Elizabeth Povinelli

Biography

Povinelli is one of the founding members of the Karrabing Film. The Karrabing Film Collective is a grassroots Indigenous based media group. Filmmaking provides a means of self-organization and social analysis for the Karrabing. Screenings and publications allow the Karrabing to develop a local artistic languages and forms and allow audiences to understand new forms of collective Indigenous agency. Their medium is a form of survivance – a refusal to relinquish their country and a means of investigating contemporary social conditions of inequality. The films represent their lives, create bonds with their land, and intervene in global images of Indigeneity.

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Awards and Honors

Critical Favorites

2014Nominee

Best Director

When the Dogs Talked

2015Nominee

Best Director

Windjarrameru, the Stealing C*nt$

2017Nominee

Best Director

Ngupelngamarrunu, Night Time Go

Career Highlights

2019Highlight

Best Director

The Mermaids, or Aiden in Wonderland

2017Highlight

Best Director

The Jealous One