Feature Article
Always in the Backseat
Alienation is something the stolen generation faces every day and the western society knows nothing about these indigenous issues.
Boredom consuming you as you watch another reality television show, prepared to be amazed as SBS are broadcasting a new series about indigenous Australia named A Bit of Black Business.
The SBS TV series A Bit of Black Business gives you perspective on the issues indigenous Australian’s faces every day and how mainstream Australia affects these issues. The films are shown every Wednesday at 7.30pm and are all ranging in genre from serious messages to hilarious comedy. All the films are worth watching as they position viewers to approach aboriginal peoples problems from a different point of view. These shorts films are both entertaining and educational for viewers as they broadcast the issues caused by the stolen generation and other problems aboriginals face. Indigenous Australians are perceived as a negative stereotype by Mainstream Australia. This shows the lack of cultural knowledge White Australia shares. Indigenous Australians direct these films and SBS is providing a voice for these people who are exposing issues, which Mainstream Australia has chosen to ignore for so long.
The film that affected me the most was ‘Back Seat’ which showcases the issues caused by the stolen generation. Janine is a young girl who is alienated from both her adoptive family and her biological family as she try’s to connect to a culture. As Janine struggles to connect with her biological family her adoptive mother controls Janine’s life.
Pauline Whyman is the director and writer of Back Seat and the purpose of this film represent the effects of the stolen generation not only on the family but also the children.
The title of this film symbolizes that Janine is never controlling her life she is always in the back seat signifying her as a puppet being controlled and manipulated by her adoptive mother.
Janine is
Alienation is something the stolen generation faces every day and the western society knows nothing about these indigenous issues.
Boredom consuming you as you watch another reality television show, prepared to be amazed as SBS are broadcasting a new series about indigenous Australia named A Bit of Black Business.
The SBS TV series A Bit of Black Business gives you perspective on the issues indigenous Australian’s faces every day and how mainstream Australia affects these issues. The films are shown every Wednesday at 7.30pm and are all ranging in genre from serious messages to hilarious comedy. All the films are worth watching as they position viewers to approach aboriginal peoples problems from a different point of view. These shorts films are both entertaining and educational for viewers as they broadcast the issues caused by the stolen generation and other problems aboriginals face. Indigenous Australians are perceived as a negative stereotype by Mainstream Australia. This shows the lack of cultural knowledge White Australia shares. Indigenous Australians direct these films and SBS is providing a voice for these people who are exposing issues, which Mainstream Australia has chosen to ignore for so long.
The film that affected me the most was ‘Back Seat’ which showcases the issues caused by the stolen generation. Janine is a young girl who is alienated from both her adoptive family and her biological family as she try’s to connect to a culture. As Janine struggles to connect with her biological family her adoptive mother controls Janine’s life.
Pauline Whyman is the director and writer of Back Seat and the purpose of this film represent the effects of the stolen generation not only on the family but also the children.
The title of this film symbolizes that Janine is never controlling her life she is always in the back seat signifying her as a puppet being controlled and manipulated by her adoptive mother.
Janine is