NAIDOC Week Screening - Wash My Soul in the River’s Flow

NAIDOC Week 2025 - The Next Generation: Strength, Vision, Legacy

Join us for a special screening of Wash My Soul in the River's Flow—a cinematic tribute to the enduring legacy of Archie Roach and Ruby Hunter, and an inspiring panel of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander voices, including Amos Roach and Kiwat Kennell, as they reflect on intergenerational creativity, cultural inheritance, and the continuing influence of Archie and Ruby's music and message.

Curated and hosted by proud Gamilaraay woman and Lecturer in Music Industry at RMIT, Dr Kat Nelligan, this event honours this year's NAIDOC theme: The Next Generation: Strength, Vision, Legacy. Wash My Soul in the River's Flow offers a rare and intimate glimpse into the collaborative spirit of Archie Roach and Ruby Hunter, charting the making of 'Kura Tungar—Songs from the River', through archival footage, rehearsal moments and stirring live performances.

Held in the iconic Capitol Theatre, this special event invites you to reflect, celebrate, and look ahead—toward the voices and visions shaping the next generation of First Nations artists.

A portion of proceeds from the evening will support the Archie Roach Foundation, creating life-changing opportunities for young First Nations people and emerging artists.

 

6.30pm: Welcome to Country 

6.45pm: Panel discussion and performance 

7.30pm: Interval 

7.45pm: Screening: Wash My Soul in the River's Flow

 

Wash My Soul in the River's Flow

Language: English, Ngarrindjeri (text only)

Country: Australia

Year: 2021

Duration: 88 mins

Format: DCP 

Writer/Director: Philippa Bateman

Producers: Archie Roach, Kate Hodges, Philippa Bateman 

Executive producers: Emma Donovan, Ian Darling

Production company: Enigma Machine

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RMIT University acknowledges the people of the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung language groups of the eastern Kulin Nation on whose unceded lands we conduct the business of the University. RMIT University respectfully acknowledges their Ancestors and Elders, past and present. RMIT also acknowledges the Traditional Custodians and their Ancestors of the lands and waters across Australia where we conduct our business - Artwork 'Sentient' by Hollie Johnson, Gunaikurnai and Monero Ngarigo.

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