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FILM Blak Douglas vs The Commonwealth

dam Douglas Hill, better known by his longstanding moniker Blak Douglas, is an Indigenous artist with strong connections to Western Sydney and the inner Sydney suburb of Redfern. This is important to preface, as the documentary’s provocative title, , focusses on the histories and experiences of Indigenous people from New South Wales. Western Sydney has one of the highest populations of Indigenous people in the country, and the inner-city suburb of Redfern for many decades was a vital hub for

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