0000003887 00000 n From 2013, Sydney Swans footballer Adam Goodes went from being a champion footballer, an outstanding Indigenous leader and the 2014 Australian of the Year, to being booed and taunted by fans at stadiums across the nation. His response strives to acknowledge the hurt inflicted on Aboriginal peoples without sounding ungrateful for the honor just bestowed upon him, and its the futility of his efforts to tread this line between calling a spade a spade and conciliation that gives his media encounters their sense of discomfort, and of poignancy. 0000004288 00000 n Feedback to date also confirms the transformative nature of the film for students, as well as the powerful capability of the film as a tool for teachers to help their students understand racism and discrimination. Project-specific support provided by Screen Australia's production investment programs since the agency's inception in July 2008. Adam Goodes was Australian of the year in 2014. They largely argue that he overreacted to being heckled by the crowd. Considers how the media influences audience perspectives through the use of language and point of view. 0000008383 00000 n Director Ian Darling joins us to discuss, ://fbiradio.com/ian-darling-yvonne-sampson-last-days-adam-goodes-career/, https://thefinalquarterfilm.com.au/about/. 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[5], On 24 May 2013, during the AFL's annual Indigenous Round (the Sir Doug Nicholls Round), a 13-year-old Collingwood supporter called Goodes an "ape". Cool celebrates the world's oldest living culture and acknowledges that sovereignty was never ceded. (2019). As essential for the broader public as it is for football fans, the film is set for both a cinema and television release later this year, Just hours before the premiere but nearly four years after Goodes retired at the end of the 2015 season, notably the AFL and its 18 clubs released a long-overdue statement that apologised "unreservedly for our failures" in not standing up for him during his career. Many Year 10-11 students openly admitted that it had changed their attitudes, and students have said the film empowered them to stand up to racism and helped them acknowledge it was damaging. [8][9][10], During a match against Carlton in May 2015, again during the Indigenous Round, Goodes celebrated a goal by performing an Aboriginal war dance, in which he mimed throwing a spear in the direction of the Carlton cheer squad. Explores the power and influence of the Australian media and its responsibilities, including the broader publics engagement with social media. 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[27] Luke Buckmaster, writing for The Guardian, called it "confronting" and "inspiring",[29] while Blake Howard, writing for Flicks, gave it five stars and called it exhilarating and powerful. Subscribe for full access to The Hollywood Reporter, Ian Darling recaps the years-long media cycle that drove Indigenous sportsman Adam Goodes out of the limelight in 'The Final Quarter.'. 0000007162 00000 n 0000003986 00000 n 0000004542 00000 n https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/may/30/the-final-quarter-review-exhilarating-adam-goodes-documentary-pulses-with-urgency. 0000005517 00000 n Angles. Way back in the distant dark ages of Australian history those atavistic times when the nation was young, barbaric and bigoted one of the greatest players in one of the countrys most cherished sports leagues ended his career not in fanfare, but as a figure at the centre of an ugly debate about racism. Darling also makes the point that we can always learn from history whether that history is found in an ancient scroll inside a museum, or via television footage from the old, dark, distant days of 2015. How do you think this film is relevant for Australia today? 1. Australian documentary filmmaker Ian Darling re-examines the incidents that marked the final 3 years of Indigenous footballer Adam Goodes playing career. Using only archival footage aired at the time, The Final Quarter holds a mirror to Australia and is an opportunity to reconsider what happened on and off the football field. Our Watching the Film lessons are designed to support you in facilitating this process. Tracy has a particular interest in emotional intelligence and supporting young people to develop skills and strategies that can assist them in being their best selves. Our Watching the Film lessons are designed to support you in facilitating this process. 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We'll update you with a release date when one is announced. 0000009450 00000 n 0000010553 00000 n The first film, The Final Quarter, just launched at the Sydney Film Festival, premiering to a packed house on Friday, June 7 and receiving a standing ovation from the lively audience afterwards. An in-depth look at casual racism and racial vilification in Australia. He did not participate in a final parade for retiring players as he feared that he would be booed again. The documentary intertwines media clips from Goodes' games, general AFL coverage, news stories, press conferences and interviews from the era to paint a heartbreaking picture of the ex-Swans captain's experiences. In April 2019, on the eve of the documentary's premiere, the AFL and all of its 18 clubs issued an unreserved apology for the sustained racism and events which drove Goodes out of the game. Goodes said after the incident that the dance was based on one he learned from under-16s Indigenous team the Flying Boomerangs, and that it was intended as an expression of Indigenous pride during Indigenous Round, not as a means of offending or intimidating the crowd. Make Concrete Playground yours with My Playground. 0000001984 00000 n We appreciate your feedback. Cool Australia has produced 52 lessons designed for Years 5-12 that investigate racism, privilege, truth-telling, cultural pride, resilience, values and dignity. Explores what it means to be Australian, and how we express our individual and collective identities. In July 2019 the NFSA hosted a screening of director Ian Darling's documentary The Final Quarter, about the events that provoked heated public debate and the retirement of champion AFL player Adam Goodes. The result is a powerful film that holds a mirror to Australia and suggests we reconsider what happened on and off the football field. 0000052832 00000 n There are a huge number of techniques that are used in films to convey meaning. 0000069818 00000 n [35] The Hawthorn players all wore number 37, Goodes' jersey number, during their warm ups before their match against Sydney on 21 June 2019 in a gesture of support.[28]. Given the content, it is also important for teachers to communicate with parents and guardians of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students before playing the film and/or engaging with the teaching and learning resources. With Adam Goodes. It was produced by Shark Island He emerges before the fade-out as a thoughtful man, and not remotely strident, but one powerless to control snowballing events. The film 'The Final Quarter' looks at the final years of Adam Goodes' AFL career and the storm that followed. 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