For thousands of years, First Nations peoples have used stories as tools for recording and sharing their history, knowledge and culture – a rich history of storytelling carefully preserved and practised today across the page and screen. Sit down for an in-depth conversation with First Nations writers and filmmakers as they share how storytelling can empower truth-telling and reflection.

Moderated by Screen Queensland’s Head of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Program Danielle Ah Boo – join Benjamin Southwell (Dead Creek) and Ljudan Michaelis-Thorpe (Rachel's Farm)– as they discuss how narratives told across a variety of mediums and genres can allow for truth-telling and reflection. Unpacking why scripted stories might be uniquely positioned to confront Australia's past and how the practice of truth-telling manifests in each panellist's work.