Cruise the streets of Wurundjeri country with acclaimed Mutti Mutti songman Kutcha Edwards and a deadly cast singing songs and sharing stories - great yarns and lots of laughs.
In Season Two we meet a powerhouse of singer - songwriters: Allara, Birdz, Selwyn Burns, Tjimba Possum Burns, Bumpy, Emma Donovan, Kee’ahn, Kamahi Djordon King, Fred Leone, The Merindas, Mo’Ju, Dr Shellie Morris and Dallas Woods. Joined by local legends and regular passengers, Uncle Jack Charles and Shiralee Hood.
Following the celebrated first season of Kutcha’s Koorioke, this new season takes the Aboriginal story back to the streets and to the many places which connect audiences to community, music, history and land, celebrating country and the Koori story of Fitzroy.
Music and song have held our communities together since the beginning of time. They have the power to lift our spirits. As Kutcha Edwards sings, “‘We must stand together to get back up again”. Kutcha’s Koorioke invites you in to share our songs, deadly humour and deep connections to country and culture.
Born on the Murrumbidgee River, Kutcha is a survivor of the Stolen Generations, forcibly removed from his parents in 1967 to live in institutions for 11 years. It is Kutcha’s lived experience of the Stolen Generations and his proud Mutti Mutti, Yorta Yorta, Nari Nari lineage that has shaped his diverse creative output in groups like Blackfire and The Black Arm Band. He has since forged a successful solo career, producing 5 albums as well as 5 theatre shows. Kutcha says music chose him as well as being part of his healing. The same can be said for his work in radio and prisons. He has produced ‘Beyond the Bars’, live prison radio broadcasts with 3CR in Fitzroy, for the last 20 years. The broadcast received a Human Rights award for the work of ‘sharing the mic and giving voice to the voiceless.’
“What’s Kutcha’s Koorioke? To me it’s about talking about our spirit, our Songlines, our connection to not only our places of birth but our places of belonging. It’s an opportunity for a yarn, talking about family and about how our songs are created. That’s the true essence. It’s not all about me, it’s about us.” Kutcha Edwards
Kutcha’s Koorioke airs weekly from Dec 4 on Sundays at 8.30pm and Wednesdays from 9.30pm on NITV. This 10-part series will be subtitled in Arabic and Simplified Chinese on SBS On Demand.
Produced and filmed on the Traditional Country of the Wurundjeri People of the Kulin Nation, Victoria. Sovereignty Never Ceded.
Kutcha’s Koorioke is a Brown Cab Productions Pty Ltd and Tamarind Tree Pictures Pty Ltd production for NITV. Principal production funding from Screen Australia in association with VicScreen and Telematics Trust. Financed with support from the City of Yarra.
Warning for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers Kutcha's Koorioke contains images and voices of those who have passed on to the Dreaming.
Editor Patrick McCabe
Cinematographer Matthew Jenkins
Sound Recordist Cameron McKenzie
2nd Camera/ Post Pete Pilley
Production Manager Aida Innocente
Location Manager John Thomson
Unit Assistant Kutcha Jnr
Stills Anne Algar
Assistant Stills Kyema Edwards
Titles Angus Thomson
Director Placement Daen Sansbury-Smith
Supported By VicScreen
Associate Producers Kutcha Edwards & Fiona Dean
Producer Anna Grieve
Director/ Producer John Harvey
Cruise the streets of Wurundjeri country with acclaimed Mutti Mutti songman Kutcha Edwards and a deadly cast singing songs and sharing stories - great yarns and lots of laughs.
In Season Two we meet a powerhouse of singer - songwriters: Allara, Birdz, Selwyn Burns, Tjimba Possum Burns, Bumpy, Emma Donovan, Kee’ahn, Kamahi Djordon King, Fred Leone, The Merindas, Mo’Ju, Dr Shellie Morris and Dallas Woods. Joined by local legends and regular passengers, Uncle Jack Charles and Shiralee Hood.
Following the celebrated first season of Kutcha’s Koorioke, this new season takes the Aboriginal story back to the streets and to the many places which connect audiences to community, music, history and land, celebrating country and the Koori story of Fitzroy.
Music and song have held our communities together since the beginning of time. They have the power to lift our spirits. As Kutcha Edwards sings, “‘We must stand together to get back up again”. Kutcha’s Koorioke invites you in to share our songs, deadly humour and deep connections to country and culture.
Born on the Murrumbidgee River, Kutcha is a survivor of the Stolen Generations, forcibly removed from his parents in 1967 to live in institutions for 11 years. It is Kutcha’s lived experience of the Stolen Generations and his proud Mutti Mutti, Yorta Yorta, Nari Nari lineage that has shaped his diverse creative output in groups like Blackfire and The Black Arm Band. He has since forged a successful solo career, producing 5 albums as well as 5 theatre shows. Kutcha says music chose him as well as being part of his healing. The same can be said for his work in radio and prisons. He has produced ‘Beyond the Bars’, live prison radio broadcasts with 3CR in Fitzroy, for the last 20 years. The broadcast received a Human Rights award for the work of ‘sharing the mic and giving voice to the voiceless.’
“What’s Kutcha’s Koorioke? To me it’s about talking about our spirit, our Songlines, our connection to not only our places of birth but our places of belonging. It’s an opportunity for a yarn, talking about family and about how our songs are created. That’s the true essence. It’s not all about me, it’s about us.” Kutcha Edwards
Kutcha’s Koorioke airs weekly from Dec 4 on Sundays at 8.30pm and Wednesdays from 9.30pm on NITV. This 10-part series will be subtitled in Arabic and Simplified Chinese on SBS On Demand.
Produced and filmed on the Traditional Country of the Wurundjeri People of the Kulin Nation, Victoria. Sovereignty Never Ceded.
Kutcha’s Koorioke is a Brown Cab Productions Pty Ltd and Tamarind Tree Pictures Pty Ltd production for NITV. Principal production funding from Screen Australia in association with VicScreen and Telematics Trust. Financed with support from the City of Yarra.
Warning for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers Kutcha's Koorioke contains images and voices of those who have passed on to the Dreaming.
Editor Patrick McCabe
Cinematographer Matthew Jenkins
Sound Recordist Cameron McKenzie
2nd Camera/ Post Pete Pilley
Production Manager Aida Innocente
Location Manager John Thomson
Unit Assistant Kutcha Jnr
Stills Anne Algar
Assistant Stills Kyema Edwards
Titles Angus Thomson
Director Placement Daen Sansbury-Smith
Supported By VicScreen
Associate Producers Kutcha Edwards & Fiona Dean
Producer Anna Grieve
Director/ Producer John Harvey
