Black List launched

Screen Australia has published a catalogue of screen projects featuring Indigenous creatives in key roles, called The Black List.

“The Black List celebrates these contemporary screen storytellers and those who have gone before. It reveals how far the Indigenous filmmaking sector has come,” said CEO Ruth Harley.

Harley explained that while in the 70s there were no features and only one TV drama with Indigenous people in key creative roles, the 2000s saw Indigenous filmmakers participate in nine features and 16 dramas.

The catalogue has been compiled by the agency’s Strategy and Research Unit, and features the work of 257 Indigenous Australians credited as producer, director, writer or cinematographer on 674 productions. The listings go back to 1970 for features and telemovies, 1980 for docos and mini-series, and 1988 for shorts and series.