11ENG - The Australian Dream: Home

AFL Players, 2020.

Adam Goodes, (born January 8, 1980, Wallaroo, South Australia, Australia), Australian Rules Football player who was one of the game’s leading scorers. He was named Australian of the Year in 2014.

In January 2014 Goodes was named Australian of the Year for both his efforts to end racism and his work with indigenous-youth community programs, notably the Goodes O’Loughlin (GO) Foundation, which he founded in 2009 with his cousin and former Sydney teammate Michael O’Loughlin.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2020.

The Australian Dream is a theatrical feature documentary that uses the remarkable and inspirational story of AFL legend Adam Goodes as the prism through which to tell a powerful story about race, identity and belonging. For the first time Adam reveals his profoundly emotional journey in his own words and asks fundamental questions about the nature of racism and discrimination in society today. Walkley award- winning writer Stan Grant and BAFTA award-winning director Daniel Gordon join forces to tell this remarkable story of one of the most decorated and celebrated players in AFL history. A man who remains a cultural hero; the very epitome of resilience and survival, who continues to fight for equality and reconciliation. When the truth of our history is told, we can all walk together. 

Culture is Life, 2018.

Rating: MA15+  Production Year: 2019   Duration: 1:43:45

Description: Walkley award-winning writer Stan Grant tells the remarkable story of indigenous AFL legend Adam Goodes. Through the backdrop of Goodes' journey, the film explores race, identity and belonging in Australia today.

Rating: PG  Production Year: 2015   Duration: 58:02

Description: It's been 20 years since Damien Monkhorst and Michael Long made national headlines over an incident of racial vilification in a 1995 Anzac Day game between Collingwood and Essendon. The moment caused pain to players and divided fans. The incident forced the AFL to change the way it did business. Amongst those changes was the development of the AFL Indigenous Round and racial vilification laws. In this special Awaken, Stan Grant talks to major players, including Michael Long, about that day and the years and actions that have followed.

Rating: PG  Production Year: 2009   Duration: 30:08

Description: Racism has been a characteristic of many cultures, ever since the first human societies millions of years ago. But where does racism come from? What is it about human nature that inclines some people to stereotype and vilify other races? This programme explores these questions in a range of different ways - through the eyes of three key experts, through the presentation of various facts and figures about racism in Australia and around the world and through a simple drama, set in an Australian secondary school, that illustrates how exclusion of people for baseless reasons impacts on all individuals concerned. Racism is a sensitive issue and this program encourages students to explore and maybe confront a societal issue that has been around as long as we have.