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Conceiving ‘Little J & Big Cuz’ in Noongar

July 23, 2019 admin Uncategorized

Where the story began In November 2015 I auditioned for a lead role in the ground-breaking animated children’s series Little[…]

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When you’re trying to record a self tape but you

When you’re trying to record a self tape but your puppy dog wants some love! 🐶 💗

This is our Happy boy @because_im_happy_dog. We were apart for 7 months and it’s wonderful to be reunited. Home at last! ‘Hello Happy dog!’

#pets #family #joy #love #furboy #actorlife #parentlife #gratitudeattitude

Deep in thought here and holding back powerful tea

Deep in thought here and holding back powerful tears at the Q&A session after #fistoffurynoongardaa screened on the lands of the Ngunnawal people at the @enlighten_canberra for @nfsaonline. It was emotional for me seeing this dub on the big screen again a year after we premiered it at @perthfest. I was reminded of why I chose a #brucelee film to be the first feature to be dubbed in Noongar language and my heart is so proud of this special project. So proud! What a team! I can safely say I have done my absolute best to represent our language, a language that is endangered yet still deeply connected to who we are as a people. The magnitude of this dub will reverb greater after we’re gone. This legacy work is now resting at the National Film and Sound Archive for all time.
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📸 @kudgeri (thank you!)
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#pinchmeagain #noongar #noongarlanguage #kyliebracknell #director #writer #voiceactor #actorlife #noongarculture #noongarpride #nfsa #enlightencanberra #festival #ngunnawalcountry #whathaveyoudoneformelately #keepourlanguagesalive #itsmorethanadub #highbar #aboriginalaustralia

Yesterday I sat in the M/U chair for the final tim

Yesterday I sat in the M/U chair for the final time for season one filming of #Irreverent. There was never a dull moment in this chair, always full of love and care - the real kind! - and laughter.

Bringing Paddy Macrae’s Piper to life has been a dream come true. Every day Thomas and I would find her in this mirror… ‘there she is!’

The ultimate gift of this journey is the new circle of friends I now have, Thomas included. 🙌🏼💝

#gratitudeattitude #actorlife #makeup #hair #character #filmset #kyliebracknell #shanethomas #yugambehcountry #piperbaramah

NOONGAR WONDERLAND A Perth Festival Commission C

NOONGAR WONDERLAND

A Perth Festival Commission
Conceived by @boomerang_and_spear in partnership with @perthfest.

I chose this title and it is everything I dreamed it would be for us!

Noongar Wonderland is a multisensory experience guided by stories of Country, drawing our attention to the beauty of earth, boodjar, the trees, the skyline, the fresh air, the insects, the waters, the creatures of the land and sea including us human beings. It’s a celebration of our knowing of place - our homeland. The theme: Wardan (ocean).

The past two nights audiences have woven their way through an immersive light and sound installation between the two lakes and have sat with Noongar artists to handcraft something both age-old and new.

Clint Bracknell’s masterful Noongar Wonderland songs are breathtaking and invigorating, and have inspired new #mayakeniny dances that pay homage to the Baamba (stingray), Woodawoort (dragonfly), Dwerdawanard (dolphin), Yorna (bobtail) and Kworlak (bull shark).

Noongar Boodjar is already a wonderland but with Mark Howett’s lighting design it truly transforms into a world of wonder. Sharyn Egan’s woven sculpture for each creature (dances), hovers in mid air with Trevor Ryan’s voice giving us new knowledge of them.

Barry McGuire’s powerful Welcome to Country and performance of old songs and dances are undeniably connected and inspirational and will forever be.

Many wonderFULL people have collaborated with us on this project. They’re incredibly down-to-earth (connected to boodjar) and we have deep love for all the wonder they hold and carry.

Noongar Wonderland closes tonight.
Our collective hearts are full.

#NoongarWonderland music from @clintbracknell will be released to the GP soon!

#noongar #publicevent #perthfest #inspiration #firstpeoples #boomerangandspear #aboriginalsongs #techicolor #heart #soul #meaning #sacredplace #community #belonging #collaboration #reconciliation #perthfest

TONIGHT in NAARM Our groundbreaking feature dub #

TONIGHT in NAARM

Our groundbreaking feature dub #fistoffurynoongardaa (produced by @perthfest and @boomerangandspear) will be presented by @melbfilmfest at @melbourne_zoo for their inaugural Zoo Summer Cinema, and we are full of excitement, pride and gratitude (as well as sadness that we cannot be there in person to share the occasion)

We have special guests in the audience tonight including VIP Noongar and the giant-hearted Ching Ching Ho (second slide), our Chinese collaborator from Hong Kong.

This feature dub is a world-first for original languages of #Australia. Thank you everyone for celebrating this with our entire creative team and our presenters.

If you have seen our film please leave us a comment. Your feedback lends support to the many efforts of language reclamation across Australia and globally.

DID YOU KNOW:
The United Nations General Assembly has declared the period between 2022 and 2032 as the International Decade of Indigenous Languages to draw attention to the critical status of many Indigenous languages across the world and encourage action for their preservation, revitalization and promotion.

We are so proud to be contributing to the preservation of our beloved (endangered) Noongar language with Fist of Fury Noongar Daa. 🙌🏼💝

Visit @melbfilmfest for ticket link 🎫

#decadeofindigenouslanguages #kyliebracknell #clintbracknell #noongardub #brucelee #boomerangandspear #perthfest #actorlife #directorlife #languagelife #responsibility #mothertongue #celebrate #firstpeoplesvoices #culture #creativeprojects #bestteamever #muchlove #respect #noongarlanguage #zoosummercinema #naarm #kulinnation

I come from the oldest living culture in the world

I come from the oldest living culture in the world. Born into a wealth of love, knowledge, kin, connection and responsibility to boodjar (mother earth).
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Many great old people have guided me - still do - and I am grateful for their love and trust, especially when it comes to language and life. They taught me to watch, listen and learn in a way that it would grow strength, maturity, love and eventually leadership. I spent as much time with them as I could, hearing language, speaking language, knowing language and learning about creation, belonging and responsibility. I always listened intently. Still do.
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Every day is another attempt to do my demangku (ancestors) proud. It is an honour to carry the wisdom of their teachings. I have a great responsibility to carry their love and language to the next.
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Kooralang ba yey baalap wirn nyin, djinanginy, koort-kaadiny ba waaliny ngalak boodjarak koorl, maladjiny, koorlangara yaang.
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📸 Jai Wilson
Pictured: Brother and Sister, Noongar Elder Mr Walter McGuire (dec) and Noongar Elder Mrs Kathleen Yarran (dec) and me, one of their grannies and pupils, at Karr-Garup on Noongar Boodjar. Circa 2006.
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Singing and dancing with young people at Kepa Kurl

The music of Noongar Wonderland is now available o

My new single 'Break Loose' YouTube: https://bit.l

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