Persons of Interest Gary Foley - Australian Black Panther
High profile Aboriginal activist Gary Foley was a member of the Black Panthers and a leader in the fight for land rights and social justice. ASIO saw this struggle as a front for violent world communism. Suspected of conspiring to commit acts of terror and subversion his extraordinary life was recorded in detail. Professor Foley gives us a hard hitting and at times hilarious analysis of his intelligence file and through it, the history of Black Australia's struggle for justice.
For forty years the Australian Intelligence & Security Organistion (ASIO) hunted spies and subversives. In the process it opened files on students, unionists, Aboriginal activists, and writers and as many as half a million other citizens. Persons Of Interest shows how things really happened in this dirty war against dissent. Using actual files, recently discovered secret surveillance film and photographs, these films are the personal stories of lives under the microscope of Government surveillance. In each episode of this Award winning series a Person Of Interest is given their previously secret ASIO intelligence file, and asked to respond to the allegations it contains.
Primary Title
- Persons of Interest
Episode Title
- Gary Foley - Australian Black Panther
Date Broadcast
- Friday 16 December 2022
Start Time
- 20 : 30
Finish Time
- 21 : 30
Duration
- 60:00
Series
- 1
Episode
- 3
Channel
- Whakaata Māori
Broadcaster
- Whakaata Māori
Programme Description
- For forty years the Australian Intelligence & Security Organistion (ASIO) hunted spies and subversives. In the process it opened files on students, unionists, Aboriginal activists, and writers and as many as half a million other citizens. Persons Of Interest shows how things really happened in this dirty war against dissent. Using actual files, recently discovered secret surveillance film and photographs, these films are the personal stories of lives under the microscope of Government surveillance. In each episode of this Award winning series a Person Of Interest is given their previously secret ASIO intelligence file, and asked to respond to the allegations it contains.
Episode Description
- High profile Aboriginal activist Gary Foley was a member of the Black Panthers and a leader in the fight for land rights and social justice. ASIO saw this struggle as a front for violent world communism. Suspected of conspiring to commit acts of terror and subversion his extraordinary life was recorded in detail. Professor Foley gives us a hard hitting and at times hilarious analysis of his intelligence file and through it, the history of Black Australia's struggle for justice.
Classification
- PGR
Owning Collection
- TV & Radio
Broadcast Platform
- Television
Languages
- English
Captions
Live Broadcast
- No
Rights Statement
- Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Subjects
- Intelligence service--Australia
- National security--Australia
- Documentary television programs--Australia
Genres
- Biography
- Documentary
- History
Contributors
- Haydn Keenan (Director)
- Gai Steele (Producer)
- Andrea Lang (Editor)
- Haydn Keenan (Editor)
- Glenn Hanns (Director of Photography)
- Charlie Chan (Composer)
- Hadyn Keenan (Narrator)
- Smart St. (Production Unit)
- SBS (Production Unit)
- Screen Australia (Funder)
- Gary Foley (Subject)
Subjects
- Intelligence service--Australia
- National security--Australia
- Documentary television programs--Australia