- The Guardian
- Issue #2153
NAIDOC week, goes from the first Sunday in July to the following Sunday. It stands for National Aboriginal and Islanders Day Observance Committee, and celebrates the culture, history and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Australia.
A look at the calendar will tell you NAIDOC week 2025 has been and gone. A look at SBS’ streaming platform SBS On Demand will show it’s very much still with us. SBS have piled on the NAIDOC content this year. As well as interviews, dramas and documentaries, they have the following Australian movies, all well worth a look:
Sweet As (2022) coming-of-age drama, based on a true story about an Aboriginal woman who finds her way ahead as a photographer
Bran Nue Dae: The first Aboriginal Australian musical, which came from the stage to the screen in 2009 to be one of Australia’s most successful films.
Samson and Delilah: internationally successful 2009 drama, starring two first-time Indigenous actors.
The Tracker: 2002 historical drama starring the phenomenal David Gulpilil (there’s a lot of Gulpilil content on SBS; you could do a lot worse than watching the two documentaries on him, My Name is Gulpilil and One Red Blood).
