ARTS ALIVE	PGM 50 -2007.  TX: 4:04 Eastern Time 17 December 2007
THIS PROGRAM IS 55' 50" WITH A NATURAL BREAK AT 30' 05¡¨

This week... The Documentary Australia Foundation explores new ways of financing movies with a mission¡K the Dogwood Playwrights from inland Queensland launch Australia's Richest Radio Play Writing Competition¡K and we meet the sculptor behind a memorial to two of the most prominent Indigenous community leaders of the of the 20th Century.  Our guest is Kathryn Fox, a GP turned author, whose third novel, Skin and Bone was in the bookshops on 24th October.  Her previous two novels, Malicious Intent and Without Consent have been sold to some fifteen countries, many in translation.  She is one of a growing number of Australian authors writing for a world market

Sting 1¡KNews (5 min) Sting 2.

Clap sticks and didge signal the unveiling of a memorial in bronze¡K statues of the late Pastor Sir Douglas and Lady Gladys Nicholls¡K in Melbourne last Sunday.  Sir Doug Nichols was a leading Australian figure in Indigenous culture, the first Indigenous man to be knighted, and the first Indigenous person to hold the high office of governor of an Australian State, South Australia¡K we¡¦ll hear from the sculptor Louis Laumen later.  The Documentary Australia Foundation is a new private philanthropic initiative to support documentary film-making by linking philanthropic bodies, charitable organisations and documentary filmmakers in order to enhance their mutual objectives.  Mitzi Goldman, an executive director of the Foundation, who is also Co-Head of Documentary for AFTRS, explains how the Foundation works¡K

Item 1: Mitzi Goldman (4.57)
First words:  Well, we¡¦ve been working
Last words: ¡Kwe¡¦ll do something like that.

An interesting concept to fund issue driven film making, always hard to fund, but perhaps a little easier now.  Mitzi Goldman, one of three executive director of the Documentary Australia Foundation.  And their website is www.documentaryaustralia.com.au/  Drama on radio¡K either serials or single plays¡K was once as common as talk back radio is today so it was a surprise to hear that the Miles Regional Arts Council in inland Queensland, in partnership with the Murilla Shire Council, had announced Australia's Richest Radio Play Writing Competition.  Ann Gibbons is spokesperson for the Dogwood Playwrights, the organisers of the competition, and I first asked her to confirm that radio plays had all but disappeared from radio¡K

Item 2: Radio Play competition Ann Gibbons (4.07
First words: They have¡K
Last words: ¡K.

Ann Gibbons, spokesperson for the Dogwood Playwrights, organisers of Australia's Richest Radio Play Writing Competition.  And the details are on the Murilla Council¡¦s website at www.murilla.qld.gov.au/events  

Track 1:  Location: unveiling of Nicholls memorial.

Item 4  Kathryn Fox (9.13)
First words: ¡KYou¡¦re listening 
Last words: ¡K.more conversation with Kathryn Fox.
Track 2:  Fake Empire / The nation

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Item 5  Kathryn Fox (11.34)
First words: 
Last words: ¡K..Thanks Vincent

Track 3:  The Island/ polyglot puppets

A sculpture of two leaders of the Indigenous community, the late Pastor Sir Douglas and Lady Nicholls was unveiled in Melbourne last week.  It is the work on a non-Indigenous sculptor, Louis Laumen.  His highly representational works adorn numerous places of worship in Australia, secular and ecclesiastical, such as St Patrick¡¦s Cathedral and the Melbourne Cricket Ground.  As a crowd gathered for the ceremony, I asked Louis about he sought inspiration for his work¡K

Item 5: (9.35)
First words:  
Last words: ...large number of people.

And you can see the Nicholls memorial in the gardens to the north of Victoria¡¦s parliament house, in Spring Street, Melbourne.Next week we go to our summer format¡K some longer stories, some repeats, some music to see you through the holiday season.  For those who observed Christmas as a religious festival¡K have a holy Christmas¡K for others¡K It will have to be just a happy Christmas¡K and if you are driving long distances¡K please remember, it is better to be a bit late than dead on time.. 

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The spoken word content from the past four programs is available as audio on demand at www.artsaliveradio.com . Thanks Vincent Fok for his work on the website.  I¡¦m Vincent O¡¦Donnell and here is some music from Jeff Aschmann from Eurobodella on the south coast of NSW¡K All Alone At Christmas.

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APRA Details:
Opening Theme: "Same like B3" / d.i.g. / d.i.g. / CP / 5285392 / 20 sec.
Stings: News sting; Location Recording, Nicholls memorial
Track 1:  ¡§Location Recording, Nicholls memorial
Track 2:  Fake Empire /The National/ ditto/ Sydney Festival Sampler/ 3.20 Track 3: ¡§The Island¡¨/ Polyglot Puppets/CP/ Polyglot puppets Sampler/1.00 Track 4:¡§All Alone at Christmas¡¨/Jeff Aschmann/ ditto/CP/ sampler/2.30