Uncle Jack Charles was the grandfather of indigenous theatre in Australia and his rich voice was used to record some AFL promos I penned over the last few years. During he filming of the 2022 version at the Palais Theatre, I held a phone recorder under Uncle Jack's nose during his break and asked him questions about his life and career. He mainly talked about his disdain for having to 'prove his Aboriginality' over and over for government bureaucracies. He was fiery, fluent and funny. I wrote about it and shared a transcript here.
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