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Meredith Turnbull, Bonnie Abbott and Nancy Bugeja

Thu, 27 Apr 2017 11:05:13 +0000

Meredith Turnbull, visual artist, jeweler, writer and curator.

This episode started off with Meredith discussing a new movement in Melbourne’s contemporary jewelry scene – Punk! Discussing artists like Debris Facility Pty Ltd and Rebecca Thomas, and their work, she talks about how adorning our bodies can reflect “new forms of social and cultural mediation and a sense of irreverence.”

Bonnie Abbott, designer, researcher and educator.

Bonnie Abbot describes herself, on her LinkedIn profile, as “a design strategist with a special interest in ethnographic research and its actionable interpretation”. During this show we talked about hanging out on the weekend at her “The Design is in the Detail” workshop – which was part of Melbourne’s Design Week at the National Gallery of Victoria.

Nancy Bugeja, managing director at HM Group.

My last guest on this design themed show has been running the creative business – HM – since 1996 but is also an AGDA Board member, mum and all round impressive human being. Our conversation led to her journey in design, the role of mentors, the evolution of her studio and the importance of brand values.

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XYX Lab, Design and Multiple Maniacs

Sun, 23 Apr 2017 05:27:30 +0000

Dr Nicole Kalms and Professor Naomi Stead for Monash University’s XYX Lab
During this episode, Melbourne’s Design Week was in full swing and on the Sunday afternoon, Dr Niki Kalms and Professor Naomi Stead were heading up a panel at the National Gallery of Victoria discussing the theme of “Queering Architecture?”.

As part of the newly-formed XYX Lab at Monash University, Niki and Naomi chatted about issues in space, gender and communication, aiming to open conversations about re-designing normality in architecture, informing them with research and addressing them with advocacy. The conversation turned to how design can control and prevent gender inequity in Australia.

This episode also saw more discussion about the Melbourne Queer Film Festival (MQFF), Australia’s largest queer film festival – now in it’s 27th year.

Sally Christie dropped by to talk about the divine and decadent inspirations of Mr John Waters, the Pope of Trash, and the screening of his cult classic ‘Multiple Maniacs’ at ACMI.

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Be Bold for BROAD & IWD 2017

Wed, 08 Mar 2017 02:13:41 +0000

BROADs Sonja Hammer has a chocka show especially arranged for International Women’s Day 2017 #IWD2017 where it’s all about being #BeBoldforChange:

‘For International Women’s Day 2017, we’re asking you to #BeBoldForChange.
Call on the masses or call on yourself to help forge a better working world – a more gender inclusive world.
Submit your #BeBoldForChange action via the IWD website.’

The show includes a LIVE in studio interview with MzRizk :‘Melbourne-based DJ, event curator and radio presenter, MzRizk, is renowned for her ongoing contributions to Melbourne’s rich cultural and music landscape. Her many projects are a distinct blend of music knowledge, creative diversity and cultural and community engagement.’

As one of Melbourne’s busiest DJs, MzRizk has supported Australian acts such as Remi and Hiatus Kaiyote; as well as international artists Badbadnotgood, Mos Def, Public Enemy, Jill Scott, Snarky Puppy, The Daptones, John Morales, Bilal, Cody Chestnut, Maseo (De La Soul), Common, Talib Kweli, Jurassic 5, Maxwell and many more.’ from their website here

Jane Connory returns with BROAD Designs with an exclusive interview with Donna Kaz AKA Aphra Behn an UNMASKED Guerrilla Girl !

ABOUT Donna : ‘Donna Kaz’s debut book, UN/MASKED, Memoirs of a Guerrilla Girl On Tour publishes on November 1, 2016. Always an outsider, she takes one step further into invisibility and becomes a Guerrilla Girl, a feminist activist who never appears in public without wearing a rubber gorilla mask and who uses the name of a dead woman artist instead of her own. As a Guerrilla Girl, Aphra Behn creates comedic art and theater that blasts the blatant sexism of the theater world while proving feminists are funny at the same time.’

Guerrilla Girls website HERE

Next up is a special interview with Carmel Johnston a “simulated astronaut” from the U.S who is in Australia on a speaking tour :

‘an environmental scientist, was the crew commander of NASA’s most recent Hawaii Space Exploration Analog and Simulation (HI-SEAS) project. As part of this mission, she spent an entire year living with five other scientists in an 11-metre-wide geodesic dome on the Mars-like slopes of Mauna Loa volcano in Hawaii.

The focus of the study, which concluded in August last year, was psychological. NASA wanted to learn individual stress reactions and group cohesion in an intensely cramped, isolated environment comparable to life in a space vessel on Mars. The researchers had to wear full space suits any time they left the dome, and resources were painstakingly rationed and recycled’.

Sonja also chats with poet,activist and broadcaster and feminist Lana Woolf on being racially profiled and those experiences of Women of Colour in Australia and what we can do.

Added to this Special Podcast are some highlights from feminists who have appeared on BROAD.

#BeBoldForChange #IWD2017 #InternationalWomensDay #ADayWithoutAWoman

Music in this podcast :

Sade: Hang to Your Love

The Internet: Dontcha

Robert Glasper Experiment : Afro Blue with Erykah Bardu

Robert Glasper Experiment : Calls with Jill Scott

Many thanks to all our guests for being part of BROAD

#Solidarity #Feminism

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BROAD: Celebrating Remarkable Women for IWD 2017

Wed, 01 Mar 2017 10:51:03 +0000

BROADs Sonja Hammer talks with two amazing women: Megan Bugden from the Women’s Health in the South East AKA WHISE and Jackie Gleeson from Bentleigh Bayside Community Health center now known as Connect Health & Community about the nominations and upcoming awards for ‘remarkable women’ in the southern metropolitan region of Melbourne. It’s all to celebrate International Womens Day (IWD) and Megan and Jackie talk about the work that is being done in the community and the advocacy and intersectional resources for women in the community:

Women’s Health in the South East (WHISE) is calling for nominations for outstanding women in the Southern Metropolitan Region.

LINK HERE for nominations

#BeBoldForChange

International Women’s Day(link is external) is a global celebration of the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. To mark the occasion, WHISE, Bentleigh Bayside Community Health and partners will host an award ceremony to acknowledge the contributions of older women in the categories of:

·         An inspirational Aboriginal Elder
·         An inspirational woman with a disability
·         An inspirational cultural leader

This year, the event will take a closer look at older women from intersectional communities and exploring the disturbing rise in elder abuse.

“Elder abuse is a human rights issue that Australia needs to be more aware of, particularly for vulnerable communities such as women with disabilities, Aboriginal women and women from culturally diverse backgrounds,” says Ms Rachel Lennon, Health Promotion Manager from WHISE.

Guest speaker, Aunty Janet Turpie-Johnstone, Aboriginal Elder, will share her experience as an older woman and talk about elder abuse in the Aboriginal community.

Both individuals and women’s groups can be nominated for an award. Nominations for Aboriginal women, women with disabilities, women from the LGBTIQ community and overseas born women are encouraged.

Prizes will be awarded to each category winner.

Nominations close on Friday 17 February 2017. The ceremony will be held on Wednesday 8 March at Bentleigh Secondary College from 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm. ( contact them as there may be more time to do the nominations)

You can now nominate or register(link is external) for the event.

What does WHISE do :

Our Work:

Women’s Health in the South East (WHISE) provides health information, health promotion and education to the female community and health professionals. We assist women, particularly those who are significantly disadvantaged, to access services that they need – our own services, or those of our service partners. We advocate for improved health services, and we encourage women to take more effective control of their health and well-being.

The service is accessible to all women in the region in a safe and friendly environment.

Our service:

Addresses the health needs of women and assists them to access services that they need
Liaises with and complements other health services
Provides information and referral to other providers
Encourages women to take responsibility for their own health
Works within the UN conventions on the elimination of discrimination, violence and disadvantage towards women.

Bentleigh Bayside Community Health (BBCH):

Provides a variety of health and social services across South East Metropolitan Melbourne. Primary health services are currently across the LGA’s of Bayside and the southern part of Glen Eira. Community Transport covers a wider geographic catchment and Dental services are not defined by catchment areas with 7 chair dental clinic operating from Bentleigh East. BBCH also has 12 outreach sites providing Gambler’s Help services across 3 catchment areas across the southern metropolitan region.

We work in partnership with consumers and other community agencies. Our health workers are committed to providing quality health care to our community.

We are a not for profit Company Limited by Guarantee with an independent Board of Directors that receives funding from Federal, State and local governments; and a range of partners.

Vision

Healthy People, Healthy Communities

Purpose

Understand and meet the health and well-being needs of the community as a socially responsible business.

Values

Our Values underpin our policies, procedures and practice.

Respect

· Treating all clients, staff and the community with care, dignity and understanding.

· Providing a supportive and safe work environment for all voluntary and paid staff.

Responsiveness

· Meet the needs of our diverse community by providing services that are accessible and innovative.

Accountability

· Delivering sustainable, quality services in an efficient and financially responsible manner to achieve health outcomes.

· Providing these services professionally and to the highest ethical standards.

Collaboration

· Working with clients, staff and external stakeholders to achieve our Vision and Purpose.

Service Overview

BBCH has two sites. Our main service site is located in East Bentleigh, with a second service site in Sandringham.

Sonja and BROAD would like to thank Megan Bugden and Jackie Gleeson for coming in to JOY 949 to be on BROAD and sharing their time.

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BROAD speaks with Carmen Perez

Tue, 28 Feb 2017 11:16:28 +0000

BROADs Sonja Hammer speaks with activist, advocate, feminist,Women of Colour : Carmen Perez, one of the amazing women who chaired, and organised the massively influential Womens March on Washington DC held on January 21st and now with the upcoming A Day Without A Woman strike being organised for International Women’s Day 2017 in the U.S and globally for March 8.

Carmen along with Tamika Mallory and Linda Sarsour are the wonderful WOC who guided and ensured the Womens March in the U.S practiced Intersectionality and Representation and are part of the many amazing diverse women who set the agenda for future feminist activism in the U.S.

Below 1st pic Left to right: Tamika Mallory, Linda Sarsour and Carmen Perez

Carmen Perez ‘ serves as the Executive Director of The Gathering for Justice, a social advocacy organization founded by legendary actor and human rights advocate, Harry Belafonte, that seeks to end child and mass incarceration. In her role as the organization’s titular leader, Perez leads a hardscrabble group of social activists and reforms working to call attention to injustices perpetrated to the “least of these”, calling for juvenile justice reform and an end to police brutality and uniting communities of color against the oppression when it rears its ugly head. AS Co-Founder of the Justice League NYC, Perez has led multiple protests against police overreach in the wake of the death of Eric Garner, attracting attention from the media and entertainment figures alike, including well-known hip hop star Nas.’ from an article in Mass Influence online

” A harm to one is a harm to all ” – Carmen Perez

What is A Day Without A Woman:

‘On International Women’s Day, March 8th, women and our allies will act together for equity, justice and the human rights of women and all gender-oppressed people, through a one-day demonstration of economic solidarity.’

In the same spirit of love and liberation that inspired the Women’s March, we join together in making March 8th A Day Without a Woman, recognizing the enormous value that women of all backgrounds add to our socio-economic system–while receiving lower wages and experiencing greater inequities, vulnerability to discrimination, sexual harassment, and job insecurity. We recognize that trans and gender nonconforming people face heightened levels of discrimination, social oppression and political targeting. We believe in gender justice.

Anyone, anywhere, can join by making March 8th A Day Without a Woman, in one or all of the following ways:

Women take the day off, from paid and unpaid labor
Avoid shopping for one day (with exceptions for small, women- and minority-owned businesses).
Wear RED in solidarity with A Day Without A Woman

#ADayWithoutAWoman INFO HERE

American Activism HERE

Carmen Perez on Police brutality in the U.S : ‘Latinos are often put into one box: immigration. But while immigrant issues are extremely important, it’s not our only one. For me, a Chicana, and I think this is one of the many commonalities we share with Puerto Ricans and African Americans in this country, it’s mass incarceration, not immigration, that rips our families apart. It’s drug addiction, poverty, gang life and school-to-prison pipelines that put so many of our brown and black children in cages. It’s majority Latinos who are in the system along with black people.

This is our issue; this is my issue. ‘

” I think this movement…we are having more intentional efforts..we are going to have to keep turning up on the streets,be on the front lines so our brothers and sisters are not in harms way” ( in regards to the callous and racist immigration -ICE-policies of #45 and his regime.) – Carmen Perez

” We have to show that feminism is Intersectional”

Find out more about Janet Mock HERE

#ADayWithoutAWoman #FEMINISM #BlackLivesMatter #BlackHistoryMonth #GrabYourWallet @womensmarch #StandWithStandingRock

Sonja would like to thank and to send blessings to Carmen Perez for her time to do this interview and many thanks to Brea Baker for organising this interview.

whakawhetai me te mau haamaitairaa

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When We Rise : BROAD speaks to Cleve Jones

Mon, 27 Feb 2017 13:46:07 +0000

BROADs Sonja Hammer has the great honour to speak with Gay activist and icon Cleve Jones :

‘Cleve Jones is an American human rights activist, author and lecturer. Jones joined the gay liberation movement in the early 1970s. He was mentored by pioneer LGBT activist Harvey Milk and worked in Milk’s City Hall office as a student intern until Milk’s assassination in 1978.

Jones co-founded the San Francisco AIDS Foundation in 1983 and founded The NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt, (<- Link to: http://www.aidsquilt.org/) one of the world’s largest community arts projects, in 1987. HarperCollins published his first book, “Stitching a Revolution,” in 2000.

Jones was portrayed by Emile Hirsch in Gus Van Sant’s Oscar-winning film, “MILK,” and was the historical consultant for the production. Jones led the 2009 National March for Equality in Washington, DC and served on the Advisory Board of the American Foundation for Equal Rights, which challenged California’s Proposition 8 in the US Supreme Court.’

Hachette Book Group has published his new memoir, “When We Rise,” which is now available. The ABC TV ( America) mini-series inspired in part by stories from Cleve’s book is currently is to be released in Australia through SBS On Demand from march 1st 2017, with screenplay by Academy Award winner Dustin Lance Black.

Cleve talks to Sonja about ‘The Movement’ and what that meant to him as a young gay man in the 1970s and his experiences from being inspired by lesbian feminists the Daughters of Bilitis to the bath houses of San Fran to working with the iconic gay politician Harvey Milk to the epidemic of AIDS and the creation of The NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt. Cleve is a fascinating, engaging and intelligent man and living hero of the queer liberation movement of the 20th and 21st century.

Sonja and BROAD would like to thank Cleve Jones and the team at Hachette Publishing for the opportunity to speak to him.

“I want people to understand that for gay men of my generation feminism was a lifeline….and I was very very deeply influenced by women like Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon …..feminism said our destinies are not determined by our gender and for me so much of the lgbt movement is based on and on the shoulders of these women who came before us”
Cleve Jones

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BROAD : Abstract Women Artists & This Human Design

Sat, 25 Feb 2017 10:35:17 +0000

BROADs Sonja Hammer hosts a very packed show Monday the 20th of Feb 2017: First guests are Justin Teliqure and Kristina Benton to talk about their show ‘ the second installment of the epic saga of Melbourne’s hottest drag king. Delve into the world of the spooky, the paranormal, and the out of this world as our hero embarks on the adventure of a lifetime.’

Justin is joined by Melbourne’s best otherworldly drag artists Enigma, Pablo McFagface and Atlanta Dusk. Katharine Innes (the enigmatic Lickette, Lolita) is back, and this time, the team is joined by a very special guest, their director Kristina Benton.’

Below: Melis Senova and her This Human book

Returning tonight is Jane Connory with the BROAD Designs segment and her special guest Melis Senova : ‘Melis is a pioneer in human-centred design, a founder of her own global strategic design consultancy, Huddle, and a highly-regarded and enterprising thought leader. Her vast business experience, underpinned by a PhD in Human Factors (human-centred design), sees her focused on reshaping the super systems of the future. This reshaping is essential to ensure we address the complex challenges facing humanity and the planet. Melis believes we can change our realities by changing our minds.’

And her book: ‘This Human describes the thinking and being required to take on the biggest challenges facing humanity in order to reimagine a shared reality for all living things on this planet. It is a practical approach to the application of human-centred design tools and methods to ensure our work is truly meaningful. If we are here to change things to be more sustainable, abundant and equitable for everyone, we need to give the current paradigm a decent shake up and create an alternative. And it starts with us.’

Above : Lesley Dumbrell
Foehn 1975
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
Purchased 1976
© Lesley Dumbrell

Sonja has two other interviews as well, one with Lara Nicholl’s curator of the travelling exhibition ‘Abstraction:celebrating Australian women abstract artists’ a national gallery of Australia exhibition that opened on Friday at the Geelong Gallery of Victoria,25 February to 07 May 2017. It includes works from Includes works by Margaret Preston, Dorrit Black, Grace Crowley, Anne Dangar through to Inge King, Yvonne Audette, Margo Lewers, Janet Dawson and Melinda Harper and the wonderful Emily Kam Kngwarry.

Finally Sonja chats to film editor and artist Gary Hillberg about his famous video art collaboration with artist and icon Tracey Moffatt in another travelling exhibition:tracey moffatt gary hillberg.featuring montages: the full cut,1999-2015, at the SAM ( Shepparton Art Museum in Victoria), on now until March 19,2017.

‘For us to have a meaningful impact on this planet and on the beings on and within it, we need to unleash our imaginations in meaningful ways so we can dream up a better reality for all. It really is that simple‚ and that important.’—Melis Senova

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Hidden Figures : Gender & Race to Space

Wed, 15 Feb 2017 12:39:08 +0000

BROADs Sonja Hammer reviews the wonderful Hollywood film Hidden Figures, based on a true story,it’s a cinematic story set in the early 1960s America where 3 African American Women scientists breakdown more then just the ‘glass ceiling’ in The Space Race, as they work in NASA during a time of heightened tensions of racism,white feminism and sexism.

Remember it’s #BlackHistoryMonth

Description : ‘Hidden Figures shines a spotlight on the heretofore unheralded contributions of three African-American women to NASA during the crucial days of the Space Race in the early 1960s. Taraji P. Henson plays mathematician Katharine Johnson, whose prodigious mind let her perform complex calculations from a very early age. The film also chronicles the stories of programmer Dorothy Vaughan (Octavia Spencer) and engineer Mary Jackson (Janelle Monae), who all found themselves working separately and unequally from their white peers.’

Some background on the True stories of these amazing women here.

Music By Pharell Willaims and Janelle Monae, and Hans Zimmer.

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BROAD & The Art of Design and Zine

Tue, 14 Feb 2017 12:46:11 +0000

BROADs Sonja Hammer is in the studio Monday 13th of February, POST The Festival of the Photocopier Fair which was held by Sticky Institute at the Melbourne Town Hall on Sunday the 12th. Sonja talks about that and Fem Zines with Woolf Pack’s Rebecca Cheers from Brisbane, Australia.

Above: Rebecca Cheers,Below the front cover of Woolf Pack #8 zine

Above artist Jess Johnson

BROAD Designs has arrived and returned with Jane Connory who chats to artist Jess Johnson Kiwi artist based in NYC ,U.S.A.

More on Jess here : ‘Jess Johnson was born in Tauranga, New Zealand in 1979. In 2016 she relocated permanently to New York after ten years of living and working in Melbourne, Australia. Her drawing and installation practice is influenced by the hypothetical intersections between language, science fiction, culture and technology. In her drawings she depicts complex worlds that combine densely layered patterns, objects and figures within architectural settings. Johnson’s drawings are often displayed within constructed environments that act as physical portals into her speculative worlds. Her recent video collaborations with Simon Ward have involved translating her drawings into animated Virtual Reality, thus enabled an audiences to have the simulated experience of entering the hypnotic realms depicted in her drawings. Jess Johnson’s work has been exhibited throughout Australia, New Zealand and Internationally where she has participated in solo and group exhibitions at; Jack Hanley Gallery, New York; Art Basel, Hong Kong; Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh; National Gallery of Victoria, Australia; Museum of Contemporary Art, Australia; and Christchurch Art Gallery, New Zealand.’

Hidden Figures SPECIAL review Podcast is coming SOON!

Music tonight:

Jalapeno by Pharrell Williams by Janelle Monae taken from the Hidden Figures soundtrack.

One Time by Elaine Brown

Surrender by Pharrell Williams with Lalah Hathaway taken from the Hidden Figures soundtrack.

REVOLUTIONARY LOVE

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BROAD, & Waitangi Day for Women

Thu, 09 Feb 2017 03:00:31 +0000

BROADs Sonja Hammer hosts the February 6th show with respect to Waitangi Day, and she chats to Kiwi multi-media artist Raewyn Alexander and musician and organiser of the Sad Grrls music festival Rachel Maria Cox about their Pozible campaign.

On February 6, 2014 in Paihia, New Zealand. The Waitangi Day national holiday celebrates the signing of the treaty of Waitangi on February 6, 1840 by Maori chiefs and the British Crown, that granted the Maori people the rights of British Citizens and ownership of their lands and other properties.

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Music by SoccerPractise and the St Jospeh’s Maori Girls Choir and The Asteroids Galaxy Tour and Rachel Maria Cox.

Below: Geneva Alexander Marsters

Below: Raewyn Alexander

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BROAD Bio Queens, Ozflix & Blak Designs

Thu, 02 Feb 2017 13:08:28 +0000

BROADs Sonja Hammer hosts Monday January 30th 2017 show welcoming guests including creative director, writer and performer Natasha Jynel talking about their Midsumma show Auto Bio Queen, actor, producer and writer Rain Fuller talks Ozflix and Jane Connory returns with the BROAD Designs segment interviewing Kimba Thompson from Sista Girl Productions and Blak Dot Gallery.

Below: Natasha Jynel/Beni Lola

Natasha Jynel’s show at this years Midsumma is called Auto Bio Queen:’explores the life story of Beni Lola through dazzling cabaret performances starring Karen From Finance, Bumpa Love, Hannie Helsden, Fipe Preuss, Rolly and of course, Beni Lola. This journey of self-discovery will touch anyone who has ever searched for somewhere to belong. Nothing is off limits in this story of exploration and acceptance, reminding us of what ties us all together and how the story of one can connect us all.
Inspired by Todd Solondz’s Palindromes and Jonathan Caouette’s Tarnation, Auto Bio Queen blurs the lines between autobiography and art, and brings to life the age old question from Mama Ru “if you can’t love yourself how in the hell you gonna love somebody else?”
Natasha Jynel’s work as a creative director, writer and performer (under Beni Lola) can be seen in publications such as Archer Mag and SBS, music videos for Le1f and on stage in productions such as Threadbare which debuted at Melbourne Fringe Festival 2016.
Runs until Feb 4 at Gasworks in Melbourne, Australia.

Below: Rain Fuller in the JOY studio

Rain Fuller is writer, producer and actor who chats to BROAD about her involvement at the just launched Ozflix Australian movie site and what is it like to be a woman in the film industry in Australia and more:

Launching on Thursday January 26 at 6pm, users can sign up for free and cherry pick from 250 Australian movies and three free original content shows, with the goal to offer each and every Australian feature film available (there’s over 2,000).

Below: Rain Fuller with Jane Connory

“Ozflix grew out of the genesis of my need as an independent filmmaker to create a viable and sustainable industry.” – Ron V. Brown, Australian producer and Ozflix founder

And finally BROAD Designs with Jane Connory talks on the phone with designer,film producer:

Kimba Thompson – Creative Director

Kimba Thompson is a filmmaker, freelance producer and arts consultant. She has worked on a diverse range of projects, which focus primarily on the use of storytelling as a vehicle to promote Aboriginal art and culture within Australia. Kimba formed Sista Girl Productions, an Indigenous Arts and Broadcast company in 1997. Kimba has over 16yrs experience working in the arts, from Producer, director, artistic director, curator & a contemporary multimedia artist. Kimba obtained a Masters of Arts from RMIT University in 2009.

Tonight’s music is by Solange with Borderline ( Self Care) and Alphamama with their new track ‘Stranger in Asia” and last track is Coco Rosie’s “protest song”: Smoke Em Out.

Below Left to Right: the Hidden Figures squad & Sarah Paulson at this years SAG awards 2017.

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The Colours Purple and Black: Queer & Trans Women of Colour on the Culture Wars

Thu, 26 Jan 2017 10:15:29 +0000

BROAD’s Sonja Hammer was part of a special panel discussion back in November 2016 called ‘The Colours Purple and Black: Queer and Trans Women of Colour on the Culture Wars’ the last panel of Beyond the Culture Wars: LGBTIQ History Now Conference, The 16th AHH Conference which ran from :
Friday 25 to Saturday 26 November 2016 held at La Trobe University, Melbourne.

Below: Dani Sib

WARNING TRIGGER : DISCUSSION ON INDIGENOUS SUICIDE. LINK HERE for ONLINE Support

This panel is hosted by Lana Woolf,feminist,activist,spoken word artist,poet and community cultural worker who acts as catalyst to this discussion on where do WOC and/or POC and Indigenous queer women & trans women fit into queer spaces culturally in Australia and what that experience is like, and for the P.I what differences are there compared to their place of origin.

Below: Lana Woolf

Panelists are : Dani Sib, Aboriginal singer songwriter, Sonja Hammer Polynesian,Amao Leota Lu,Fa’afafine ( absent ).

“do you fit perfectly in the queer culture?” and “what is the experience for you as a queer women of colour in a Western context ?”

Does queerness come before racial identity? What about labels of identity?

Do POC and Indigenous women have more labels and do those labels help or hinder?

Is it harder being queer and of colour in LGBTIQA spaces? How challenging is it to navigate in the white world as a POC and a woman, and where does sexuality come into it?

Acknowlegement:

BROAD WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEGE THE TRADITIONAL OWNERS OF THE LANDS THAT WE BROAD CAST FROM, THE KULIN NATION, AND PAY RESPECT TO ALL THE KULIN ELDERS WOMEN FROM THE PAST, PRESENT AND THOSE WOMEN WHO WILL BE OUR FUTURE ELDERS.

WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ACKNOWLEGE, WITH RESPECT, THE TRADITIONAL OWNERS OF ALL ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER LANDS WE BROADCAST TO AND TO PAY RESPECT TO ALL ELDERS AND WOMEN ELDERS FROM ALL CLANS AND NATIONS, PAST PRESENT AND FUTURE!

“If the facilities are already there, let’s have access to them” “I’ve always seen queer spaces as very white”

Last song on this podcast by Dani Sib – Lose Lose Fight

Thanks to all involved and to Dani Sib and Lana Woolf

Kia hora te marino,
Kia whakapapa pounamu te moana,
Kia tere te karohirohi

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BROAD and The Invasion of The Nasty Women

Wed, 25 Jan 2017 12:22:46 +0000

BROAD’s Sonja Hammer hosts a very special show in recognition of the women who marched on Melbourne and marched on Washington DC on Saturday the 21st of January as part of a Global Action for all women, feminists, activists,the marginalized, People of Colour,Women of Colour, First Peoples, Indigenous Women,families, Queer women,Trans Women, Native Women, LGBTQIA Women,Women with Disabilities, Muslim Women,Immigrant women,Asylum Seekers and many many others as Allies who descended with LOVE and Pride and Placards on cities all around the World: Women’s March on Washington DC and Women’s March on Melbourne

Here in this podcast are some of the highlights from Melbourne’s March and Washington DC’s March,including:Van Badham, Madonna, Ashley Judd, Linda Sarsour and others.

Music by Climbing Poe Tree and Alia Sharieff.

Above : Women’s March on Washington with Carmen Perez and Tamika Mallory and Linda Sarsour, 3 of the organisers in Washington DC.

Middle: Gloria Steinem. Right: Egi Gifford in Melbourne.

Also in the studio LIVE Sonja speaks with Broadcaster Minelle Creed as she shares her family story and what is it that women can do on Survival Day January 26th.

Below, Left to Right: Nakkiah Lui ,Minelle Creed and Jody Beeton,2016.

Minelle is a Kalkadoon, Kaanju, Bindal, Gunggari, Noonuccal, Kamilaroi, Walpiri,”proud to be a descendant of the Aboriginal people of this country.. I walk proudly on this land in your footsteps..” #AlwaysWasAlwaysWillBeAboriginalLand

Below, Left to Right: Kelly Kanetani, Middle: Van Badham, Right: some of THOSE awesome placards at the Melbourne March and rally.

If you want to be involved in a march this Thursday link HERE

Aboriginal Women

BROAD would also like to welcome design educator and researcher Jane Connory to the show as she talks about the design research she is involved in and Women In Design and the feminism of those placards and signs used in the Women’s Marches from Saturday 21st of January,2017.

A woman holds a sign amidst a sea of pink caps before a women’s march Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017, in Seattle. Women across the Pacific Northwest marched in solidarity with the Women’s March on Washington and to send a message in support of women’s rights and other causes. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

THE FULL PODCAST OF THE Melbourne March will be Podcasted soon so Stay Posted.

OUR MISSION

The rhetoric of the past election cycle has insulted, demonized, and threatened many of us – immigrants of all statuses, Muslims and those of diverse religious faiths, people who identify as LGBTQIA, Native people, Black and Brown people, people with disabilities, survivors of sexual assault – and our communities are hurting and scared. We are confronted with the question of how to move forward in the face of national and international concern and fear.

In the spirit of democracy and honoring the champions of human rights, dignity, and justice who have come before us, we join in diversity to show our presence in numbers too great to ignore. The Women’s March on Washington will send a bold message to our new government on their first day in office, and to the world that women’s rights are human rights. We stand together, recognizing that defending the most marginalized among us is defending all of us.

We support the advocacy and resistance movements that reflect our multiple and intersecting identities. We call on all defenders of human rights to join us. This march is the first step towards unifying our communities, grounded in new relationships, to create change from the grassroots level up. We will not rest until women have parity and equity at all levels of leadership in society. We work peacefully while recognizing there is no true peace without justice and equity for all.

HEAR OUR VOICE.

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The Women March On

Wed, 18 Jan 2017 12:54:47 +0000

BROAD’s Sonja Hammer talks about the upcoming global marches happening on the 21st of January called Women’s March, the original one is happening in Washington DC in the U.S as a demonstration about :

‘The rhetoric of the past election cycle has insulted, demonized, and threatened many of us – immigrants of all statuses, Muslims and those of diverse religious faiths, people who identify as LGBTQIA, Native people, Black and Brown people, people with disabilities, survivors of sexual assault – and our communities are hurting and scared. We are confronted with the question of how to move forward in the face of national and international concern and fear.

HEAR OUR VOICE.’

Sonja speaks to one of the organisers of the Melbourne Women’s March Melissa Goffin about what is happening here in Melbourne and how can people help.

Details here:

A peaceful march in solidarity with our American mates, to protest the inauguration of Donald Trump. All welcome to join to add our voice to the millions of Americans opposed to the Trump presidency. A march against misogyny, bigotry and hatred.

Saturday 21 January, 1pm.
State Library of Victoria.
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VOLUNTEER HERE: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/womens-march-on-melbourne-tickets-30790061904
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‘Check in’ here if you wish to stay in contact with the Women’s March organization after the event:
https://actionnetwork.org/events/womens-march-melbourne-australia-2

ARTICLES OF INTEREST HERE & HERE and The ‘Principles’ of the ‘Women’s March’ organisation HERE

Sonja also interview NZ/Canadian filmmaker Alison Maclean about her career and her new film The Rehearsal playing for a limited time at ACMI in Melbourne, Australia.

And in this episode we have the first TEASER of a new segment coming to BROAD with the amazing feminist, activist, writer,broadcaster and WOC Lana Woolf.

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BROAD talks to Alison Maclean

Mon, 16 Jan 2017 12:36:46 +0000

BROAD’s Sonja Hammer has the honour to interview NZ/Canadian film maker Alison Maclean about her new film feature called The Rehearsal starring James Rolleston and Kerry Fox described as :’At its best, “The Rehearsal” is the rare paean to art and performance that makes you want to join in on the experience.’- indiewire.com.

poses for a portrait during the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival at the Intercontinental Hotel on September 10, 2016 in Toronto, Canada.

Above, Left to Right Alison Maclean with James Rolleston, with rest of cast including Jane Campion’s daughter Alice Englert and Kerry Fox in The Rehearsal.

Alison talks about her career, from ‘Kitchen Sink’ a surreal suburban nightmare short film from 1989 which was her 1st breakthrough, ‘Crush’ the Lesbian coming of age film that to this day is still such a rare and unique film ahead of it’s time for it’s queer representation, Jesus’s Son,making music videos like the famous ‘Torn’ by Natalie Imbruglia and now The Rehearsal which is based upon the Eleanor Catton novel set in NZ.

Alison Maclean talks as well about feminism and the lack of opportunities still for women film creators and how much more needs to be done to rise above the “implicit bias” in the film industry.

The Rehearsal has a limited run at Melbourne’s ACMI from jan 18 to Feb 06 2017.

Details here:

Following the 6.20pm screening on Wednesday 18th January, join us for She Speaks First, a special screening and Q&A event.Director Alison Maclean will join us with a video-introduction from LA. After the screening we’ll be joined by Kim Krejus, artistic director of 16th Street Actors Studio. She Speaks First is a female-focused film series presented by Grey Gardens Projects. The series screens films made by women followed by conversations focusing on the space women occupy in cinema; her gaze, her voice, and her story.

Finally, find out what Alison’s film maker women heroes are and why in this special podcast.

Many thanks to Alison Maclean and ACMI.

Featured music track in this podcast is Maya Payne with If Only, which is featured in The Rehearsal.

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BROAD talks to Mattie Do

Fri, 13 Jan 2017 16:51:21 +0000

BROAD’s Sonja Hammer interviews the amazing and talented Mattie Do film maker from Laos about her second feature movie Dearest Sister that played at Monster Fest in November 2016 in Melbourne, Australia.

Mattie chat to Sonja about the experiences she has had making this second feature and for being the only female film maker from Laos making films in Laos.

Dearest Sister LINKS HERE

Many thanks to Monster Fest and to Mattie Do for this interview,it’s been awesome to speak to Mattie!

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Films 4 Feminists: Mattie Do & breaking the stereotypes

Fri, 13 Jan 2017 16:02:13 +0000

BROAD’s Sonja Hammer presents the second show of Broad in 2017 talking about Films4Feminists segment with film maker and Lao’s ONLY woman film maker Mattie Do talking about her movie Dearest Sister which played at Monster Fest in Melbourne held in November 2016.

LONDON, ENGLAND – OCTOBER 10: Director Mattie Do attends the FilmMaker Afternoon Tea during the 60th BFI London Film Festival at The Mayfair Hotel on October 10, 2016 in London, England. (Photo by Jeff Spicer/Getty Images for BFI)

It was also the day after the Golden Globes and so Sonja looks at some of the results for female representation and Evan Rachel Wood’s Feminist take on the Tux on the Red Carpet, and remembering Janelle Monae’s Tux moments from the past, and Janelle’s appearances in new films Hidden Figures and Moonlight, both represented in this years Golden Globes.

Below,Left to Right: Evan Rachel Wood at the Golden Globes 2017 and Janelle Monae in her Tux/Dress at Marie Claire‘s Image Maker awards.

“I’ve struggled with gender norms my whole life, always feeling like I wasn’t black-and-white,” Wood said. “I was in this gray area, and gray areas really scare people because you can’t define them.” – Evan Rachel Wood

Maria Lewis returns with Bad Bitches of History examining a Japanese Samurai and woman: Tomoe Gozen.

Finally B R O A D ZINE is announced and we need your contributions, with the DEADLINE Monday 6th of February 2017.

We are gonna launch at the Festival Of The Photocopier ZINE FAIR 2017on Sunday the 12th so we do need your stuff by Monday the 6th of Feb 2017 by email at this address here:
broad@joy.org.au aka Sonja.Souter@joy.org.au OR FB msg Sonja Hammer or B R O A D for more deets or just submit what ya have for the ZINE to be printed.

Words and Art on the topic of feminism just like the radio show BUT IT WILL BE PRINTED
Proceeds from the sale of the Zine will go to a charity ( to be announced soon).

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BROAD talks to Nicola Scott

Tue, 03 Jan 2017 13:10:20 +0000

BROAD’s Sonja Hammer spoke to Nicola Scott in December 2016 about her work as the artist for the DC Wonder Woman comics and what that experience has been like in her career and also about Black Magick her comic work with Greg Rucka.

Since this interview was recorded Wonder Woman was demoted from being the United Nations Ambassador for Empowerment for Women and Girls, so the interview does not include that news however click HERE to read Nicola’s own words in this guardian article she wrote.

Nicola on Wonder Woman:‘I discovered Wonder Woman early in life, the first fictional character to make a significant impact on me, something that has remained throughout my life. Wonder Woman has empowered me since I was four. I can only imagine, now, what she could have done for other girls wanting a hero.’

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BROAD talks to Hope Larson

Tue, 03 Jan 2017 12:40:53 +0000

BROAD’s Sonja Hammer talk to the inspiring comics creator Hope Larson who was on her way at the time of this interview to Australia for a special couple of conferences which were held in Melbourne in December 2016.

Hope talks about her experiences as a comics creator with graphic novels like A Wrinkle In Time and of course more recently DC comics Batgirl.

BIO:

Hope Larson is the New York Times bestselling author of six graphic novels, notably her graphic novel adaptation of Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time (Farrar, Straus and Giroux), and co-creator of Boom! Comics’ Goldie Vance. Forthcoming projects include two graphic novels, Compass South and Knife’s Edge (Farrar, Straus & Giroux) and, starting in July 2016, a reimagining of DC Comics’ Batgirl. Her short comics have been published by the New York Times, Vertigo, and in several anthologies, including Flight and DC Comics’ Gotham Academy Yearbook.

In addition to her comics work, Larson has explored filmmaking. She is the writer and director of two short projects. Bitter Orange, starring Brie Larson, James Urbaniak and Brendan Hines, is a tale of crime in 1920s Hollywood. Did We Live Too Fast is a Twilight Zone-inspired music video created for Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Dan the Automator’s band, Got A Girl; it was used as the centerpiece of their 2015 tour.

Larson has been nominated for cartooning awards in the US, Canada and Europe, and is the recipient of a two Eisner Awards and an Ignatz’

Below: Batgirl #1 with artwork by Rafael Albuquerque

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BROAD talks to Zoya Patel

Tue, 03 Jan 2017 11:43:36 +0000

BROAD’s Sonja Hammer talks with Zoya Patel the amazing feminist writer and editor and founder of Feminartsy the online feminist publication:

‘Feminartsy is an online feminist literature and arts journal, founded in 2014.. Throughout the month, new content is added weekly, including memoir, essays, fiction, photo essays, and art spreads. Feminartsy showcases some of the best writing and art talent in Australia and beyond, all through a feminist lens’.

Zoya Patel in her own words:

‘I am a writer, editor and communications professional. In 2015, I was named ACT Young Woman of the Year for my commitment to raising the profile of women’s voices in the media.

I am the founder and editor of Feminartsy, an online feminist arts and literature journal, and am the former Editor-In-Chief of Lip Magazine.

I have written for a number of publications, including The Canberra Times, Right Now, Mamamia, Women’s Agenda, and more.

I have worked with numerous arts and literary organisations, including Seizure, You Are Here festival, the National Young Writers’ Festival and rip publishing, amongst others. I have worked in marketing and communications for five years, primarily in the not-for-profit and arts sectors. I currently work in a management role, in corporate relations and advocacy.

I have been lucky to be the recipient of several awards. In 2014, I was the recipient of the Anne Edgeworth Young Writers’ Fellowship, as well as an Edna Ryan Award for making a feminist difference in the media. I was also Highly Commended in the Scribe Non-Fiction Prize for Young Writers in 2015. Most recently, I was awarded a 2016 Canberra Critics Circle award in the category of ‘Writing’, for creating a platform for women writers through Feminartsy.

I have been active in community advocacy for many years, and was a member of the former Australian Social Inclusion Board.

You can connect with me at , or on Twitter @zoyajpatel. You can also find out more about my work with Lip Magazine in The Canberra Times, about Feminartsy in Junkee, and about my writing and advocacy work through HerCanberra.’

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BROAD & Feminism in Print

Tue, 03 Jan 2017 09:50:01 +0000

BROAD’s Sonja Hammer welcomes in the New Year 2017 with interviews with Zoya Patel the young woman and feminist behind the Feminartsy online feminist publication:

‘She has been writing about feminist issues since the age of 15, and has had work published in a number of publications. Zoya was Highly Commended in the Scribe Publishing Non-Fiction Prize 2015, was the 2014 recipient of the Anne Edgeworth Young Writers’ Fellowship, and was named the 2015 ACT Young Woman of the Year.’

Below: Zoya Patel, publisher,writer and book enthusiast and Feminist

Sonja chats with Bianca Martin zinester ( Sticky Institute), musician ( The Girl Fridas ), and one of the organisers of The Festival of the Photocopier as she talks about her faves in zines for 2016 and what of the future for local zines in 2017.

Below: Bianca Martin on the drums in her band The Girl Fridas.

Sonja also talks about Flying Nun Records based in Aotearoa, and a few of the women artists on their books including The Courtneys, Look Blue Go Purple and Aldous Harding.

Music in this podcast include:

Solange with Where do We Go,The Girl Fridas with Crazy,The Courtneys with Silver Velvet, Aldous Harding with Stop Your Tears and Look Blue Go Purple with 2 songs As Does the Sun and 100 Times.

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BROAD Presents: The Feminist Zine Scene #3

Mon, 02 Jan 2017 12:55:54 +0000

BROAD’s Sonja Hammer is in the studio with special guest Bianca Martin, Zinester and musician and feminist as she delves into her most favourite zines from 2016 and looks into the future with the upcoming Festival of the Photocopier in February 2017,Melbourne, Australia.

So what were Bianca’s faves in zines? What and how does she feel about feminism after 2016’s challenges? What’s up for 2017 in zines?

Below: Left to Right,Bianca on drums and Alice and Shannon from The Girl Fridas.

Click HERE for more about the Sticky Institute

Click HERE for more about The Girl Fridas

Click HERE for more Woolf Pack

Song played in this podcast is called Crazy by The Girl Fridas

Many thanks to Bianca for coming on the show!

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BROAD Highlights in 2016

Fri, 30 Dec 2016 18:16:47 +0000

BROAD highlights in the way of a bunch of the Feminist interviews that have been Broadcast during 2016 on Boxing Day 26 December.

Includes: Trish Bendix,Lucy Lawless, Rita Coburn-Whack and Nina Conti.

BROAD would like to thank all the contributors to this years show. All power to you all, and let’s keep Smashing the Patriarchy in 2017!

Footnote to this podcast : at time of this broadcast Carrie Fisher had been hospitalised and was still reported in a stable condition.

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A Feminist Xmas 2016

Fri, 30 Dec 2016 17:55:07 +0000

BROADCAST December 19,2016 and BROAD wishes everyone and every feminist a Happy Festive Holiday Season and a Feminist one!

This podcast contains a segment of our interview with Danielle Joblonski regarding the queer womens convention ClexaCon and the return of Maria Lewis for Bad Bitches of History looking at Sexual Health pioneer from the early 20th century Kiwi woman Ettie Rout (pictured below).

Happy Holidays.

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ClexaCon 2017 is Coming

Fri, 30 Dec 2016 13:58:27 +0000

BROAD’s Sonja Hammer chats to Danielle Jablonski one of the organizers of ClexaCon a Media & Entertainment Convention for LGBTQ Women and Allies which is taking place March 3-5 2017 in Las Vegas,U.S.A.

It’s also the very first of it’s kind and it hopes to be able to:

’empower media creators to produce and distribute more positive LGBTQ content, providing educational resources for the community to aid in the push for better representation. ClexaCon will strive to lay the foundation for improved visibility within the media while encouraging more LGBTQ women to participate in creating the stories they desire.’

LINK HERE to the ClexaCon website.

Below: Danielle Jablonski in the JOY 949 studio to talk about ClexaCon 2017.

Because #LGBTFansDeserveBetter

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Women in Comics: Feminism and Superheroes on BROAD

Wed, 07 Dec 2016 13:44:28 +0000

It’s a feminist comic book bonanza on this week’s episode of BROAD!

Sonja Hammer interviews Nicola Scott, artist on the 75th Anniversary run of Wonder Woman, and Hope Larson, artist on the current Batgirl series. If you want to see Hope and Nicola speak in person, ACMI is running the Superhero Identities Symposium on Thursday 8th and Friday 9th December, including a Women in Comics panel. Book your ticket ASAP!

And if that’s not enough for you, this weekend will be Melbourne’s first ever All Star Women in Comics Festival! Head down to Queen Street to meet local and international comic creators.

Songs played include ‘Oblivion’ by Grimes, Solange’s ‘Don’t Touch My Hair’, ‘Holy War’ by Alicia Keys, and ‘Is She With You’ from the Batman v Superman Soundtrack, by Hans Zimmer & Junkie XL.

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“The Inside,Coming Out”: Julia Ducournau and RAW

Mon, 05 Dec 2016 12:25:24 +0000

BROAD’s Sonja Hammer gets to talk to the very talented and eloquent Julia Ducournau the French film director whose movie RAW has stopped everyone in their tracks.This is a film that won THE big award at this years Monsterfest 2016 held in Melbourne, Australia, yes, the Best Feature ‘Golden Monster’!

Below,Left to Right,Film Maker Julia Ducournau and the RAW movie poster with lead Garance Marillier, a Bloody great film and a Bloody great WIN!

Sonja spoke to Julia at The Lido cinema complex in Hawthorne,during the Monster film festival,hence the crowd sounds,so turn it up!

What is RAW about? Well, we don’t want to SPOIL the Meat ( sorry, such a BAD pun!), it’s out through Monster Pictures in March 2017, so whet your appetite for now with this interview with this remarkable Women film maker: Julia Ducournau,a film maker to definitely watch.

‘Raw is funny and sad and sexy and grotesque and moving and troubling and weird. It’s a breath of fresh air and it represents the loud and proud arrival of a brilliant new talent in Julia Ducournau. It’s one of the most brutally honest and nuanced coming-of-age movies ever made.’-Jacob Hall from Slashfilm.com

The List of Award Winners at this years Monster Fest 2016 HERE

” We are not trend material, we are people” –Julia Ducournau on women film makers.

Below Julia at Monster fest 2016 at The Lido,November 25th,photo by Sonja Hammer

BROAD would like to thank Julia Ducournau for her time and thank Monster Pictures and Monsterfest 2016.

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Pussy Riot’s Maria Alyokhina & The Belarus Free Theatre

Fri, 02 Dec 2016 12:04:30 +0000

BROAD’s Sonja Hammer speaks to Pussy Riot’s Maria Alyokhina and the Belarus Free Theatre’s Artistic Director Natalia Koliada at the Melbourne Arts Centre this week Monday the 28th of November 2016,a day before their first performance at the centre the 29th of November and running until the 3rd of December.

The production is called Burning Doors and as it’s artistic director explains it:“we are built up on challenges,we are not interested in topics that everyone is talking about”.

What is Belarus Free Theatre:

‘Belarus Free Theatre (BFT) is a UK-based international award-winning theatre company founded on principles of freedom of speech and artistic expression.

Our focus is on social justice, taboo zones and violation of human rights across the globe.

Our approach is akin to investigative journalism. We build ties with people across the globe to immerse ourselves in their culture and engage in their experiences to authentically tell untold stories. This documentary material is the basis for our work along with our actors’ personal experiences of standing up for human rights and resisting dictatorship.

Working across borders we create, campaign and educate.

We bring a sharper sense of reality to the stage by creating theatre drawn directly from real life as well as presenting contemporary deconstructions of classic works.

Our transnational campaigns and theatre educational programmes encourage people to find their own voice within society and to develop a deeper engagement with social and political issues.’

SUPPORT THEM HERE

Campaigns

Connect:

#LetMyPeopleGo #IamWithTheBanned #PussyRiot

@BFreeTheatre

Song featured in this podcast is :Pussy Riot: Putin Will Teach You to Love the Motherland

Many thanks to Belarus Free Theatre’s Artistic Director Natalia Koliada and Pussy Riot’s Maria Alyokhina for the chance to talk with them and hear about the importance of what they do.

Below Left to Right: Maria Alyokhina,Sonja Hammer and Natalia Koliada in Melbourne at the Arts Centre Nov 28,2016

Thanks also to the Melbourne Arts Centre.

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BROAD gets real with Namila Benson

Tue, 29 Nov 2016 06:50:12 +0000

BROAD kicks the week off with This Land is Your Land by Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings. This week’s episode is dedicated in memory of Sharon Jones. Rest in power, Sharon.

We also play Brown Girl by the indomitable Aarahdna, and Ngaiire’s stunning cover of The Less I Know the Better by Tame Impala.

In the news, the Dakota Pipeline protest at Standing Rock is ongoing. BROAD stands with the Indigenous people of Standing Rock, and you can too – find out more through the Camp of the Sacred Stones.

Broadcaster and educator Namila Benson is in the studio with Sonja Hammer! Namila has been working in radio for over 20 years, and currently works at 3CR and Triple R. She’s got a lot of important things to say about intersectionality, self-care, racism in the entertainment industry, building a community in the face of oppression, and politics in Australia, Papua New Guinea and the USA.

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BROAD: Cult Cinema & Monster Fest and Kier-La Janisse

Fri, 18 Nov 2016 12:11:34 +0000

BROADs Sonja Hammer speaks with Artistic Festival Director of Monster Fest 2016 Kier-La Janisse . What is Monster Fest: ‘Australia’s premier genre film festival and a celebration of all that is weird and wonderful in the international cult cinema palette – Horror, fantasy, science-fiction, action, animation, erotica and more’. It runs from November 23rd to the 27th of November 2016, program here

BIO: Kier-La Janisse is a film writer and programmer, Editor-in-Chief of Spectacular Optical Publications, founder of The Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies and the Festival Director of Monster Fest in Melbourne, Australia. She has been a programmer for the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema and Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas, co-founded Montreal microcinema Blue Sunshine, founded the CineMuerte Horror Film Festival (1999-2005) in Vancouver and was the subject of the documentary Celluloid Horror (2005). She has written for Filmmaker, Offscreen, Shindig!, Rue Morgue and Fangoria magazines, has contributed to Destroy All Movies!! The Complete Guide to Punks on Film (Fantagraphics, 2011), and is the author of A Violent Professional: The Films of Luciano Rossi (FAB Press, 2007) and House of Psychotic Women: An Autobiographical Topography of Female Neurosis in Horror and Exploitation Films (FAB Press, 2012). She recently co-edited and published the anthology books KID POWER! (Spectacular Optical, 2014) about kids in cult film and television and SATANIC PANIC: POP-CULTURAL PARANOIA IN THE 1980s. She is currently working on the book A Song From the Heart Beats the Devil Every Time about children’s programming from 1965-1985.

Left to Right : Dearest Sister,Always Shine,RAW.

Music by John Kanakis. Excerpt from Antibirth movie which will play at Monster Fest 2016.

Below Kier-La Janisse in JOY for Monster Fest 2016.

Monster Fest 2016 program HERE.

Left to Right: Afterbirth,Sharon Tate in Eye of The Devil, more Natasha Lyonne is Afterbirth and Below Danyi Deats as a famous corpse in Rivers Edge.

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