Mulgrave Twilight Films - Richard Bell: You Can Go Now

A special edition of Mulgrave Twilight Films in conjunction with OCCURRENT AFFAIR: JUSTICE NOW by proppaNOW Collective

Richard Bell. An activist masquerading as an artist.

50 years of First Nations activism in Australia seen through the lens of contemporary Australian Aboriginal artist and provocateur Richard Bell.

A look at the life and provocative work and writings of First Nations artist, Richard Bell. It reveals the ‘two Richards’ – ‘Richie’ the provocateur and enfante terrible of the art world who challenges its whiteness and the Richard who spent his childhood living in a tin shed, learnt his politics on the streets of Redfern and is known in his own community as an activist. His polemics and creative outputs provide a lens through which to consider the last 50 years of First Nations activism in Australia and its links to global protest movements.

Rating: M

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