| Zach's Ceremony | |
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| Directed by | Aaron Petersen |
| Written by | Sarah Linton |
| Produced by | Sarah Linton |
| Starring | Zac Doomadgee, Alec Doomadgee |
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| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
Zach's Ceremony is an Australian coming of age documentary film. It looks at the transition to adulthood from an Indigenous cultural perspective. It features Zach Doomadgee and his father Alec Doomadgee.
Synopsis
The film looks at what it means to be an Indigenous Australian and Zach Doomadgee's cultural journey. Zach who is of Indigenous and Caucasian descent is influenced by two cultures. It also looks at how Zach is affected by being one of the few Aboriginal children at his Sydney school, being too dark. It also looks at his being too light-skinned when he visits his father's community in far-north Queensland.
Production and cast
The film was written and produced by Sarah Linton and directed by Aaron Petersen.
Alec Doomadgee played a major part in the film in both direction and production.
The film was begun in 2009 when Zach was aged around 10.
Release
Zach's Ceremony premiered at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival in May 2016. The film was also shown at the Margaret Mead Film Festival in New York City.
It was announced by FilmInk that the documentary would open across Australia from Thursday 30 March 2017, and screen at Cinema Nova in Carlton, Victoria.
Awards
At the Byron Bay Film Festival, Zach's Ceremony, along with Brendan Shoebridge's film, The Bentley Effect, took the top awards. Alec Doomadgee was also winner of the Festival's Best Documentary Award.
It also won Best Documentary awards at both the Melbourne International Film Festival and the Sydney Film Festival
References
- The Guardian, Tue 28 Mar 2017 - Zach's Ceremony review – an affecting portrait of growing up Indigenous in two worlds
- ^ Russell, Stephen A (30 March 2017). "Zach's Ceremony: How a young indigenous man bridged worlds". SBS What's On. Retrieved 28 November 2024.
- Hope, Zach (18 December 2021). "Big trouble on a small Queensland hill". Brisbane Times. Retrieved 28 November 2024.
- The Sydney Morning Herald, 28 March 2017 - Zach's Ceremony review: A flawed but unguarded glimpse of secret men's business By Jake Wilson
- "Zach's Ceremony: [Set of three images from 'Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Film Festival', May 2016]". NFSA. Retrieved 28 November 2024.
- "Zach's Ceremony – feature documentary". Mint Pictures. 8 June 2016. Retrieved 28 November 2024.
- ABC, 26 October 2016 - Zach's Ceremony, film about Aboriginal identity, shown at New York's Margaret Mead Film Festival by Lindy Kerin
- "Zach's Ceremony to open at Cinema Nova". FilmInk. Archived from the original on 21 April 2017.
- Byron Bay Film Festival 2016 - - BBFF2016 Dec 31 Zach's Ceremony and The Bentley Effect take top awards at BBFF
- FilmInk - Zach's Ceremony to open at Cinema Nova