The AFL has described a documentary on the booing of ex-Swans champion Adam Goodes as an opportunity to ensure the mistakes that saw Goodes hounded out of the game are never repeated.
The AFL's head of inclusion and social policy, Tanya Hosch, said she felt "really proud" of how the AFL, its clubs and staff had been "open to see The Final Quarter as part of reflecting on what we got wrong and the fact we can't let something like this be repeated".
The AFL's manager of inclusion and social policy, Tanya Hosch.Credit:Justin McManus
Hosch said she and Gillon McLachlan had first seen the documentary in December and "recognised the significance of the film" to the AFL. The league says Hosch has been a driving force in ensuring that AFL clubs, players and staff saw the film and had a conversation about what had happened to Goodes.
Meanwhile, it has emerged that radio host Alan Jones would not allow the documentary makers permission to use footage and audio of him speaking.
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In the archival documentary about the controversial last three years of Goodes' career, comments made by Jones on Channel Seven's Sunrise had to be voiced by an actor, because Jones declined to give the documentary permission to use the real footage.
Whenever comments by Jones are used in The Final Quarter, viewers see only a still image of the radio show host accompanied by the actor's voice.
Channel Seven was willing to allow the documentary to use Jones' footage from Sunrise, but the network told the film's maker that Jones had to give his permission separately, and Jones would not.
The director of The Final Quarter Ian Darling said: "We were advised by Seven to approach approach Mr Jones separately to ask for his permission, and when we approached him that permission was not forthcoming."
The Final Quarter have not provided an explanation for why Jones did not give the permission the documentary sought.
Jones features a number of times in the documentary, in which he and a number of conservative commentators criticise Goodes, arguing that he brought the booing on himself. Jones is the only figure in the film that required an actor's voice and a still image.
Jones has not yet responded to attempts by The Age and the Sydney Morning Herald to contact him for a comment.
In the documentary, which will be launched at the Sydney Film Festival on June 7, Jones is highly critical of Goodes. The film is based entirely on material from the time, starting in late 2012 until just after the retirement of Goodes in 2015. There is no subsequent discussion or commentary added to the archival material.
Jones, columnist Andrew Bolt and The Footy Show's John "Sam" Newman are the major critics of Goodes, while he is defended fiercely by the Swans, Indigenous journalist Stan Grant, media commentators, some fellow players and AFL figures such as Fremantle coach Ross Lyon, who declared in 2015 that anyone who continued to boo Goodes was "a racist and a bigot".
In 2015, AFL boss Gillon McLachlan initially said he did not know if the booing was racially motivated, but directly apologised to Goodes some months after the champion's retirement.
At the launch of the AFL's recent Indigenous round, McLachlan said the documentary had elicited an "emotional response" among those who had seen it. "It's a very powerful film," he said.
As shown in the documentary, Newman also castigates Goodes for "acting like a jerk" and suggests the champion is creating divisions over his stance against racism.
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The AFL has described a documentary on the booing of ex-Swans champion Adam Goodes as an opportunity to ensure the mistakes that saw Goodes hounded out of the game are never repeated.
The AFL's head of inclusion and social policy, Tanya Hosch, said she felt "really proud" of how the AFL, its clubs and staff had been "open to see The Final Quarter as part of reflecting on what we got wrong and the fact we can't let something like this be repeated".
The AFL's manager of inclusion and social policy, Tanya Hosch.Credit:Justin McManus
Hosch said she and Gillon McLachlan had first seen the documentary in December and "recognised the significance of the film" to the AFL. The league says Hosch has been a driving force in ensuring that AFL clubs, players and staff saw the film and had a conversation about what had happened to Goodes.
Meanwhile, it has emerged that radio host Alan Jones would not allow the documentary makers permission to use footage and audio of him speaking.
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In the archival documentary about the controversial last three years of Goodes' career, comments made by Jones on Channel Seven's Sunrise had to be voiced by an actor, because Jones declined to give the documentary permission to use the real footage.
Whenever comments by Jones are used in The Final Quarter, viewers see only a still image of the radio show host accompanied by the actor's voice.
Channel Seven was willing to allow the documentary to use Jones' footage from Sunrise, but the network told the film's maker that Jones had to give his permission separately, and Jones would not.
The director of The Final Quarter Ian Darling said: "We were advised by Seven to approach approach Mr Jones separately to ask for his permission, and when we approached him that permission was not forthcoming."
The Final Quarter have not provided an explanation for why Jones did not give the permission the documentary sought.
Jones features a number of times in the documentary, in which he and a number of conservative commentators criticise Goodes, arguing that he brought the booing on himself. Jones is the only figure in the film that required an actor's voice and a still image.
Jones has not yet responded to attempts by The Age and the Sydney Morning Herald to contact him for a comment.
In the documentary, which will be launched at the Sydney Film Festival on June 7, Jones is highly critical of Goodes. The film is based entirely on material from the time, starting in late 2012 until just after the retirement of Goodes in 2015. There is no subsequent discussion or commentary added to the archival material.
Jones, columnist Andrew Bolt and The Footy Show's John "Sam" Newman are the major critics of Goodes, while he is defended fiercely by the Swans, Indigenous journalist Stan Grant, media commentators, some fellow players and AFL figures such as Fremantle coach Ross Lyon, who declared in 2015 that anyone who continued to boo Goodes was "a racist and a bigot".
In 2015, AFL boss Gillon McLachlan initially said he did not know if the booing was racially motivated, but directly apologised to Goodes some months after the champion's retirement.
At the launch of the AFL's recent Indigenous round, McLachlan said the documentary had elicited an "emotional response" among those who had seen it. "It's a very powerful film," he said.
As shown in the documentary, Newman also castigates Goodes for "acting like a jerk" and suggests the champion is creating divisions over his stance against racism.
Collingwood president Eddie McGuire's brushes with Goodes – including the Read More – Source
