Living Black, Australia’s longest-running Indigenous current affairs program, is set to premiere a brand new 13-episode season on National Indigenous Television (NITV) on Monday 17 April at 8.30pm.
For its 20th year, Living Black will feature Walkley award-winning presenter, producer, and journalist Karla Grant as she interviews some of Australia’s most prominent First Nations peoples. The program will continue to explore critical national and international issues through a unique First Nations lens, with compelling stories predominantly told by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
Living Black’s new season will kick off with a special one-hour episode featuring a panel discussion with high-profile guests, including Independent Senators Lidia Thorpe and Jacqui Lambie, former Minister for Indigenous Australians Ken Wyatt, Reconciliation Australia CEO Karen Mundine, NRL great Dean Widders, actor and producer Aaron Fa’Aoso, and lawyer, academic, and land rights activist Noel Pearson.
They will delve into the upcoming Voice to Parliament Referendum and celebrate the program’s historic milestone.
The rest of the episodes will air weekly on Mondays, continuing with the program’s iconic sit-down format that audiences know and love.
Season 30 guests will include Minister for Indigenous Australians Linda Burney, soprano, composer, and educator Professor Deborah Cheetham AO, human rights and health advocate Pat Anderson AO, Play School presenter and stage and screen actor Luke Carroll, American patriarch Michael Brown Sr alongside filmmaker Mobolaji Olambiwonnu, singer, songwriter, and actor Christine Anu, and Bangarra Dance Theatre Artistic Director Frances Rings, among others.
The new season will also feature a powerful investigation into serious cases of abuse of Indigenous families and their fight for justice, with more details to be announced in the coming weeks.
