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Interview | Shakira Clanton

If you saw Home Country, you’ll remember her as the beautiful “Blacktown Angel”, who sits dangling her legs over the edge of the carpark, singing a song in Darug, the language of the first people of Western Sydney.

In this insightful interview with NITV, Wongi-Yamatji-Nyoonga-Gitja woman Shakira Clanton reveals the truth about everyday racism, and how we can never have enough Indigenous female voices in the film and television industry.

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Photography by Joshua Morris

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