The PI Boys @ Stylin Up 2010

Added by Desert Pea Media

Description A Desert Pea Media production. Created by Toby Finlayson and Matthew Priestley.

This short documentary follows three young Bwgcolman men from the remote community of Palm Island, QLD. Morris Walsh (17), Kiefer Walsh (17) and Patrick Seaton (21) are participants in a 'hip hop literacy' program with Desert Pea Media since 2004.

Together they form 'The PI Boys' - a young indigenous hip hop crew, known for their huge success on Triple J's Unearthed Competition and regular national airplay on radio around Australia.

Their hit song 'Aboriginal Justice' was an outcome of a Desert Pea Media workshop program and reorchestrated and arranged by acclaimed contemporary classical composer, Nigel Westlake.

The song advocates awareness of social issues such as alcoholism, poverty and the tragic 2004 death in custody of local man Mulrunji Doomadgee and resulting riots.

This is the story of their first ever trip to the big city, their first taste of success and their first ever live performance, at the 'Stylin Up Festival' - the biggest indigenous urban festival in the southern hemisphere.

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