UsMob
UsMob is a production of the Australian Film Commission and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in association with the Tangentyere Council in Alice Springs, in central Australia. UsMob introduces viewers to Aboriginal teenagers Charlie, Della, Harry, and Jacquita in a seven-part “choose-your-own-adventure”- style series set in their community. Narrative and verité style videos depict the teenage hosts interacting with each other and with members of their community, but they also invite participation from the viewer, enabling the contributions of user-generated video, games, forums, and text-diaries. Signing up to participate in Us Mob can only be done by “applying for a permit” to visit their home, Hidden Valley, a Town Camp of Alice Springs, drawing attention to legacies of colonial administration and the regulation of real– and virtual – spaces.
