Desert Pea Media is inspiring the next generation of Aussie Hip-Hop stars.
Indigenous kids are turning the volume up.
The Indigenous population of Australia suffers significant cultural and social disadvantages.
Cases of low life expectancy and high rates of unemployment, suicide, incarceration, isolation and substance abuse are high in Aboriginal communities.
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To help counter this, Desert Pea Media was formed in 2002.
Desert Pea Media is a charity organisation that runs collaborative storytelling projects in regional and remote Indigenous communities using music, film and performance to create dialogue around change.
The team travels around Australia to remote communities, spending four days in each place.
The team consists of director/filmmaker Toby Finlayson, music producer Joel Westlake and cultural liaison Gail Mabo (daughter of Eddie Mabo.)
