Carl Reinecke
About
My research examines the philosophical and theoretical implications of First Nations Australian cinema, in particular the works of Warwick Thornton and Tracey Moffatt. To do so, I draw on critical Indigenous studies, the critical philosophy of race, and the philosophy of the sublime as theorised by Edmund Burke and Immanuel Kant. In interrogating the distinctive absences of First Nations Australian cinema and art in relation to the sublime, I draw out a different theoretical means to make sense of First Nations Australian art and cinema on its own terms.
Background
I completed a combined bachelors in Fine Arts and Arts (Hons) at the Australian National University. I went on to receive an MPhil (distinction) from the University of Cambridge in Film and Screen studies. I have also worked in film and television for the past seven years as a researcher and associate producer on documentary films and television series, including Playing with Sharks: the Valerie Taylor Story which screened in competition at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. In addition, I published with HarperCollins a history of Australian culture and novels in 2021 entitled The Books that Made Us which was released alongside the television series of the same name for Blackfella Films.