| | | | | We are very proud to welcome a new team member to the DPM family - the wonderful Belle Arnold! Belle is a proud Wakka Wakka woman living and working here in Byron Bay on Bundjalung Country. Belle has extensive experience working with Aboriginal community organisations in project management, governance, cultural heritage protection and protocol, traditional dance, arts and media...especially with young people. She's also a deadly dance facilitator with the Bunyarra Culture Collective and the Deadly Dancers. She’s kind of a big deal. Belle is joining our DPM HQ team based in the Byron Bay hinterland. Welcome to the team Belle! Yoway. |
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| We reckon 'Where The Eagle Roams' from the Barkindji community of Coomealla/Dareton in Central West NSW released in December 2018 is so rockin'- that we wanted to flag it to you in a late DPM Beats launch - check it out! The track is west coast R&B club banger with soul undertones, and an excellent attitude. Inspired by a community of wonderful, sharing, caring connected people, Where The Eagle Roams takes a progressive and positive angle on some serious and debilitating social and cultural issues such as grief, trauma and suicide. This production featured the musical direction and production of DPM producer Josh Nicholas (aka Hazy) and brought together an incredible group of community members, Elders and young people from Coomealla High School, to create an important conversation about mental health, suicide and wellbeing, as part of our Break It Down: Community Conversations Around Mental Health project funded by the Western NSW Primary Health Network. Special thanks to Coomealla Health Aboriginal Corporation (CHAC), Mallee Family Care, Coomealla High School, Barkindji Maraura Elders Environmental Team (BMEET), Aunty Geraldine King and Aunty Rose Reid and all the community members for making us feel welcome on Barkindji Country, sharing your stories and collaborating on such an important and inspiring project.
Click on the image above to watch the music video. |
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| DPM’s latest collaboration has begun! It's with the community of Ntaria (Hermannsburg) on Western Arrernte country and we feel very excited and honoured to have been invited to listen, learn share and create with deadly mob thanks to the good people at the Namatjira Legacy Trust and Ntaria School. The first stage of the project has begun, with two DPM artists visiting Ntaria for a week in late March to record local children’s songs in Western Arrernte language. In May we will be back with the entire crew to put together a full scale music and film DPM production. Stay tuned! Awa awa! |
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| Each month we feature a short film from Western NSW as part of the Break It Down: Community Conversations Around Mental Health' series, funded by the Western NSW Primary Health Network. This month is Eliza's yarn - 'Speak Up', from Condobolin NSW.
It’s terrifying to talk about the trauma in our lives, but that’s exactly what you have to do, in order to heal. Eliza Packham shows us that there’s huge power in saying no to shame. When Eliza heard others openly talk about their problems, she realised that she too could do the same - and she’s grown stronger because of that. Silence helps no one. Stand up, share your experiences with your mob, and encourage others to do the same. It’s the only way to beat mental illness and make the life you want for yourself. |
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MITCHELL O'HEARN - FILM-MAKER
Mitchell O’Hearn is an Australian filmmaker whose shorts have played in festivals around the world. Mitchell studied film at the VCA in Melbourne and the RTF school in Austin, Texas. After his undergraduate degree, Mitchell travelled to Mongolia for a year as a Youth Ambassador for Development where he co-directed, shot and edited, a weekly half-hour children's show for the Mongolian National Broadcaster. Mitchell is attracted to human stories that reveal more than what the eye can see. |
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Create your own song using one of DPM Music Producer Hazy's exclusive beats.
"I wrote this beat in Hermannsburg. Hermannsburg is about two hours from Alice Springs... it was for our CEO Toby Finlayson (AKA Uncle Toby). He's a deadly rapper - some would say he's not 50cent but $2..... P.S. Don't tell him i gave you mob the beat, cos he thinks it's his.....Enjoy.."
Click here to download your beats. |
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HORIZON FESTIVAL CALLING KABI KABI AND JINIBARA ARTISTS
Horizon Festival is calling for Kabi Kabi and Jinibara artists to take part in Connecting to Country, a pilot artist development program which will see up to five Original Nations artists mentored to develop new works for showcase at Horizon Festival. Artists from all artists practices are encouraged to apply for this three-day camp and mentorship to be held on the Sunshine Coast QLD at the end of June. More info here.
ORIGINS - NITV and SCREEN AUSTRALIA OPPORTUNTIY
The Origins initiative is open to all Queensland-based Indigenous writers, directors and producers and aims to create with either factual 15 minute and/or 25 minute episodic series concepts with a uniquely Indigenous perspective to be screened on NITV. Submit an expression of interest to attend a Masterclass in May, and/or apply to attend a Development Stage and Development Workshop (July) and to receive up to $150 000 to produce a pilot. More info here. |
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| By joining our monthly giving program – Step Up – you will help us to re-engage hundreds of marginalised young people with community, culture and country. Desert Pea Media Association Incorporated is a Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR) so all donations can be considered tax deductible. Just click on the link to donate. |
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