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Like so many of the genuine heroes of the Aboriginal struggle for justice who were not deemed acceptable by the gatekeepers of Australian history, Brian Syron had to suffer the slings and arrows of fools who did not understand nor appreciate his contribution.
Brian Gregory Syron (1934–1993), actor and director, was born on 21 November 1934 at Balmain South, Sydney, fifth child of New South Wales-born Daniel Syron, a Biripi (Birpai) man who worked as a general labourer, and his wife Elizabeth, née Murray, from Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England.
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Brian Gregory Syron (19 November 1934 – 14 October 1993) was an actor, teacher, Aboriginal rights activist, stage director and Australia's first Indigenous feature film director, who has also been recognised as the first First Nations feature film director.
She introduces theoretical perspectives to investigate concepts of Aboriginality and presents case studies of films such as Jedda, Tracey Moffatt's Night Cries, Brian Syron's Jindalee Lady and Ned Lander and Rachel Perkin's film of the Warlpiri Fire Ceremony Jardiwarnpa.
The history of Australian Indigenous filmmaking from 1968 to 1993 by Indigenous director Brian Syron and Media Ethicist briann kearney, funded by an Australian Literary Fellowship from...
'Brian Syron was a human rights advocate, teacher, actor, writer, stage director and director of the unreleased and contentious feature film, Jindalee Lady (1992). Born in 1934 in Eora country (Balmain) NSW, Brian was a child of a bi-cultural marriage.
Jan 10, 2008 · The history of Australian Indigenous filmmaking from 1968 to 1993 by Indigenous director Brian Syron and Media Ethicist briann kearney, funded by an Australian Literary Fellowship from Australia Council the Australian federal government's Arts funding body.
- Brian Syron, Briann Kearney
