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2021 Solid Sisters Retreat - Scenic Rim

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what: a weekend healing retreat and Native Christmas in July for the Solid Sisters Artists-in-Residence. where: at Boonah, On Country in the Scenic Rim, the mountainous area of South East Queensland. why: for womankind solidarity; to appreciate the gifts of the season, to say goodbye to the plants on the property; for community feedback on a screen test of the Jinda film; and yarn around the fire. how: this is a self-funded gift toward community healing, a humble offering to help raise our vibration.   

2020

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  The 2020 Solid Screen Awards have gone to the Aboriginal director and actresses involved in realising Total Control , a television political drama series first screened in 2019. The series was also the only Australian content to fill one of six slots internationally in the Primetime program of the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival, where it premiered. Each year Solid Screen Awards are bestowed internationally, but this year is the first time that all of the awards have gone to Aboriginal women who worked on a TV series in Australia. Total Control was a six-part series filmed in Winton, now dubbed Hollywood of the Outback, and also in Canberra, Sydney and Central West Queensland. The Solid Youth Screen Culture Awards went to Bee Cruse (NSW) and Shantae Barnes-Cowan (SA). The role of JC was played by Shantae Barnes-Cowan, as her TV debut at 16 years of age, and named as one of the Casting Guild of Australias rising stars. Bee Cruse also works as a screen storyte