Indigenous writer and director Beck Cole began her career as a journalist with Imparja Television in Central Australia. Since graduating from the Australian Film, Television and Radio School in 2002, Cole has directed the majority of her documentaries and short films in Alice Springs, often working with the Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association (CAAMA).
Cole uses the immediate and intimate medium of mini DV which allows her to elicit fine-grained stories from her documentary subjects, discreetly encouraging their participation in the storytelling process.
In her 35mm short fiction films, Cole’s protagonists — often young Indigenous women — are strong, culturally aware and perceptive. Her filmmaking is largely concerned with Indigenous stories and explores themes of both cultural strength and dislocation.
Cole is currently working on ‘First Australians’, a collaborative documentary series that uncovers the story of black and white Australia post-contact and re-addresses the ways Australians view their history. Alongside filmmakers such as Darlene Johnson, Rachel Perkins and Ivan Sen, Cole is part of a strong filmmaking community creating new representations of Indigenous culture in contemporary media.
Beck Cole’s films have screened at the Sundance and Edinburgh film festivals. In 2005, her film Wirriya: Small Boy was nominated for Best Short Documentary at the Inside Film Awards in Sydney and awarded Best Australian Film at the World of Women’s Cinema Film Festival in Sydney, 2004. Screening details are available on the filmmakers page.
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