arlene Mcinherny, Joanne Randall and Lana Leslie
Kathryn Millard's film The Boot Cake has been nominated for Best Documentary in the AGIES Australian Writers' Guild Awards 2008
The Media Department’s Kathryn Millard’s recently completed film The Boot Cake has already been nominated for Best Documentary in the AGIES Australian Writers’ Guild Awards 2008.
The Film was produced with funding from the Film Finance Corporation of Australia, the NSW Film and Television Office, Australian Film Commission, the Australia-India Council and Macquarie University. It tells the story of a small desert town on the edge of western India’s famous salt plains, the home of the world’s largest population of Charlie Chaplin impersonators. The Charlie Circle of Adipur embraces businessmen, shopkeepers, a doctor who prescribes Chaplin movies for medicinal purposes, teachers, engineers, students and a three-year-old pre-schooler. They all share a passion for the silent film star of the early 1900s, with his twirling cane, wobbly walk and agitated eyebrows.
Award-winning Australian film-maker Kathryn Millard stumbled across the beguiling Charlie Circle during research for another film project. She was immediately invited to join their 116th birthday celebrations, which included a parade of Charlie look-alikes through town along with dancing girls, floats, strolling musicians and a camel.
The Boot Cake’s website can be found at
http://www.thebootcake.com