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1 online resource (streaming video file) (27 min. 1 sec.) ; 162530918 bytes |
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*Coarse Language*8MMM (pronounced 8 Triple M), is a comedy about giving Aboriginal people a voice in a country with no ears and why, when all else fails - which it usually does - it's good to laugh. At the arse-end of the world, in the middle of nowhere, is Alice Springs - home to 8MMM Aboriginal Radio, the proud voice of the Blackfellas living here. It runs on the smell of an oily rag and the enthusiasm of its motley Indigenous crew. With meagre funding, the 8MMM team airs the day-to-day preoccupations of Alice Springs and its surrounds: housing, education, culture, money, alcohol and reconciliation.But like most Indigenous organisations it's run by Whitefellas, and when non-Indigenous people come to work in Aboriginal organisations they easily fall into one of three categories - missionaries, mercenaries or misfits - the 3Ms. For the 3Ms working at 8MMM, saving Aboriginal people from themselves is hard work. For the Aboriginal people, being saved all the time is even harder!At the helm of the station is local firebrand, Jessie (Shari Sebbens). Her goal is to one day be general manager, until then she's relying on 8MMM's current GM and missionary Jake (Ian Meadows) for guidance, as she guides the other staff - resident DJ-in-training, Jampajinpa (Zac James), volunteer and misfit, Koala (Laura Hughes) and receptionist Milly (Elaine Crombie). Then there's the newly arrived training manager and mercenary Dave Cross (Geoff Morrell), a redneck racist from the city who isn't going anywhere until his CV is puffed up with enough 'community outreach' to look good to Sydney recruiters. Luckily 8MMM has Lola (Trisha Morton-Thomas), traditional owner and unpaid tea lady who watches over the running of the station and the running of everyone's lives.In the first episode, Jake hires Dave Cross, a cityfella whose attitude does little to impress his new colleagues. Jessie rages over defects in the government's highly publicised renovation scheme and in an effort to prove his Aboriginal cred, Jampajinpa performs a smoking ceremony with disastrous results.PRODUCTION DETAILS:A Brindle Films and Princess Pictures Production. Written by Trisha Morton-Thomas, Danielle MacLean and Sonja Dare. Directed by Dena Curtis and Adrian Russell Wills. Producers Rachel Clements, Trisha Morton- Thomas and Anna Cadden. Executive Producers Andrea Denholm and Laura Waters. ABC Head of Indigenous Sally Riley |
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Closed captioning in English |
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Broadcast 2015-04-29 at 21:30:00 |
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Classification: M |
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Aboriginal Australians -- Social conditions.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Social life and customs.
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Masses.
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Radio broadcasting.
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Australia.
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Northern Territory -- Alice Springs.
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Streaming video
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Curtis, Dena, director
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Crombie, Elaine, cast
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Hughes, Laura, cast
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James, Zae, cast
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Meadows, Ian, cast
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Morrell, Geoff, cast
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Mortan Thomas, Trisha, cast
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Sebbens, Shari, cast
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