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Podcast: interview Melanie Hogan
Artistic Director Lynden Barber chats with Melanie Hogan about her documentary Kanyini.
Kanyini is a deeply moving story told by an Aboriginal man, Bob Randall, whose people live around the world's greatest monolith. Based on his personal journey and the wisdom he learnt from the old people living in the bush, Bob tells of why Indigenous people are now struggling in a modern world and what needs to be done for them to move forward. What makes the film special is Bob: wise, thoughtful, with a sadness that lacks rancour. A tale of Indigenous wisdom clashing against materialist notions of progress, this is not only a story of one man and his people but of the human race.
Director Melanie Hogan and Bob Randall will introduce the film and take questions afterwards. Director and producer of the short film The Water Diary, Jane Campion and Christopher Gil, and the cast, will talk about the film after its screening.
FILMMAKER BIOGRAPHY
After graduating with an honours degree in economics from UNSW and working in the corporate finance division of Macquarie Bank, Melanie Hogan decided to leave the bank in 2000 and studied at the New York Film Academy and NIDA (Directing) in 2001. Upon leaving NIDA she directed a short film, which was shown at the LA Film Festival. After a few months in television Melanie went to assist the film director, Shekhar Kapur (Elizabeth, Bandit Queen) in London; an experience that saw Melanie work on a number of projects ranging from commercials to script development.
