Off the beaten track and on a new mission, this time around the going gets even tougher for the boys from Ramingining.
When the first series of Black As launched on ABC iview it was the platform’s second highest-rating program and most successful documentary series ever. The show also reached a large global audience via social media, with clips from the series amassing a combined total of 120 million views.
Black As: We’re Back has just completed production in Arnhem Land and will screen on ABC iview in 2018. This action-packed series follows the exploits of three young Yolngu men - Jerome, Chico and Dino - and their adopted brother Joe. This time they are embarking on a new mission from their Uncle Bobby to collect an old broken-down tractor from a distant outstation. The boys are challenged at every turn by tides, breakdowns and ever-present crocs in their latest Arnhem Land adventure, putting their bush know-how and innovative ways to get from A to B to the test.
The series is written and directed by David Batty (Bush Mechanics, Coniston) and produced by Jeni McMahon (Bush Mechanics, Then the Wind Changed) for Victorian-based production company Rebel Films.