Stories From The Furnace
2 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 3 years ago -The official podcast companion to the Australian feature film, The Furnace. Join host Osamah Sami (who appears in the film), as he explores the incredible true history of Australia’s so-called ‘Ghan’ cameleers: mostly Muslim and Sikh men from India, Afghanistan, and Persia – who covered the length and breadth of Australia’s vast desert interior, and formed unique bonds with local Aboriginal people. Osamah speaks to historians and descendants of these extraordinary men, and also meets the cast and crew of The Furnace, to learn the ways the film tracks with history, and revives the ‘sleeping’ language of Western Australia’s Badimaya people. Stories From The Furnace is an SBS production in association with Umbrella Entertainment.
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'A historic omission'
December 18, 2020 02:05 - 1 hour - 44.1 MBIn the premiere episode of Stories From The Furnace, a companion to the new Australian feature film, The Furnace, Osamah Sami meets the film’s writer-director Roderick MacKay, and Godfrey Simpson, a Wajarri Badimaya man, who was the film’s language consultant. Roderick recalls how first discovered the hidden history of Australia’s cameleers, and what gave him the confidence to do justice to their stories. Osamah then meets Godfrey Simpson, who reflects on his own deep connection to his Badima...
INTRODUCING - Stories From The Furnace
December 10, 2020 22:04 - 1 minute - 3.4 MBAustralia’s so-called ‘Ghan’ cameleers were mostly Muslim and Sikh men from India, Afghanistan, and Persia, whose travels across Australia’s desert interior, formed the basis of the country's vast transport networks. The stories of their unique bonds with Aboriginal communities have inspired the new Australian feature film, The Furnace. Once you see the film, now in cinemas, you’re going to want to know more about this overlooked chapter in Australia’s history. COMING SOON.