Stephen Morgan
@drsmorgan.com
De/anti-colonialism, Indigenous Cinemas, Settler National Cinemas (CANZUS).
Settler kid, raised on Peramangk country.
Programming: londonaustfilm.com
Teaching: @kingsfilmstudies.bsky.social
Settler kid, raised on Peramangk country.
Programming: londonaustfilm.com
Teaching: @kingsfilmstudies.bsky.social
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Stephen Morgan
@drsmorgan.com
· Sep 18
Forbidden Worlds Film Festival returns with The Big Scream (24-25 Oct at Bristol Megascreen) to celebrate cult horror, with two nights of grindhouse and exploitation movies from Australia.
Get ready for SIX FEET DOWN UNDER!
www.forbiddenworldsfilmfestival.co.uk
Get ready for SIX FEET DOWN UNDER!
www.forbiddenworldsfilmfestival.co.uk
Bloody excited to be introducing both classics and hidden gems at @fwfilmfestival.bsky.social's The Big Scream: Six Feet Down Under, a two day extravaganza celebrating all things Ozploitation on the 'humungus' Bristol Megascreen.
Come witness the sickness on Oct 24-25, ya flamin' galahs!
Come witness the sickness on Oct 24-25, ya flamin' galahs!
Just complained to the BBC about their reporting on the horrific Sara Sharif story tonight, in which the reporter said her mistreatment took place in the family's 'new council house'. Why specify 'council'? Why 'new'? Seems like a massive racist dogwhistle to me, given the current climate.
November 13, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Just complained to the BBC about their reporting on the horrific Sara Sharif story tonight, in which the reporter said her mistreatment took place in the family's 'new council house'. Why specify 'council'? Why 'new'? Seems like a massive racist dogwhistle to me, given the current climate.
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I cannot begin to properly articulate how upsetting it is to have had people baselessly accuse trans people of being groomers and pedophiles only for it to come out that they were deliberately doing this as part of a project to provide cover to actual groomers and pedophiles in positions of power
November 13, 2025 at 9:22 PM
I cannot begin to properly articulate how upsetting it is to have had people baselessly accuse trans people of being groomers and pedophiles only for it to come out that they were deliberately doing this as part of a project to provide cover to actual groomers and pedophiles in positions of power
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Zack Polanski on President Trump, "It's difficult to call him anything other than a fool"
"This is sociopathic behaviour"
"He is toxic, misogynistic, racist"
"I'm not a fan of Trump"
Christiane Amanpour, "It's pretty clear"
"This is sociopathic behaviour"
"He is toxic, misogynistic, racist"
"I'm not a fan of Trump"
Christiane Amanpour, "It's pretty clear"
November 13, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Zack Polanski on President Trump, "It's difficult to call him anything other than a fool"
"This is sociopathic behaviour"
"He is toxic, misogynistic, racist"
"I'm not a fan of Trump"
Christiane Amanpour, "It's pretty clear"
"This is sociopathic behaviour"
"He is toxic, misogynistic, racist"
"I'm not a fan of Trump"
Christiane Amanpour, "It's pretty clear"
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Two centuries before the Trail of Tears, English colonists drove Maryland's Indigenous tribes from their land. The Piscataway Nation wants people to know their story. "We're still here," says tribe member Gabrielle Tayac. #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth
We’re Still Here: The Still-Evolving Story of the Piscataway Nation
Two centuries before the Trail of Tears, English colonists drove Maryland’s Indigenous tribes from their land. Piscataway descendants want people to know their history.
www.baltimoremagazine.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Two centuries before the Trail of Tears, English colonists drove Maryland's Indigenous tribes from their land. The Piscataway Nation wants people to know their story. "We're still here," says tribe member Gabrielle Tayac. #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth
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Superb conversation between two of the literal best Australians @alicemaiomackay.bsky.social and @stephenarussell.bsky.social 💜💜💜
Awesome Alice Maio Mackay on strength in community, telling her stories on her own terms and romancing horror bit.ly/43XkjF4
Alice Maio Mackay interview: on The Serpent's Skin and finding trans power in horror | ScreenHub: Film, TV, Streaming and Games
The young Adelaide director talks to ScreenHub about The Serpent's Skin and building trans solidarity in the film industry.
bit.ly
November 12, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Superb conversation between two of the literal best Australians @alicemaiomackay.bsky.social and @stephenarussell.bsky.social 💜💜💜
Settled in for the SSAAANZ online conference, and Jani Wilson's opening keynote. Excellent to hear more about her fascinating work on the continuing evolution of Kapa Haka on screen. I have very fond memories of sharing a panel with Jani at the Screen Conference in Glasgow a couple of years back.
a woman is standing in a parliament holding a piece of paper and screaming .
Alt: GIF featuring Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke, as she protests the proposed Treaty Principles Bill by tearing it in half whilst performing a Kapa Haka on the floor of the NZ parliament.
media.tenor.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Settled in for the SSAAANZ online conference, and Jani Wilson's opening keynote. Excellent to hear more about her fascinating work on the continuing evolution of Kapa Haka on screen. I have very fond memories of sharing a panel with Jani at the Screen Conference in Glasgow a couple of years back.
I mean, I didn't mean to suggest they were ALL tax write-offs, but also, some tax write-offs are better than others. 😂
"Started by film lovers who turned their passion into an event everyone can enjoy, Forbidden Worlds is the best of Bristol. Watching genre films on an IMAX screen, surrounded by cinemagoers... it feels like you’re part of one (mega) movie night with friends."
epigram.org.uk/giant-boars-...
epigram.org.uk/giant-boars-...
Giant boars, jumpscares and inflatable kangaroos at Forbidden Worlds Film Festival
Forbidden Worlds film festival returned this Halloween with two days of Australian horror films and blessedly few spiders.
epigram.org.uk
November 10, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I mean, I didn't mean to suggest they were ALL tax write-offs, but also, some tax write-offs are better than others. 😂
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No more noble British tradition than resigning over some nonsense everyone is only pretending to be angry about rather than all of the actually bad things you've done.
November 9, 2025 at 6:10 PM
No more noble British tradition than resigning over some nonsense everyone is only pretending to be angry about rather than all of the actually bad things you've done.
Jeez, Citeh's bribery bill for this game is going to be astronomical.
November 9, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Jeez, Citeh's bribery bill for this game is going to be astronomical.
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A LOT of industry folks need to take "I think there's a very high possibility that this is all a bunch of horseshit" to HEART.
November 7, 2025 at 11:43 PM
A LOT of industry folks need to take "I think there's a very high possibility that this is all a bunch of horseshit" to HEART.
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Literally the “he did nazi that coming!” joke
November 8, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Literally the “he did nazi that coming!” joke
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Masterful use of Trash Humpers. I'm in awe.
November 8, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Masterful use of Trash Humpers. I'm in awe.
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any faculty encouraging this are being enormously irresponsible
a mental health crisis among British students whilst universities are pushing faculty to accept or even encourage students using generative AI is a catastrophe waiting to happen
1.This is not the only known example we know of ChatGPT cheering on a vulnerable young person to die by suicide, this time it is a recent Texas A&M grad
2. Every single university that has invited OpenAI into our midst should be asked to account for their choices.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
2. Every single university that has invited OpenAI into our midst should be asked to account for their choices.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
November 7, 2025 at 10:53 PM
any faculty encouraging this are being enormously irresponsible
Just realised that Signature Entertainment have both FEAR BELOW and BEAST OF WAR on their books, and now I want to know which cinema in London (or elsewhere) wants me to host a double bill of 1940s-set Australian killer shark films. Actually, maybe this is one for you @fwfilmfestival.bsky.social?
November 7, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Just realised that Signature Entertainment have both FEAR BELOW and BEAST OF WAR on their books, and now I want to know which cinema in London (or elsewhere) wants me to host a double bill of 1940s-set Australian killer shark films. Actually, maybe this is one for you @fwfilmfestival.bsky.social?
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Today, 144 years ago, 1600 Crown troops invaded a pacifist settlement that was the centre of resistance against British colonialism. The leaders were arrested, the settlement sacked, the people violated.
For many in Aotearoa, November 5th is Parihaka Day, or Te Rā o te Pāhua: The Day of Plunder.
For many in Aotearoa, November 5th is Parihaka Day, or Te Rā o te Pāhua: The Day of Plunder.
November 5, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Today, 144 years ago, 1600 Crown troops invaded a pacifist settlement that was the centre of resistance against British colonialism. The leaders were arrested, the settlement sacked, the people violated.
For many in Aotearoa, November 5th is Parihaka Day, or Te Rā o te Pāhua: The Day of Plunder.
For many in Aotearoa, November 5th is Parihaka Day, or Te Rā o te Pāhua: The Day of Plunder.
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Filmmaker Shane Belcourt’s most recent documentary is Ni-Naadamaadiz: Red Power Rising, a documentary about an Indigenous-led occupation in Anicinabe Park over nearly 40 days in 1974.
He tells Face to Face it was an electric time in history.
He tells Face to Face it was an electric time in history.
Filmmaker Shane Belcourt reflects on documenting a critical but little known moment in history - APTN News
Unless you are of a certain age or from a certain part of the country,...
www.aptnnews.ca
November 5, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Filmmaker Shane Belcourt’s most recent documentary is Ni-Naadamaadiz: Red Power Rising, a documentary about an Indigenous-led occupation in Anicinabe Park over nearly 40 days in 1974.
He tells Face to Face it was an electric time in history.
He tells Face to Face it was an electric time in history.
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Of course Trump will lean on NYC if Mamdani wins (and will even if he doesn’t), but maybe place the blame on Trump rather than on Mamdani. Kinda like saying “the way she was dressed, she was asking for it,” which might be a sentiment Cuomo is familiar with.
November 3, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Of course Trump will lean on NYC if Mamdani wins (and will even if he doesn’t), but maybe place the blame on Trump rather than on Mamdani. Kinda like saying “the way she was dressed, she was asking for it,” which might be a sentiment Cuomo is familiar with.
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When a large-scale restoration effort was halted by feds, history could not be forced back into the archives.
The first film made in Idaho was headed back to the big screen. Then DOGE intervened - High Country News
When a large-scale restoration effort was halted by feds, history could not be forced back into the archives.
buff.ly
November 2, 2025 at 11:01 PM
When a large-scale restoration effort was halted by feds, history could not be forced back into the archives.
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I agree with this sentiment. Canada is a wonderful place, and I love living here.
However, some of the most egregious examples of anti-Native racism I've faced have been from Canadians.
That's not even getting into the virulent anti-South Asian racism, and before that, historic anti-Asian racism.
However, some of the most egregious examples of anti-Native racism I've faced have been from Canadians.
That's not even getting into the virulent anti-South Asian racism, and before that, historic anti-Asian racism.
I would argue that, while it is better then the US on many metrics, that Canada is actually more racist then the US when it comes to attitudes of its general populace.
I have lived in rural Ontario & Saskatchewan & bro... it ain't all like Toronto, & even Toronto is actually pretty bloody racist.
I have lived in rural Ontario & Saskatchewan & bro... it ain't all like Toronto, & even Toronto is actually pretty bloody racist.
A thought-provoking video essay about Canadian racism. Kudos to my sister Emma Chang-Kredl for this video!
youtu.be/QCMEcJJTYoE
youtu.be/QCMEcJJTYoE
October 30, 2025 at 9:35 PM
I agree with this sentiment. Canada is a wonderful place, and I love living here.
However, some of the most egregious examples of anti-Native racism I've faced have been from Canadians.
That's not even getting into the virulent anti-South Asian racism, and before that, historic anti-Asian racism.
However, some of the most egregious examples of anti-Native racism I've faced have been from Canadians.
That's not even getting into the virulent anti-South Asian racism, and before that, historic anti-Asian racism.
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Wow - those are quite phenomenal headlines given the details of the story.
Ahh look, he’s just a ‘nerdy’ guy. No harm done.
You need to scroll down to paragraph 13 of the Sky piece to find the full story!
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1/9
Ahh look, he’s just a ‘nerdy’ guy. No harm done.
You need to scroll down to paragraph 13 of the Sky piece to find the full story!
🧵
1/9
October 29, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Wow - those are quite phenomenal headlines given the details of the story.
Ahh look, he’s just a ‘nerdy’ guy. No harm done.
You need to scroll down to paragraph 13 of the Sky piece to find the full story!
🧵
1/9
Ahh look, he’s just a ‘nerdy’ guy. No harm done.
You need to scroll down to paragraph 13 of the Sky piece to find the full story!
🧵
1/9
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I post this every time there’s a call to unsubscribe but it never gets much traction: Spotify’s owner also invests in military AI technology.
I am cancelling and deleting my subscription to Spotify before I am charged for the coming month. I have been a long time paid subscriber.
It is the one consistent service I used everyday. I will avoid companies that are caving to fascism for a quick buck. 🖕🏼
www.commondreams.org/news/cancel-...
It is the one consistent service I used everyday. I will avoid companies that are caving to fascism for a quick buck. 🖕🏼
www.commondreams.org/news/cancel-...
'Don't Stream Fascism': ICE Recruitment Ads Spark Calls to Cancel Spotify Subscriptions | Common Dreams
Outrage over Spotify running ICE recruitment ads sparks calls for boycotting the streaming service.
www.commondreams.org
October 29, 2025 at 7:23 PM
I post this every time there’s a call to unsubscribe but it never gets much traction: Spotify’s owner also invests in military AI technology.
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My comment? I'm proud of Green councillors who are doing everything they can to bring attention to stopping the genocide.
www.thejc.com/news/uk/hack...
www.thejc.com/news/uk/hack...
Hackney synagogue calls on Zack Polanski to suspend Green councillors who ‘rallied against Israel’ - The Jewish Chronicle
An extraordinary meeting of the council, called to discuss a motion to cut all ties with ‘Israel’s genocide’, led to an ‘inflamed’ debate
www.thejc.com
October 29, 2025 at 5:36 PM
My comment? I'm proud of Green councillors who are doing everything they can to bring attention to stopping the genocide.
www.thejc.com/news/uk/hack...
www.thejc.com/news/uk/hack...
Fascism is a participation sport, and this guy has all the gear.
October 29, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Fascism is a participation sport, and this guy has all the gear.
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we're living in fucking Starship Troopers
Here is Gregory Bovino, the man in charge of ICE agents in Chicago.
October 29, 2025 at 5:33 PM
we're living in fucking Starship Troopers