Celebrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander stories with a FREE Blak Dingo Club Movie Night – Sweet As edition!
This May and June, we’re proud to collaborate with Blak Dingo Club to present a free film series, book club and quiz night in honour of National Reconciliation Week (27 May - 3 June).
Join us each week as we celebrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander film history, actors, filmmakers, producers and stories.
For this session, we’re screening Sweet As – an uplifting coming-of-age road movie by Nyul Nyul / Yawuru director Jub Clerc.
With problems on the home front, 15-year-old Murra is on the verge of lashing out. That is, until her policeman uncle thwarts her self-destructive behaviour with a lifeline: a “photo-safari for at-risk kids”. Murra isn’t entirely convinced, but she soon joins cantankerous Kylie, uptight Sean, happy-go-lucky Elvis, and camp counsellors Fernando and Michelle on a transformative bus trip to the Pilbara. On the trail, the teens learn about fun, friendship and first crushes, as well as the forces of ‘reality’ that puncture the bubble of youth.
Robbie Hood Episode 2: Cool Clean Water will be screened before the main feature.
Free popcorn and hot drinks provided!
Feel free to BYO extra movie snacks and drinks. Stemless wineglasses only please!
This is a free event, but registration is essential as capacity is limited.
View our full list of National Reconciliation Week events at melvillecity.com.au/nrw
ABOUT BLAK DINGO CLUB
Blak Dingo Club was founded by Bibbulmun Noongar and Kungarakan artist Ilona McGuire, known for her groundbreaking drone-light-art performance First Lights.
Established in 2024 after the 2023 referendum, Blak Dingo Club creates joyful community connection through truth-telling and reconciliation.
Everyone is warmly invited to come along and share in the celebration, achievements and joyful moments of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories.
Ratings
Sweet As: M (mature themes, coarse language and sexual references)
Robbie Hood Episode 2: Cool Clean Water: M (mature themes and coarse language)
Run times
Sweet As: 120 minutes
Robbie Hood Episode 2: Cool Clean Water: 10 minutes
Image credit: Ngilgy surrounded by her dogs, goats and chickens (Ungulup, 1908).
Event Information
| Hosted by | Blak Dingo Club and City of Melville |
|---|---|
| Time | 6:45 pm - 9:00 pm |
| Cost | Free |
