03 / Screen
Documentary project in development
WWII IN THE TORRES STRAIT:
THE TORRES STRAIT FORCE
3:20 Promotional SizzleA documentary project developed to honour the contribution of the Torres Strait Light Infantry Battalion, and the experiences, resilience and contribution of the women and children of the Torres Strait during the Second World War.
Developed through a long-standing engagement with communication, storytelling and multimedia in the Torres Strait, the project extends the Indigenous Translations body of work into long-form documentary storytelling.
A completed approximately 38-minute documentary pilot exists alongside this 3:20 promotional sizzle. Public presentation subject to final rights and archive clearance.
Project Credits
Verified Credits
- Welcome to Country (2020)
- Milton Savage — Chairman, Kaurareg Nation
- Co-Director
- Milton Savage
- Director / Executive Producer
- Planergy Productions Pty Ltd
- Soundtrack
- Nigel Pegrum — Pegasus Studios
Project History
Production Record
- Funding history
- Saluting Their Service grant.
- Material produced
- A completed approximately 38-minute documentary pilot, together with a separate 3:20 promotional sizzle reel presented above.
- Current stage
- Documentary project in development. A completed approximately 38-minute documentary pilot has been produced, together with the 3:20 promotional sizzle presented above. Final completion and public release are not represented as complete.
- Rights & clearances
- Final archive and third-party rights clearance remains required before public presentation.
Detailed production chronology and contributor credits will be added only after source-record verification.