0000010553 00000 n In this lesson students will learn about archival documentary filmmaking conventions and apply their analytical skills to scenes from The Final Quarter. Australian documentary filmmaker Ian Darling re-examines the incidents that marked the final 3 years of Indigenous footballer Adam Goodes' playing career. The Final Quarter is a post-mortem of this dark period in Australian sporting and cultural history, comprised entirely of archival footage aired at the time. Documentary Australia at Sydney Film Festival, https://thefinalquarterfilm.com.au/media-articles/, Early-Mid 2019: Screenings with dozens of influential organisations and individuals including peak Indigenous bodies, the Australian Human Rights Commission, the AFL including the Indigenous Players Group and all 18 AFL Clubs, May 2019: Media screenings for more than 100 journalists as a part of a proactive media strategy to reach a mass audience, 7 June 2019: Premiere screenings at the Sydney Film Festival to sold out audiences, receiving unprecedented demand and extensive media coverage, followed by a number of other film festivals, 19 July 2019: Broadcast nationally on Channel 10 (July 18) and WIN- accompanied by a special on, 20 September 2019: the film became freely available to schools, sporting clubs and community organisations and anyone could access the resources, stream the film, or request a copy of the DVD, Community, corporate, school and sporting club screenings were facilitated, with Shark Island staff attending over 95% of the screenings to participate in panels and Q&As, 27 September 2019: the Home Entertainment (digital) release began. As essential for the broader public as it is for football fans, the film is set for both a cinema and television release later this year, Just hours before the premiere but nearly four years after Goodes retired at the end of the 2015 season, notably the AFL and its 18 clubs released a long-overdue statement that apologised "unreservedly for our failures" in not standing up for him during his career. Screen Australia acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work and recognises their continuous connection to culture, community and Country. H\Mj0>3ML(d F68*-g[v2wc S uUlqh\2opzqoMpgH*h8^vC.)>PzqC42DYQH_>atwmU#y{m}|,6L |,,BG Fire Up! We strongly recommend each unit is delivered in the recommended sequence to achieve maximum impact and understanding of the concepts. [13][14][15][16], Goodes retired from the AFL in September 2015. Goodes said after the incident that the dance was based on one he learned from under-16s Indigenous team the Flying Boomerangs, and that it was intended as an expression of Indigenous pride during Indigenous Round, not as a means of offending or intimidating the crowd. Unsurprisingly, it's also both moving in displaying the AFL champ's dignified response to such horrors, and infuriating in its thorough examination of his ordeal. Make Concrete Playground yours with My Playground. As the name suggests, The Final Quarter focuses on the last stages of Goodes' time in the AFL when he was verbally attacked by spectators and high-profile media figures, relentlessly booed at games, put under immense scrutiny for celebrating his Indigenous heritage, accused of staging for free kicks and ultimately chose not to play for a period due to the toll he was under. Australian documentary filmmaker Ian Darling re-examines the incidents that marked the final 3 years of Indigenous footballer Adam Goodes playing career. In addition, new educational resources will be released. The Final Quarter is a 2019 Australian documentary, directed by Ian Darling and produced by Shark Island Productions, about the final stages of the Australian football career of Adam Goodes, during which he was the target of repeated booing by opposition fans. Within the first three months of the educational release, the film: had been seen within ~25% of secondary schools in Australia and became the third-most watched content on ClickView in 2019, including 1,073 institutions streaming the film and a total 22,294 views. Video: Ian Darling and YvonneSampson on the Last Years of Adam Goodes' Career. Directed by Ian Darling, and solely compiled from archival material in a technique reminiscent of another great sports doco in recent years, . Explores how societal values are shaped and investigates the concepts of equity, equality and inclusion as they relate to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. (2019). Provide every junior and senior sporting club with access to the film and screening guides and supporting materials via the AFL and Australian sporting clubs, Work with sporting bodies to encourage clubs to screen the film as an ongoing part of Indigenous Round activities. Use the film to educate young people about racial vilification at a grassroots level and continue outreach to ensure The Final Quarter continues to have a long-term and lasting legacy. Quick summary: Retired AFL star Adam Goodes is known to many for his resilient journey in the face of detrimental treatment by AFL spectators and the media beginning in 2013. This lesson will be centred around the acclaimed 2019 documentary, The Final Quarter. Goodes himself was not interviewed for the documentary, although he was consulted and gave permission for it to go ahead. The Final Quarter Film Timings and Questions 01:00:00 - Warning and intro 01:01:14 - Sam Newman speaks to Adam via camera 01:01:57 - 'racist' definition 01:02:00 - Nathan Buckley and AFL 360 01:02:31 - Sam Newman on gay pride game Opportunity to pause and discuss important ideas and themes. 0000004654 00000 n We acknowledge the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation as the traditional custodians of the land on which we work and we pay our respects to ancestors and Elders, past and present. [33][34], The Western Bulldogs released their own statement about the documentary. Tracy Bentin,Psychologist,MAPS; Grad Dip Applied Child Psych; BBSc (Hons). Goodes himself clearly believes this, and his ongoing presence in the film (which he supports but was not involved in) is a balm to the rash of madness around him. 0000003092 00000 n 0000103450 00000 n Narragunnawalis online platform is free to access and provides practical ways to introduce meaningful reconciliation initiatives in the classroom, around the school and with the community. They specialise in creating documentaries that educate the public about important social issues. https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/may/30/the-final-quarter-review-exhilarating-adam-goodes-documentary-pulses-with-urgency. 0000004288 00000 n 0000052832 00000 n Addressing the media the day after famously being called an ape by a 13-year-old girl in the stands, for instance, Goodes rightly criticises the teenagers behaviour while calling for compassion insisting that its not her fault, that kids are innocent and we need to support her. The fallout inevitably led to a backlash against the fallout, in a manner familiar to anybody whos cast a cursory glance at online comments sections, in which over-sensitivity is positioned as an existential threat. In the final three years of his playing career he became a lightning rod for a heated public debate and widespread media commentary that divided the nation. Angles. It is essential that teachers watch The Final Quarter documentary in full before showing it to students. 0000006599 00000 n H\]0+r9s1Mr`na>aVPxH9y^vFujf}:seVM[RY.tqxUs=,14ahz9pQjTM8F{u *M\o[6WuE?K2]Oj(tAIz"]3Cshm[SvYam bgYBv4P !f@sA[h5iiW 4$,I$apw9e:N\Y4||fEp1.3 gi.i4,,,9t:y.#;Gv(9Zt$i5DV90a$IY ~?'y?{}RG}xqLtcYUz~ 3l% endstream endobj 312 0 obj <> endobj 313 0 obj <>stream The spectator, who turned out to be a 13-year-old girl, was promptly escorted from the stands by security, but in the aftermath Goodes was accused of victimizing and publicly humiliating a teenager. Level of teacher scaffolding: Medium introduce new concepts and facilitate discussions and activities. The Hollywood Reporter is a part of Penske Media Corporation. Explores what it means to be Australian, and how we express our individual and collective identities. From 2013, Sydney Swans footballer Adam Goodes went from being a champion footballer, an outstanding Indigenous leader and the 2014 Australian of the Year, to being booed and taunted by fans at stadiums across the nation. We acknowledge and pay our respects to their cultures and traditions, and to Elders past, present and emerging. Narragunnawali: Reconciliation in Education (Reconciliation Australia). [8] Many clubs and players in the AFL supported Goodes in the week of his leave. The second Goodes-focused doco, The Australian Dream, will surface in August. The director of the film, Ian Darling, led the production team in deciding what to omit and what to include from the many televised me-dia segments and newspaper stories available. All Rights Reserved. Retrieved fromhttps://fbiradio.com/ian-darling-yvonne-sampson-last-days-adam-goodes-career/, Shark Island Production. Given that Adam Goodes retired in 2015, why do you think Shark Island Productions thought it important to share the Adam Goodes story with audiences four years later? With Adam Goodes. The filmmakers sympathies are not in doubt, though his decision to avoid talking heads relying instead on contemporaneous television coverage makes his case stronger by giving all the fulminators enough rope to hang themselves. 0000081589 00000 n Our Watching the Film lessons are designed to support you in facilitating this process. There are many themes, concepts and events in the film that teachers need to be aware of and reflect upon so that they can provide sufficient safety and support for students. In July 2019 the NFSA hosted a screening of director Ian Darling's documentary The Final Quarter, about the events that provoked heated public debate and the retirement of champion AFL player Adam Goodes. on Mornings with Stephen Ferris was honoured to host Yvonne Sampson of Fox Sports League, and Ian Darling the director of The Final Quarter, a documentary chronicling of the last years of AFL star Adam Goodes' career.. [23], The Final Quarter was shown to the 2019 playing group of Indigenous players in a preview screening in February 2019. To help make planning easier you can access all the specialist units on this page. He emerges before the fade-out as a thoughtful man, and not remotely strident, but one powerless to control snowballing events. The racially motivated vilification and unsympathetic voices from audience members and commentators increased to the point where he left the game on which he had built his career. The documentary intertwines media clips from Goodes' games, general AFL coverage, news stories, press conferences and interviews from the era to paint a heartbreaking picture of the ex-Swans captain's experiences. The motivation for, and acceptability of, the booing generated wide public debate, which dominated media coverage from both sports and political commentators for weeks at a time. 0000010667 00000 n His response strives to acknowledge the hurt inflicted on Aboriginal peoples without sounding ungrateful for the honor just bestowed upon him, and its the futility of his efforts to tread this line between calling a spade a spade and conciliation that gives his media encounters their sense of discomfort, and of poignancy. Unit: The Final Quarter - Watching The Film - Years 5-12 Activities for this Unit Tuning in About the Film Adam Goodes is a champion AFL footballer and Indigenous leader who became a lightning rod for an intense public debate and widespread media commentary that divided the nation. Way back in the distant dark ages of Australian history those atavistic times when the nation was young, barbaric and bigoted one of the greatest players in one of the countrys most cherished sports leagues ended his career not in fanfare, but as a figure at the centre of an ugly debate about racism. Third party web links are provided for your convenience only. The Final Quarter was made by Shark Island Productions, an independent film production company. How is The Final Quarter unlike other documentaries you have seen? This is what was heard. Darling also makes the point that we can always learn from history whether that history is found in an ancient scroll inside a museum, or via television footage from the old, dark, distant days of 2015. The AFL Players Associations Indigenous Advisory Committee also issued a statement, and there was an outpouring of emotion from the Indigenous players who called for all to fight against racism. 0000005976 00000 n 0000081321 00000 n The methodology of The Final Quarter and other aforementioned films of its ilk can have a distancing effect - many of the traditional powers of the motion picture medium (cinematography, for. 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The Final Quarter takes a confronting look at the controversies that marred the Sydney star's exit from the game and is an opportunity to reconsider what happened on and off the football field. An in-depth look at casual racism and racial vilification in Australia. Director's Statement. Director Ian Darling joins us to discuss, ://fbiradio.com/ian-darling-yvonne-sampson-last-days-adam-goodes-career/, https://thefinalquarterfilm.com.au/about/. We have consulted with experts in human rights, reconciliation and psychology to ensure these lessons promote emotional safety and cultural awareness. For ease of use we have organised this information in Primary and Secondary sections. 0000001984 00000 n 0000062218 00000 n Keywords: film, documentary, analysis, analyse, media, The Final Quarter, archival, footage, conventions, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, AFL, footy, football, perspective, point of view, techniques, editing. 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