Bring this healing story to your school
Key Information
87min feature documentary
Rated PG – Recommended Year 5 and up.
CURRICULUM RESOURCES
Years 9-11 Subject Areas: English, Civic and Citizenship and History
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In Your School
Community Screening License
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Receive a private screening link of the film.
1 week, 1 term & 1 year license terms
One-Off Community Screening
In a Cinema
Closed Group Booking
Host Pays to Book the Cinema
Ticket Price Set & Sold by Host
No Minimum Audience
In Your School
Community Screening License
Order a license online
Receive a private screening link of the film.
1 week, 1 term & 1 year license terms
One-Off Community Screening
In a Cinema
Closed Group Booking
Host Pays to Book the Cinema
Ticket Price Set & Sold by Host
No Minimum Audience
Dear Australia…
We’re a nation of dual identity.
Blackfellas and Whitefellas.
I’m on a quest to help bring our two worlds together.
Two halves, that together, can create a powerful whole.
The Last Daughter isn’t about a change of plans, it’s about a change of heart.
From hurting to healing.
From rejection to belonging.
From disconnection to truth.
We all have a story that connects us to this Country.
In uncovering my own story, I found healing and a place to belong.
I don’t want to walk this road alone.
Will you be part of the change and walk with me to experience collective healing?
We can all find a place to belong, together.
Aunty Brenda
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The Story
After being raised by a white family, a young girl is taken away and returned to the Aboriginal family she didn’t know. Decades later, she’s on a journey to discover where she truly belongs.
Synopsis
Brenda’s first memories were of growing up in a loving white foster family, before she was suddenly taken away and returned to her Aboriginal family.
Decades later, she feels disconnected from both halves of her life. But the traumas of her past do not lie quietly buried. So, she goes searching for the foster family with whom she had lost all contact.
Along the way she uncovers long-buried secrets, government lies, and the possibility for deeper connections to family and culture. The Last Daughter is a powerful and inspiring documentary about Brenda’s journey to unearth the truth in her past, and reconcile the two sides of her family.
Our Goal
Share The Last Daughter with 1 million Australians in 2023 (a nation-wide seed of change, bringing people together).
School Impact
The Last Daughter gives students a window into the world of an Aboriginal woman with her feet in two worlds; connected to both Black and White Australia. It’s a powerful and personal story of reconciliation, that will inspire the nation. Sharing this story with your school will create empathy, awareness and understanding for First Nations People and their perspectives, and inspire your students to discuss our shared history and cultures.
Our partners have developed curriculum resources for a range of subjects and year levels inline with the Australian Curriculum Standards.
Schools play a critical part in sharing this story with Australia, embedding that learning, and inspiring change.
We invite you to “Take Your (School) Tribe” on the journey of The Last Daughter. Together, your school can share in this powerful story, reflect as a community, and respond in your context.
Curriculum Resources
Meet the cross-curriculum priority to teach Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures.
After watching The Last Daughter, you can use our resources to guide reflection on the story personally or in a group. We’ll send you links to Curriculum Resources when you register to screen the film.
Australians Together (The Last Daughter Impact Partner), has partnered with Cool Australia to create a suite of learning units for Years 9 to 12 to use in schools (available 15th June 2023).
Topics
Curriculum resources have been created for English, Civics and Citizenship and History.
- Identity – Who am I?
- Belonging – Where do I fit?
- Family – What makes a family?
- Truth – What’s true and who decides?
- Perspectives –Whose voice is heard?
Cost
Curriculum resources for the film are free, register with Australians Together for access.
About Australians Together
Australians Together is a not-for-profit organisation that brings together non-Indigenous and First Nations staff, consultants and collaborators located across Australia. Their mission is to help non-Indigenous Australians listen and learn from First Nations people. Building a greater awareness of our shared history and it’s ongoing impact, gain a deeper respect for First Nations perspectives, and help pave the way for meaningful actions for an Australia together.
You can learn more about the Australians Together and their Learning Framework here.
Topics
Curriculum resources have been created for English, Civics and Citizenship and History.
- Identity – Who am I?
- Belonging – Where do I fit?
- Family – What makes a family?
- Truth – What’s true and who decides?
- Perspectives –Whose voice is heard?
Cost
Curriculum resources for the film are free, register with Australians Together for access.
About Australians Together
Australians Together is a not-for-profit organisation that brings together non-Indigenous and First Nations staff, consultants and collaborators located across Australia. Their mission is to help non-Indigenous Australians listen and learn from First Nations people. Building a greater awareness of our shared history and it’s ongoing impact, gain a deeper respect for First Nations perspectives, and help pave the way for meaningful actions for an Australia together.
You can learn more about the Australians Together and their Learning Framework here.
The Book
Dive deeper into the story of The Last Daughter and read the book. Written by Brenda Matthews, uncover more of this healing jounrey.
Curriculum Resources
Based on the Book
Learning Circle Australia have collaborated with Brenda to create an 8-week learning unit for years 9 or 10 English based on The Last Daughter Book, for use in schools (available May 2023). Additional subject areas and year level resources in Primary Education and Early Learning will be made available in late 2023.
Each lesson and resource includes personal videos from Brenda, providing in-depth knowledge and focus on the story’s themes. The learning unit will encourage your students and educators to listen to Brenda’s story, reflect, and respond in their own context.
Engage Brenda to speak at your school…
Brenda regularly visits schools to share her story, inviting staff and students alike to walk together with deeper connection and understanding.
Brenda is able to share her story in a keynote, yarning circles, and post-screening Q&A’s.
Enquire below for Brenda’s pricing and availability.
“I’ve had to go back, so I could move forward.”
– Brenda
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