Robbie Thorpe on his decades of political resistance and Dr. Kat Nelligan on the legacy of Archie Roach and Ruby Hunter

29/06/2025 39 min Temporada 1 Episodio 90
Robbie Thorpe on his decades of political resistance and Dr. Kat Nelligan on the legacy of Archie Roach and Ruby Hunter

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Today’s show features two interview, the first being a conversation with Aboriginal political activist Uncle Robbie Thorpe, who has been active in the fight for Indigenous sovereignty since the 1970s and whose new documentary ‘Our Warrior - The Story of Robbie Thorpe’ tells the story of resistance across generations, the power of family and the unrelenting struggle for justice in a country that remains in denial. The second guest is Dr Kat Nelligan, who is a proud Gamilaraay woman and Lecturer in Music Industry at RMIT University, who joins us for a discussion about a special NAIDOC week screening of ‘Wash My Soul in the River's Flow’—a cinematic tribute to the enduring legacy of Archie Roach and Ruby Hunter at Naarm's Capitol Theatre on Tuesday July 8.

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