Elizabeth Povinelli
Born: 1962-02-03 in Buffalo, New York, USA
Known For: Directing
Biography
Povinelli is one of the founding members of the Karrabing Film. The Karrabing Film Collective is a grassroots Indigenous based media group. Filmmaking provides a means of self-organization and social analysis for the Karrabing. Screenings and publications allow the Karrabing to develop a local artistic languages and forms and allow audiences to understand new forms of collective Indigenous agency. Their medium is a form of survivance – a refusal to relinquish their country and a means of investigating contemporary social conditions of inequality. The films represent their lives, create bonds with their land, and intervene in global images of Indigeneity.
Filmography
2023
- Night Fishing with Ancestors ... (Director)
2020
- Day in the Life ... (Director)
2019
- The Mermaids, or Aiden in Wonderland ... (Director)
2017
- Ngupelngamarrunu, Night Time Go ... (Director)
- The Jealous One ... (Director)
- Wutharr, Saltwater Dreams ... (Director)
2015
- Windjarrameru, the Stealing C*nt$ ... (Director)
2014
- When the Dogs Talked ... (Director)
2012
- Karrabing! Low Tide Turning ... (Director)