Ablaze
2022•PG•1h 30m•7.5•Released
Documentary
A feature documentary about opera singer Tiriki Onus who finds a 70-year-old silent film believed to be made by his grandfather, Aboriginal leader and filmmaker Bill Onus. As Tiriki travels across the continent and pieces together clues to the film’s origins, he discovers more about Bill, his fight for Aboriginal rights and the price he paid for speaking out.
Director
Tiriki Onus
Writer
Alec Morgan, Tiriki Onus
Languages
English
Studio
JOTZ Productions
Cast
Bill Onus
Self
Tiriki Onus
Self
Jack Charles
Self
John Hughes
Self
Alan Hardy
Self
Wayne Blair
(voice)
Lee Perry
(voice)
Production
Company
JOTZ Productions
Company
Screen Australia
Producer
Tom Zubrycki
Recommended
8.2
Baraka
1992
7.8
Being James Bond
2021
8
My Mom Jayne
2025
6.2
Naqoyqatsi
2002
6.8
I Am Ali
2014
6.7
Cameraperson
2016
7
Western Stars
2019
7.3
Maria by Callas
2017
7.1
Katy Perry: Part of Me
2012
6.6
Love, Marilyn
2013
7.4
I Am Heath Ledger
2017
6.9
Who Are You, Charlie Brown?
2021
7.2
Powaqqatsi
1988
7.3
African Cats
2011
7.9
Live Aid
1985
8
Avicii: True Stories
2017
7.5
David Byrne's American Utopia
2020
7.8
Adele One Night Only
2021
7.1
The Summers of It - Chapter Two: It Ends
2019
7.8
OLIVIA RODRIGO: driving home 2 u (a SOUR film)
2022
Similar Movies
6
The Black List: Volume Two
2009
The Niagara Movement: The Early Battle for Civil Rights
2023
7.2
The Red Elvis
2007
8
Black Fire
1972
9
Endangered
2005
10
The Dreamtime
0
6.8
Gulpilil: One Red Blood
2002
Brick by Brick: A Civil Rights Story
2007
6
Black Power: A British Story of Resistance
2021
Everyday in Gaza
2025
The Son
2021
The Last of the Nomads
1997
5.6
Steal This Film
2006
3.3
Stories of A
1974
7.6
Let It Fall: Los Angeles 1982-1992
2017
WINHANGANHA
2023
Guy Hircefeld: A Guy with a Camera
2018
Noble Sissle's Syncopated Ragtime
2018
For the Rights of All: Ending Jim Crow in Alaska
2009
3.9
Beyond Gay: The Politics of Pride
2010