Tiriki Onus

A feature documentary about opera singer Tiriki Onus who finds a 70-year-old silent film believed to be made by his grandfather, Aboriginal leader and filmmaker Bill Onus. As Tiriki travels across the continent and pieces together clues to the film’s origins, he discovers more about Bill, his fight for Aboriginal rights and the price he paid for speaking out.

The film illustrates how the new affordability and popularity of latest technology cameras in the early 1950s made the ASIO agents' task of publicly filming their subjects far less conspicuous.