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Spotlight on Caroline Monnet, whose work History Shall Speak for Itself puts a mosaic of Indigenous artists, including Alanis Obomsawin, on the walls of TIFF Lightbox during the Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival.
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Gurrumul, the late blind singer of the Yolngu Indigenous tribe was one of the most influential voices in contemporary Australian music. His legacy is the subject of the documentary Gurrumul, directed by
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