Living Black

Nashville Tennesse famously known as the country music capital, is a world away from the small Western Arrente community of Ntaria in the Northern Territory. While Ntaria may not be as well known as Nashville, the Music City, it's where the journey began for Golden Guitar and multi award winning singer/songwriter, Warren H Williams. Music has always been in Warren's blood, having learnt to play a guitar at the age of six with his legendary father, Gus Williams. Having released 9 albums to date, In 2015, the Arrente man teamed up with emerging artist Dani Young, writing and recording an album of traditional country music duets. Living Black follows Warren's journey as he prepares to launch his new album at the annual Tamworth Country Music Festival in January 2016.

When the Spiritual leader of Tibet, His Holiness, the 14th Dalai Lama, flew from Adelaide to Darwin on a trip to Australia in 2013, he requested the Qantas Pilot fly around a very sacred area. Looking through the window of the Qantas jet, he gazed down, his eyes making a contact with Uluru. He was saddened that he was unable to visit this sacred heart of our nation. But he vowed that on his next visit he would travel to Uluru and meet with the Anangu, the traditional owners. In June 2015, His Holiness made good on his promise and on his 11th visit to Australia, he was welcomed to Uluru by Sammy Wilson and other traditional owners, where a meeting of a spiritual kind took place on sacred ground.

When Chevez Morton was nine his game of hide and seek was interrupted by men dressed all in black, wearing balaclavas and wielding guns. He is just one of the people on Palm Island whose lives were changed by the actions of the Queensland Police in November 2004. Now, more than a decade later, the island is suing the state government and the police service for racial discrimination. Living Black brings you the untold stories of the people of Palm Island, revealing just what happened there, after the riot.

In the outback Queensland town of Mt Isa, rugby league is a way of life. For many young indigenous players, the footy field is not only a place of pride, but a gateway to better things. We follow three young players as they endure the bus trip from hell to play the game they love.

More than 50 years after she was taken from her family as a baby, Kamilaroi woman Elly Chatfield goes on an emotional journey in search of answers, family, and belonging.

Traditional owners, lawyers, scientists and MPs in WA are united in opposition to changes to laws redefining what constitutes a sacred site. Kerry Robinson, Errol Roe and Wilfred Hicks are three traditional owners from around the State, fighting to preserve their people’s culture and heritage.