Santilla Chingaipe

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Santilla Chingaipe
Born198?
Zambia
NationalityAustralian
Occupation(s)Journalist, author, film maker

Santilla Chingaipe is a Zambian-born Australian journalist, author and filmmaker. Her documentaries include Third Culture Kids and Our African Roots, among others. She has been a guest on Tomorrow Tonight and Q&A .

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Background

Chingaipe is an African Australian who migrated to Australia at the age of 10. She currently lives in the Victorian city of Melbourne. Her film-making efforts include the documentary Our African Roots. [1] The documentary, which she produced with director Tony Jackson was an MIPCOM Diversify TV Award winner in 2022. [2]

In addition to being a film maker and author, she has been a full-time journalist for SBS Television. [3] She spent ten years with SBS. During that time she reported from various locations in the African continent where she interviewed some the most prominent African leaders. [4] [5] She eventually left her job with SBS to concentrate full time on film making. [3]

In addition to English, she speaks Bemba, Nyanja and Namwanga, which are all Zambian languages. She can also speak some Swahili. [6]

She has had recognition at the Victorian African Community Awards and the Celebration of African Australians Awards. She is also a four-time finalist for the United Nations Association of Australia Media Peace Awards. [7]

She has written for The Saturday Paper . Her articles include "The rise of far-right Hindu nationalism in Australia" (August 20, 2022), "Farm activists face tougher laws" (July 27, 2019), "Black Rhinos teams lift a community" (February 18, 2023). [8]

She founded the annual program, Behind the Screens. Supported by VicScreen this program operates with a view to increasing the representation of those people who haven't been included in the Australian film industry in the past. [9]

Film career

Chingaipe wrote and directed the 2017 documentary short Black as Me. [10]

She directed Third Culture Kids, an Arenamedia production. It is a documentary about six Australian artists from different backgrounds. It was produced by Kate Laurie and Chloe Brugale with Robert Connolly as the executive producer. It looks at things from their perspective such as what it means to belong, representation, racism and identity. [11]

During the pandemic, she made The Dancer, a short documentary that featured performance artist Zelia Rose. [12] [13]

Chingaipe's film Our African Roots premiered on SBS television in October 2021. [1] The film looks at a forgotten and neglected part of Australian history. There were 10 convicts of African heritage among the 1788 arrivals. Among the names of the forgotten and overlooked were John Randall, Billy Blue, John Martin, Fanny Finch, and John Joseph. In her investigations, Chingaipe talks with descendants of Fanny Finch in Castlemaine. What comes to light is the involvement of Fanny in the history of Victoria's gold rush era and her role in the right for women to vote. [14]

Written work

Books

Her book Black Convicts: How slavery shaped colonised Australia is due for publication by Scribner Australia. [5] According to the Simon & Schuster website, quoting Scribner Australia's publisher Ben Ball: "Santilla peels off another layer of the whitewashing of our history." [15]

Appearances

Further reading

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References

  1. 1 2 The Age , September 24, 2021 - Australia’s first bushranger - he may not be who you think By Carolyn Webb
  2. ↑ Keast, Jackie (October 20, 2022). "'Our African Roots' wins MIPCOM Diversify TV Award". if.
  3. 1 2 Wight, Izzy (July 29, 2021). "LIFE, How I Do It: Journalist, filmmaker and author Santilla Chingaipe on surrounding yourself with the right people". Fashion Journal.
  4. ↑ State Library Victoria - Previous Creative Fellows > 2018 > Santilla Chingaipe
  5. 1 2 AIDC, 2023 - SANTILLA CHINGAIPE (AUSTRALIA) JOURNALIST & FILMMAKER INDEPENDENT
  6. ↑ ABC, June 4, 2020 - Why I'm returning to cultural practices during the coronavirus crisis ABC Everyday / By Santilla Chingaipe
  7. ↑ 200 Women - Santilla Chingaipe
  8. ↑ The Saturday Paper - Santilla Chingaipe is a journalist and documentary filmmaker
  9. ↑ AIDC, 2023 - SANTILLA CHINGAIPE (AUSTRALIA) JOURNALIST & FILMMAKER INDEPENDENT
  10. ↑ Screen Australia - BLACK AS ME 2017 CAST & CREW & PRODUCTION DETAILS
  11. ↑ ABC - Third Culture Kids
  12. ↑ ABC, Wed 7 Oct 2020 - Making short films during the pandemic
  13. ↑ The Sydney Morning Herald , OCTOBER 2, 2020 - 'Beautiful things in the darkness': Voxdocs, the five-minute films about artists in COVID-19 - Garry Maddox
  14. ↑ SBS, 20 OCT 2021 - ‘Our African Roots’ tells of a forgotten part of Australia’s history by Kate Myers
  15. ↑ "Scribner Australia to publish Santilla Chingaipe's groundbreaking book on the first Black convicts in Australia". Simon & Schuster.
  16. ↑ TheTVDB - Tomorrow Tonight / Aired Order / Season 1 / Episode 5 , The App
  17. ↑ ABC - The Ethics of Accountability, Panelists
  18. ↑ "Power, Politics, and the Spectre of War, Panelists", ABC, 17 November 2022.
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