Tree · NSW, Australia
Blackfella Films
First Nations owned screen stories since 1992
- Community and Voice
Since 1992
Blackfella Films is a First Nations owned production company founded by Rachel Perkins in 1992, with Darren Dale joining in 2001. For more than 30 years it has made factual and drama content for television, cinema and online. Its work includes First Australians, Mabo, Redfern Now, The Australian Wars and The Dark Emu Story.
Redfern Now was described as the first Australian drama series written, directed and produced by Indigenous Australians. Other productions include The Tall Man, First Contact, Deep Water, Filthy Rich and Homeless and Total Control, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2019. In 2019 the company received the Sydney UNESCO City of Film Award.