Do Look Back: How History Docs Are the Way Forward with SBS
Craft History is an enduring genre, so how can we tell it through a fresh lens? Join Santilla Chingaipe, Jacob Hickey (Blackfella Films), Jo-anne McGowan (Stranger than Fiction), and Joseph Maxwell (SBS) for a timely discussion on the importance and power of the history genre.
The importance of history to networks and the enduring power of these documentaries to draw in a broad audience is uncovered in this session, led by SBS. But whose stories are they? How can we tell them in a fresh manner? Are archive-rich shows dead or getting a new lease on life?
In discussion with Santilla Chingaipe, Jacob Hickey (The Idea of Australia, Blackfella Films), Jo-anne McGowan (Australia: An Unofficial History, Stranger than Fiction) and Joseph Maxwell (SBS), this session will use case studies to help plot the future of history shows.
Image credit: Australia: An Unofficial History (Stranger than Fiction, 2024)
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Date & Time
10:30 – 11:30, Monday 3 March 2025
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Venue
ACMI Cinema 2
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Session Producer
Joseph Maxwell