For her last episode of What are you looking at? podcast Pip Stafford talks to Nadia Rafaei, […]
The Things We Did Next: embracing the mess
2023.01.17 Originally published by Plurality University https://www.plurality-university.org/publications/agora-5-the-things-we-did-next Diving into 2029: a narrative performance ‘David, let’s take a […]
Futures with Alex Kelly and John Wiseman
Saltgrass Podcast interview. https://saltgrasspodcast.com/2022/04/13/s4-e13-futures-with-alex-kelly-and-john-wiseman/
Make the fossil fuel companies pay
https://overland.org.au/2022/03/make-the-fossil-fuel-companies-pay/ The industries that have fuelled the climate crisis, funded climate denial, and blocked just climate progress […]
Filmmakers – we need to talk about Andrew Forrest’s new film fund
First published in Screen Hub https://www.screenhub.com.au/news/news/filmmakers-we-need-to-talk-about-andrew-forrests-new-film-fund-1477507/ With many thanks to everyone who I discussed this piece with in […]
The arts in Australia need to break up with fossil fuels
https://overland.org.au/2021/09/the-arts-in-australia-need-to-break-up-with-fossil-fuels/comment-page-1/ ARTICLE ARTCLIMATE EMERGENCY The arts in Australia need to break up with fossil fuels By Alex […]
Me-Mandook Galk – Land for Nalderun crowdfund
Mamunya – the Friends of Nalderun – are launching a crowdfunding campaign to purchase culturally significant land […]
New York Times Review – In My Blood It Runs
CRITICʼS PICK In My Blood It Runsʼ Review: ʻI Want to Be an Aborigineʼ In plain vérité […]
Episode #27 ChangeMakers Podcast
https://changemakerspodcast.org/27-big-moment/ Episode #27 – COVID-19 has shaken the foundations of life as we know it. There is […]
Maya Newell’s Indigenous doc resonates with festivals, commercial audiences
24 February, 2020 by Don Groves in Inside Film Maya Newell’s feature documentary In My Blood It Runs has been […]
Maya Newell: Don’t be afraid of doing things differently
Screen HubThursday 20 February, 2020 by Rochelle Siemienowicz Shot at dusk on a street in Alice Springs, the […]
The Saturday Paper profile – Alex Kelly
A conversation with film and theatre producer Alex Kelly about making the documentaries Island of Hungry Ghosts and In My […]
Dumbo Feather – How Systems Marginalise
Director Maya Newell reveals the systemic barriers she encountered in trying to get the Indigenous cast of her […]
The Gate review – In My Blood It Runs
By Andrew Parker, at Hot Docs A wholly original and impactful look at growing up Indigenous in […]
Island of the Hungry Ghosts – Amsterdam Human Rights Award
Island of the Hungry Ghosts wins Amsterdam Human Rights Award 2018 From IDFA;We are delighted to announce […]
Island of the Hungry Ghosts wins Capricornia Film Award!
https://www.offtheleash.net.au/features/books-film/2018/09/capricornia-film-awards
Island of the Hungry Ghosts wins Best Documentary at Tribeca!
From the Tribeca Jury: “The best documentary award goes to a film that demonstrates extraordinary mastery of […]
Island of the Hungry Ghosts in Tribeca!
Island of the Hungry Ghosts will have its world premiere in Documentary Competition at the 2018 Tribeca […]
Victory for Namatjira family!
Wonderful news from the team at Big hART: HUGE ANNOUNCEMENT: After 8 years of fighting for justice […]
THE ISLAND launches on the Guardian
Christmas Island, off the coast of Australia: here 50 million crabs make their slow and ancient migration […]
Sidney Myer Fellowship 2016
I have been awarded a 2016 Sidney Myer Creative Fellowship and I couldn’t be more thrilled. Kieran […]
Interview with Van Badham in Paris COP21
Alex Kelly, an Australian working for Naomi Klein’s social justice movement as a global outreach officer, speaks […]
Jeremy Corbyn, Naomi Klein and how the politics of climate solutions are also the politics of hope
https://www.laborherald.com.au/environment/jezweklein-jeremy-corbyn-naomi-klein-and-how-the-politics-of-climate-solutions-are-also-the-politics-of-hope/
Behind the scenes on This Changes Everything – interview
In the lead up to the UN Climate Change Conference (COP21) in Paris, we’re excited to be hosting […]
Behind the scenes of This Changes Everything
Interview – http://www.fedsquare.com/news/behind-the-scenes-of-this-changes-everything In the lead up to the UN Climate Change Conference (COP21) in Paris, we’re excited […]
How to Make Trouble wins SBS KICKSTART!
https://twitter.com/Screen_Producer/status/667273614249476096
Slow Living Magazine
Slow Living Magazine cover interview – http://www.slowmagazine.com.au/
Art Gets Hot – interview with Alex Kelly & David Pledger
David Pledger and Alex Kelly: Art gets Hot! http://www.theartandthecurious.com.au/david-pledger-and-alex-kelly-art-gets-hot/ By Celeste Hawkins One of the topics that […]
ART + ACTIVISM FOR SOCIAL CHANGE: ALEX KELLY COMES TO THE GC
Original post: http://blankgc.com.au/art-activism-for-social-change-alex-kelly-comes-to-the-gc/ Alex Kelly is an activist, make no mistake. When she speaks, you can tell that […]
Queen of the Desert now available on The Age / SMH TV
Queen of the Desert is now available on The Age and SMH TV to stream free online […]
Queen of the Desert – Awards
Queen of the Desert has been having a great run at international festivals this year, most recently […]
Post churchil public talks
Video from the OzDoc ‘Lights, Camera, Action’ presentation in Sydney at AFTRS on 10th July and podcast […]
Queen of the Desert – Festival Screenings
Upcoming Screenings: Qantas Airlines inflight June – December 2013 Past Screenings: 2012: Cockatoo Island Film Festival Sydney […]
Queen of the Desert Review – That Munanga Linguist
No, not Priscilla. The real one. Starlady. ABC2 last night screened a terrific 30min doco about Starlady – a hairdressing, […]
The Real Priscilla – Queen of the Desert review
The Real Priscilla All press images courtesy of 360 Degree Films Last night I attended the Alice Springs […]
Queen of the Desert – selected news clippings
Front page of the Wangaratta Chronicle – Starlady’s home town paper, November 2012. Listen Joy FM podcast […]
Inside Film Magazine – Queen of the Desert interview
http://if.com.au/2012/03/30/article/PIBXCJUXEF.html By Matthew Worboys Director Alex Kelly is always on the lookout for interesting, intercultural projects. Now, […]
Guestroom Interview – ABC Radio
Alex Kelly, freelance film maker and creative producer She first came to the Territory protesting against the […]
Nothing Rhymes with Ngapartji – SMH Review
TREVOR Jamieson is a Pitjantjatjara actor who finds himself straddling two worlds: that of the traditional country […]
Nothing Rhymes with Ngapartji – Essay ABC Open
Essay by editor Vanessa Milton for ABC Open. Photo Suzy Bates/Sarah Davies The invitation was irresistible: to […]
Nothing Rhymes with Ngapartji – The Age review
by Scott Ellis Pitjantjatjara actor Trevor Jamieson has taken his hit stage show, Ngapartji Ngapartji, around the […]
Saving Histories – Jakarta Post Interview
Trisha Sertori, Contributor, Jakarta Post Australian filmmaker Alex Kelly is a desert dweller. Choosing to live in […]
Nothing Rhymes with Ngapartji review James Waites
all photos by brett monaghan Last night a small tribe of Sydneysiders gathered in one of those […]
The ‘kata – alipiri – muti – tjina’ approach to campaigning for Indigenous language policy!
Wai! Palya! While bush workshops, ‘memory basket’ production, planning for attendance at another youth learning workshop in […]
Art and Upheaval – William Cleveland
Art and Upheaval by William Cleveland features a chapter on Big hART and the Ngapartji Ngapartji project […]
Re-Awakening Languages Book Chapter
Beth Sometimes and I had a chapter published in the book Re-awakening languages: theory and practice in […]
Ngapartji Ngapartji Review – Australian Stage Online
Written by James Waites Monday, 14 January 2008 Australian Stage Online Wantinyalana! Once in a Life Time! […]
Ngapartji Ngapartji Essay – Arts Hub
by Alex Kelly Arts Hub Friday, June 15, 2007 What could a young resident of an Alice […]