NATIONAL TALK BLACK – 25/11/2025
On todays National Talk Black via NIRS – National Indigenous Radio Service we have:
Maria Lewis, Brisbane International Film Festival Indigenous Spotlight curator, talking about Indigenous cinema to take centre stage at Brisbane International Film Festival. Brisbane International Film Festival will return from 27 to 30 November, bringing more than 60 films to venues across the city as part of its revitalised 2025 program. This year includes a dedicated Indigenous Spotlight curated by Māori (Kāi Tahu) programmer Maria Lewis, who selected six films from Indigenous filmmakers worldwide. The six films in the program include ‘Seeds’, ‘It Will Find You’, ‘Endless Cookie’, ‘Kōkā’, ‘Imagine’ and ‘Keep Quiet’, representing a mix of horror, animation, drama and genre bending storytelling. The spotlight also includes Keep Quiet, a Native-led crime thriller set on a US reservation, directed by Vincent Grashaw and starring Lou Diamond Phillips. Ms Lewis said the spotlight shows Indigenous storytelling in its full emotional range and invites audiences to experience that range on the big screen. Tickets are available now through the Brisbane International Film Festival website. You can find out more via the link below!
Vimbai Mutero, Charles Darwin University (CDU) Lecturer in Enabling (Humanities), talking about Social media subjecting Black women to radicalised digital policing. Influencers use oppression, manipulation and weaponisation to police Black women on social media, according to new research uncovering the entrenched nature of digital racism. The study by Charles Darwin University (CDU) Lecturer in Enabling (Humanities) Vimbai Mutero, whose research explores gender-based violence in various forms, examined the unsolicited advice and digital policing of Black femininity across major social media platforms. This focused on content created by Black influencers, podcasters and social media personalities from YouTube, TikTok and Instagram Reels. Three central themes emerged from the videos: framing gender equality and women’s autonomy as betrayals of Black cultural values, discouraging independence and portraying single and independent women as undesirable or miserable, and glorification of suffering and submission. Mutero said with the reach of these videos spanning millions of views, likes and comments of support, it showed how deeply these beliefs are ingrained and how social media can amplify these harmful ideologies. Mutero said while this digital behaviour is prevalent, there were online creators and spaces who challenged the policing of Black femininity. You can find out more via the link below!
https://www.cdu.edu.au/…/social-media-subjecting-black…
Edmonton Police, Whichway Yarning Segment, talking about Speed calibration. Car speedometers are designed to be accurate to a certain degree, but they are legally allowed to show a speed slightly higher than the actual speed as a safety margin. This is due to Australian Design Rules, which forbid car manufacturers from under reporting a vehicle’s speed by any amount and require speedos to be anywhere between perfectly accurate or up to 10 per cent plus 4km/h than the actual speed. Vehicle manufacturers carry out speed calibration tests based on brand new tyres. Over time tyres will experience normal wear and tear and get smaller in circumference. This changes the accuracy of the reading of the speedometer showing a higher speed than the actual speed but never resulting in a speed detection ticket. Speedometer calibration adjusts a vehicle’s speed display to accurately reflect its true speed, a process often needed after modifications like changing tire size. Calibration can involve using a specialized tool to program the vehicle’s computer, making a physical gear change on older vehicles, or using a dedicated electronic calibration module. QPS speed detection instruments are all calibrated (checked for accuracy against a standard) by our calibration laboratory. The Calibration Laboratory is accredited by the National Association of Testing Authorities (NATA) as meeting the requirements of internationally recognised standard ISO/IEC 17025-General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories. They also talk about how to check your speedometer, smiley faced roadside radar and do police allow for 10% speeding?
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