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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 over fifty 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.
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.
2006 saw Richard directing episodes of the highly
acclaimed award winning SBS Indigenous drama series
THE CIRCUIT in Broome and episodes of the Channel
Nine/Disney children's series DOUBLE TROUBLE in
Sydney.
In 2007
Richard completed his Masters of Arts at RMIT University on
'The Art, Freedom and Responsibility of
Voice'.
Also
that year 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.
In 2009
Richard has completed directing his debut feature film, titled
STONE BROS starring Luke Carroll and Leon
Burchill.
Since
1991 Richard has delivered a wide range of Indigenous
cross-cultural awareness lectures and workshops to community
groups, business, government and educational institutions around
Australia.
For more
information about lectures, workshops and consultancies contact
Tanya at
Koorreen
Enterprises Pty Ltd tanya@koorreen.com.au
phone
0435 815 301. | 