01/06/2026
What a wonderful Reconciliation Week free film festival event!
The Shoalhaven Council in collaboration with Shoalhaven First Nations Film Festival held the screening of three short films, all created here on the South Coast. The films were:
'The Rock', written and directed by Luke McLeod Ebsworth was a reimagining
of a true story told by his Pop, Bobby McLeod. This was the premier of Lukes' film. He had some very proud family members including both his grandmothers who travelled far and wide to be in the audience.
'Nhandi' was based on oral history and written sources and imagines the first encounters between the Aboriginal People of the Illawarra and the newcomers who arrived by sea.
'Black Cockaktoo' is a film made by students from Nowra Public School under the direction of teacher Kim Buchan in 2010. The school employed a professional film maker Christopher Robin to shoot the film. It stands up today as a quality production with some wonderful child actors telling the story of how Nowra got its name.
The day began with a smoking by Richard Moore and a delicious lunch. It was a novel idea that our lunch boxes were our tickets into the theatre. What an uplifting and positive day!
