The Aboriginal Justice film clip is done!!!
Get ready for this….
Better Futures School Program
Over the past 6 months, Toby from Desert Pea Media has been working on the Better Futures Get Real @ Relationships program at Oberon High School, McKillop College and Kelso High in Bathurst NSW.
The program has been in partnership with Lisa Lantry from Enhance Consultancy & Training and focuses on image theatre and dialogue as a form to engage and challenge young people. The focus is on equipping young people with the tools to manage relationships and create a healthy environment for themselves and their community.
The program also incorporated a ‘Love Bites’ Day, which focuses on domestic and family violence prevention. This full day of workshops culminates in the production of a hip hop song and music video advocating awareness of domestic and sexual violence across all communities…
Check them out!!
Aboriginal Justice on Itunes!!!
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Aboriginal Justice hits Itunes!!!! Buy a copy and support Australian indigenous communities…
http://itunes.apple.com/au/album/aboriginal-justice-single/id341017809
Aboriginal Justice arrives….
‘Aboriginal Justice’ is the product of a collaboration between Desert Pea Media, The Smugglers Of Light Foundation and three young people from Palm Island, North Queensland.
Written and produced in 2009 by Toby Finlayson and Matthew Priestley from Desert Pea Media - with Morris Walsh, Kiefer Walsh and Patrick Seaton. This track has been developed through a media mentoring project which started in 2004.
This song is a powerful commentary on the issues and emotions surrounding the death in custody of local man Cameron Doomadgee in 2004… The 3rd inquest is coming up, and this song is focused on raising awareness of the issues surrounding indigenous comunities nation wide.
‘Aboriginal Justice’ has been recomposed, produced and arranged by Nigel Westlake and also mixed and mastered by prominent Australian technicians.
Thanks to Kaos Music, Franki Goodwin, Bob Scott, Nigel Westlake, Xanon Murphy, The Bwlgcolman People and more…
BUY THE SINGLE HERE – http://www.smugglersoflight.com/AboriginalJustice.htm
Only $6 dollars to your doorstep. All proceeds go to raising funds for further cultural media programs on Palm Island.
Desert Pea Media Screening
You are invited to Desert Pea Media’s Official Screening of music & film works from communities around Australia…
Wednesday 28th October
Ponton Theatre, CSU Bathurst
7.00pm – 8.30pm
$7 Students
$10 non students
Free local cold climate wines
Afterparty @ The Elephant & Castle Hotel, Keppel St Bathurst
New Media…
Check the latest hip hop tracks from Dubbo, NSW.
This clip was created as part of a short documentary titled ‘Courage When Ya Got None’ – Advocating awareness of domestic and family violence in all cultures and all communities…
‘Kamilaroi Boys’ – Written by young men from the Dubbo community – a powerful commentary on protecting families & women from domestic & sexual violence…
New Media…
Check the latest hip hop tracks from Dubbo, NSW.
This clip was created as part of a short documentary titled ‘Courage When Ya Got None’ – Advocating awareness of domestic and family violence in all cultures and all communities…
‘When The Cops Come’ – Written by young people about the effect of domestic violence and police intervention on local families.
Dubbo Domestic & Family Violence Prevention Program
A Desert Pea media squad travelled to Dubbo, NSW earlier this month to deliver a film/ music component of a ‘Love Bites’ Domestic Violence Prevention program with young people during the school holidays…
We created 2 x hip hop songs and clips advocating awareness & prevention of domestic violence in the local community. We also framed the production with interviews from the young people about the impacts of domestic violence on families.
Look out for the new tracks ‘Kamileroi Men’ and ‘When the Cops Come’ on Youtube – coming this week…
Check this out – ‘A New Dawn’ rolls on… Triple platinum in 6 months I reckon…
‘A New Dawn’ has recieved reasonably heavy rotation on Triple J Radio over the past few weeks!!! I have incoming reports from sources across Australia that people are rocking out in the car to smooth beats from Boggabilla, courtesy of The Desert Pea Mob.
Look out Australia – them songlines are being re-written…
I recieved this message on Facebook yesterday from a guy we met during a project in the Daintree Rainforest – a small community called Wujal Wujal…
Its Luke Hurst here my partner Jayne and I meet you and Matt in mid 2008 when you were staying an my auntys little shindig in Wujal Wujal. Jayne an I are working at a coal mine west of Mackay these days. Just last night I was doing a night shift and Triple J played a kick ass song (A New Dawn) and said it was by The Desert Pea Mob, when the lady said The Desert Pea Mob even though it was about midnight, I thought “hey I know those blokes”. Anyway whats been happening in your guys world these days. Great work on A New Dawn by the way the workshop at Eaglefield Coal Mine were all rocking out to it last night.
New Project
Desert Pea Media has been invited back to Dubbo, NSW in late July to produce a project with local young people around domestic violence. The project is through ex-staff of the Gordon Neighbourhood Centre and looks at hip hop and documentary production around this particular social issue. Advocacy and awareness is the name of the game.
- Stay tuned for more updates….
