Fist of Fury Noongar Daa - Q&A and special NAIDOC screening
This year’s National NAIDOC theme For Our Elders encourages us to acknowledge the important role our Elders have played and the prominent place they hold in our communities and families.
Elders are cultural knowledge holders, trailblazers, nurturers, advocates, teachers, survivors, leaders, hard workers, and loved ones. They guide our generations and have been instrumental in the preservation of culture and language.
Edith Cowan University is proud to celebrate NAIDOC Week 2023. Join us for a special screening of the Bruce Lee kung fu classic Fist of Fury, dubbed in the Noongar language. This is the first feature film ever to be re-voiced in an Australian language.
This screening, in partnership with Boomerang and Spear, includes a Q&A with director Kylie Bracknell and key cast members, including Dr Roma Winmar, ECU’s Elder-in-Residence.
Bruce Lee's kung fu classic from 1972 becomes the first feature film ever to be re-voiced in an Australian language.
When Lee's incredible power propelled him from Hong Kong cinema to global stardom in the early 1970s, Noongar mob here, just like audiences worldwide, took note, practiced moves and found inspiration in Lee's examples of discipline, loyalty and the eternal fight against injustice.
Fist of Fury, the film that launched Lee internationally, is the epitome of all that. Set in Shanghai in 1910, it stars Lee as Chen Zhen, a loyal student out for vengeance against racist bullies.
Thanks to an all-Noongar language voice cast, this undying classic film is now reshaped and adapted in a 'kwop' new form. Noongar daa moordidjabiny!
Tickets
Tickets* are limited; $5 each (+$0.50 booking fee) with all ticket proceeds to go towards supporting ECU students studying Certificate IV in Aboriginal Performance.
*Please note that receipts for ticket purchases are not tax deductible. Any donations to ECU through the event registration process may be tax deductible.
Event open to the general public. This film is rated M and recommended for ages 15+. Film length is 1h 48m.
Date and Time
Tuesday, 18 July 2023
5.30pm-9.00pm
Arrival and refreshments 5.30pm
Panel Q&A session with voice cast 6.00pm
Screening from 6.30pm-9.00pm (approx.)
Location
ECU Mount Lawley, Richard Gill Auditorium
Building 1 (WAAPA Building) , 2 Bradford Street, Mount Lawley WA 6050
Access
The venue is wheelchair accessible. If you have any accessibility needs to participate in the event, please contact ECU's Corporate Events team by email (corporate.events@ecu.edu.au) or phone: (08) 6304 2011.
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