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indigenous movie making: an emerging growth industry

Recently, I was working on a film review of indigenous movie, The Sapphires. As part of my research, I wanted to get a handle on the extent of the Australian indigenous movie industry.

My conclusion (drawing on figures from this website) – It’s quite a growth industry!

Indigenous film or films made by indigenous film makers – Australia decadal

And here’s the 2000 decade broken down into years – and the growth is most obvious in the last few years – specifically 2007, 2008, 2009.

For another article – A Short History of Indigenous Filmmaking – go here.