Sinem Saban is an Australian film writer, producer, director, and
human rights activist. She is best known for directing and producing
the film "Our Generation".Saban was born to Turkish Cypriot parents
who emigrated to Australia in the early 1970s. She studied Media,
Aboriginal and Legal Studies at RMIT University and at La Trobe
University in Melbourne whilst volunteering at her local Aboriginal
culture centre in Geelong, Victoria. In 2000, her interest to find out
more about traditional Aboriginal culture led her to move to Darwin
where she completed her Secondary Teaching education at Charles Darwin
University. In 2004, she was invited to join musician Michael Franti
to film and document the human cost of war in Iraq, Palestine and
Israel for his film "I Know I'm Not Alone". Upon returning to
Australia, she continued teaching in the Yirrkala, Maningrida and
Galiwin'ku communities and follow her passion for Indigenous rights.
In her spare time, Saban was invited to film and take photographs of
Yolngu life, hunting, ceremonies and stories. With the Northern
Territory Intervention in 2007, Saban embarked on the making "Our
Generation".
human rights activist. She is best known for directing and producing
the film "Our Generation".Saban was born to Turkish Cypriot parents
who emigrated to Australia in the early 1970s. She studied Media,
Aboriginal and Legal Studies at RMIT University and at La Trobe
University in Melbourne whilst volunteering at her local Aboriginal
culture centre in Geelong, Victoria. In 2000, her interest to find out
more about traditional Aboriginal culture led her to move to Darwin
where she completed her Secondary Teaching education at Charles Darwin
University. In 2004, she was invited to join musician Michael Franti
to film and document the human cost of war in Iraq, Palestine and
Israel for his film "I Know I'm Not Alone". Upon returning to
Australia, she continued teaching in the Yirrkala, Maningrida and
Galiwin'ku communities and follow her passion for Indigenous rights.
In her spare time, Saban was invited to film and take photographs of
Yolngu life, hunting, ceremonies and stories. With the Northern
Territory Intervention in 2007, Saban embarked on the making "Our
Generation".
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