Flame of Truth: Tiriki Onus and Alec Morgan on 'Ablaze'

A towering figure in the fight for equality for First Nations people in Australia from the 1940s to the 1960s, William 'Bill' Onus may have also been the first Aboriginal filmmaker, as Tiriki Onus and Alec Morgan's fascinating new documentary explores. Stephen A Russell talks to the filmmakers about how a precious fragment discovered at the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia inspired a new look at this pioneer's life's work.

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Scott Morrison, National Film and Sound Archive of Australia, Mary McLintock Kelly, Aboriginal Advancement League, Indigenous, Douglas Nicholls, Margaret Tucker, Geraldine Briggs, Bruce McGuinness, Black Fire, 1946 Pilbara strike, slavery, ASIO, National Archives, Lousy Little Sixpence, John Howard, history wars, Stolen Generations, deaths in custody, William and Mary