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Just when you think the superhero genre has been flogged to death, every modicum of originality extinguished by umpteen-million variations on the same concept, a production comes along that makes you think: hmm, yeah, Iâll watch that. The twist in Jupiterâs Legacy is that the superheroes are old codgers who received their powers in the 1930s and must adapt to a changing world. An ageing hero is largely what made Frank Millerâs classic graphic novel The Dark Knight Returns so interesting: long since retired, Batman returns Rocky Balboa style as a much older man â but every punch hurts, and the olâ knees ainât what they used to be.
Ajak Kwai announces special guests for album launch
Since announcing the April 23 release of her fifth studio album and single of the same name, Ajak Kwai’s ‘
Let Me Grow My Wings’ has enjoyed high rotation on ABC networks and community stations across Australia, and is accompanied by a recently released clip, directed by
Aaron Wilson.
Ajak will perform her album live at
Melbourne’s Night Cat on
Friday, April 23 with special guests Zimbabwe born singer/songwriter
Thando, fellow South Sudanese performer on the rise,
Jacki Tut (accompanied by
Namila Benson as MC.
With Ajak’s dedication as a passionate activist for refugees in Australia, the aptly titled
ABC has announced details of its new half hour weekly arts show,
Art Works.
To be hosted by arts broadcaster Namila Benson, the series will screen on ABC TV Plus from early May.
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Art Works will deliver candid, surprising, unexpected and funny insights from a whole range of creatives. It’s a place where stories, experiences and ideas will be shared and exchanged; where we can engage, debate, critique or just observe. And that’s the beauty of art, it’s for everybody,” she said.
ABC Head of Entertainment and Specialist Michael Carrington added, “We’re delighted to have Namila on board to host
Hoda Afshar documents Australian government whistleblowers in new photography and film project
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In Agonistes, Hoda Afshar asks us to judge our democracy by the way it treats its whistleblowers.
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A young woman who witnessed the inhumane treatment of refugees in offshore detention; an officer who saw the corruption of the Australian Defence Force firsthand; a disability care worker who uncovered a system of physical abuse of children and adults with autism.
These are just three of the Australian whistleblowers whose portraits are hanging outside Melbourne s St Paul s Cathedral.