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Richard J. Frankland is one of Australia's most
experienced Aboriginal singer/songwriter, authors, film
makers.
Born on
the coast in south-west Victoria, Richard is a proud Gunditjmara
man who has worked as a soldier, fisherman, and Field Officer
during the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in
Custody.
His work
on the Royal Commission lead to his appearance as presenter in
the award winning Australian documentary WHO KILLED MALCOLM
SMITH.
In 1993
Richard co-wrote and directed his first documentary with John Foss
titled SONGLINES.
Since
then Richard has written, directed and produced a wide range of
video, documentary and film projects including the award winning
NO WAY TO FORGET, AFTER MABO, HARRY¹S WAR and
THE CONVINCING GROUND documentary.
Richard
is also an acclaimed musician whose music features on the
soundtracks to many of his films. In 1991 his first band
DJAAMBI supported PRINCE on his Australian
Tour.
In 2001
Richard formed THE CHARCOAL CLUB with Andy Baylor and
recorded their debut CD titled MEETING ONE which has been
released through TARAM RECORDS. In 2006 The CHARCOAL CLUB
released their acclaimed 2nd CD titled CRY FREEDOM
which is available in Readings/JB Hi-fi and other
stores.
Richard
has also written for and performed on stage. In 2002 he wrote and
directed the award winning play CONVERSATIONS WITH THE DEAD.
In 2005 he re-wrote and adapted the Australian cinema classic
WALKABOUT to the stage for Chamber Made Opera.
Since 1991 Richard has delivered a wide range of cross-cultural
awareness speeches and workshops to community groups, business,
government and educational institutions (contact Golden Seahorse
Productions for more information).
2006 saw
Richard directing episodes of the highly acclaimed award
winning SBS Indigenous drama series THE CIRCUIT in
Broome and episodes of the new Channel Nine/Disney children's
series DOUBLE TROUBLE in Sydney.
In 2007
Scholastic Press released Richard's first book titled
DIGGER J. JONES. The book tells the engaging story
about a ten year old koorie boy growing up in Victoria in 1967
. DIGGER J. JONES is now available throughout Australia
at all good bookstores.
Richard
has just completed directing his debut feature film, a comedy
(working title LONG ROAD TO KAL)
starring Luke Carroll and Leon Burchill. For enquiries about this
film contact Ross Hutchens (Producer) at Media World Pictures
08 9328 8286 or John Foss (co-producer) at Golden Seahorse
Productions. |