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The Australian Dream A Film Directed By Daniel Gordon

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The Australian dream The documentary film, The Australian Dream, written by Stan Grant and directed by Daniel Gordon, explores the harsh reality of our society towards racism in the sporting world. The film explores the life of Sydney Swan’s player, Adam Goodes, dealing with being racially vilified. Gordon demonstrates the hatred and ignorance behind racism and how deeply it affects people. It gives an insight into how indigenous people are treated and the big issues that impact our society. The Three Key things learnt whilst watching this documentary was how Adams past, has a part in how he is grown up, what our children are being taught and how Adam dealt with the situation. Gordon focuses on the film techniques such as montages, diegetic and non-diegetic sound and close ups to emphasise the significance of racism in our culture. …show more content…

This is done through the role of montages at a point of time where Adam was beginning his journey. To reveal the childhood of him, gains us the awareness on how he has been brought up and his views on life. The role of referring back to the past, is an understanding of the events in our history as a nation and how it has shaped us as a country, in both positive and negative ways. This scene is used at the start of the film to give an early understanding of both him and his family’s lives. As well as this, in this scene Adam Goodes states “I was a shy, quiet kid who didn’t have a voice. Sport helped break down the barriers.” Goodes reveals that sport was a way for him to be himself, to forget about everything going on around him. That’s why when Adam leaves to reconnect with his roots, it shows how deeply this has affected him, if he’s putting behind the only thing that made him feel like he belonged. This emphasises the value of using montages from the past to redirect our thinking and give another perspective on the

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