A selection of articles from April 2019 to present
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The Age
Sheedy ‘drained’ after watching Adam Goodes documentary
— Peter Ryan
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The Sydney Morning Herald
‘Too confronting’: Students hope Goodes film will teach next generation about racism
— By Natassia Chrysanthos and Taylor Denny
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The Sydney Morning Herald
(Video) Aboriginal students at Matraville Sports High respond to Adam Goodes documentary
– The students
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The New Daily
Nathan Burke: Say ‘never again’ to booing a champion
— Nathan Burke
Whatever your thoughts on the issue I hope we all agree that we should have been and done better. And while we can’t change the past, we can certainly learn from it. No player should ever again be subjected to what Goodes went through.
Nathan Burke is a former St Kilda captain who played 323 AFL games for the Saints, winning three Trevor Barker Awards as best-and-fairest player. -
Sydney Morning Herald
— Waleed Aly
I think it’s worth analysing this latest instance of presidential racism because there’s a revealing logic to it that’s important to grasp, here as much as elsewhere. In a strange way, it reminds me of the Adam Goodes saga, which I’ve been thinking about a lot this week with the airing of The Final Quarter documentary on network television. -
Afl.com.au
Anger, shame, tears: Your reactions to the Adam Goodes doco ‘The Final Quarter’
— Your Say
ON THURSDAY night The Final Quarter aired on Channel 10 in Australia, chronicling the tumultuous end to Adam Goodes' AFL career. We invited you to share your reactions to the documentary. Here are a selection of your responses. -
10daily.com.au
Three Pieces Of Fake News The Adam Goodes Booers Believed
— Ant Sharwood
'The Final Quarter' makes it clear that the majority of booing was racially motivated. However, most booers always denied that, and still do. These are the three main falsehoods they believed in order to justify why they booed. -
The Sydney Morning Herald
Schoolchildren point out good reasons to support Adam Goodes
— Helen Pitt
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Community News
How Australia failed Adam Goodes
— Laura Pond
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Independent Australia
— Noely Neate
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ABC News
Adam Goodes ‘cut down’ by racist booing because he was powerful, says commentator Charlie King
— Kate Ashton
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theroar.com.au
The Final Quarter: A timely reminder of Adam Goodes’ integrity and tenacity
— Joe Frost
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SBS NITV
— Jennifer Scherer
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The Sydney Morning Herald
Trust me: Jones must go from SCG after Goodes saga
— Peter FitzSimons
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news.com.au
Adam Goodes documentary sparks national conversation about race in Australia
— Ben Graham
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The Sydney Morning Herald
‘Heartbreaking’: Eddie McGuire responds to Adam Goodes doco
— Broede Carmody
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The Sydney Morning Herald
Was booing Goodes racist? By asking this question, Australia reaches a higher mark
— Brandon Jack
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The Sydney Morning Herald
Trust me: Jones must go from SCG after Goodes saga
— Peter FitzSimons The Fitz Files
Did I tell yers, or did I tell yers? I TOLD yers The Final Quarter, the film about Adam Goodes screened on Channel Ten on Thursday night, was as strong a documentary as you’ll ever see. Deeply confronting, the reaction of most people was: how the hell was this outrage happening, week on week for 17 weeks, Goodes being essentially booed out of the game for standing up to racism, and it NOT being front and centre of the national conversation? -
Herald Sun
The documentary everybody is talking about — and what else to watch this weekend
— Leigh Paatsch
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The Age
AFL greats wish they did more for taunted Swan Adam Goodes
— Rachel Eddie
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Probonoaustralia.com.au
— Wendy Williams
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The Advertiser
— Reece Homfray
“It’s very important for us and it’s very important for Australia” — Port Adelaide chief executive Keith Thomas -
Indaily Adelaide
The devastating truth about reconciliation
— Matt Clemow
I sat in the wonderful Palace Nova cinema seats (as an invitee) with considerable trepidation about how I would view The Final Quarter – the documentary created by Ian Darling and Sally Fryer – with the agreement but not participation of dual Brownlow medallist Adam Goodes. The film covers Goodes’ final years in the AFL and the broader media controversy about his public role, his elevation as Australian of the Year and his stance against racism. -
SBS
The last to boo Adam Goodes: why I’m glad my team lost their Grand Final
— Craig Quartermaine
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SBS News
AFL players praise Hawks’ Goodes gesture
The Hawks have opted to wear Goodes' number on their backs during the team's warm-up for Friday's match against the Swans at the SCG as a show of support and respect for the dual Brownlow medallist.
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ABC News
Adam Goodes documentary leads to outpouring of remorse from AFL fans
— By Patrick Galloway
The CEO of the not-for-profit GO Foundation, founded by Goodes and former Sydney Swans teammate Michael O'Loughlin, said emails had been coming in from all across Australia since The Final Quarter screened at the Sydney Film Festival earlier this month. -
Fox Sports
Hawthorn to wear number 37 on warm up guernseys before Sydney game to support Adam Goodes
— Staff Writers
“On reflection, clubs and players have come out and admitted that at the time, our response wasn’t good enough. “Obviously we can’t turn back time, but as we’re playing Sydney in Sydney this Friday night, we thought it was a perfect opportunity to show our support for Adam publicly. “We want to show that we’re all beside him, united in stamping out racism.” -
Fox Sports
Geelong great Sam Newman shows his support for Sydney great Adam Goodes
— Tom Morris
Geelong great and media personality Sam Newman has tweeted his support for Adam Goodes after viewing The Final Quarter. -
SBS
What Adam Goodes taught me about the Australia I was growing up in
— Marlee Silva
I once thought 2013 was a year I’d rather forget, but upon reflection, Adam’s inspiring resilience makes it one worth cherishing. Not only for myself as a proud Aboriginal woman, but for Australia as a proud First Nations’ country. -
Junkee
‘The Final Quarter’ Is A Painful Reminder Of The Racism Beating At The Heart Of Australia
— Tom Clift
The Final Quarter is made up entirely of archival material, with Darling combining match-day footage with clips from press conferences, news broadcasts and AFL panel shows, as well as newspaper headlines and snippets from talkback radio. It’s a method that calls to mind Asif Kapadia’s Senna, a film that’s rightly regarded as one of the greatest sporting documentaries of all time precisely because it grips you regardless of whether you know anything about sport. -
Screen Hub
Syd Film Fest Review: The Final Quarter records shameful treatment of Adam Goodes
— Sarah Ward
...The Final Quarter, and the stark reminder it offers in its archival assemblage, all the more crucial. No one should like what they see when they watch this film. No one should forget that it’s the absolute truth in a code and a country still visibly struggling with race, either. 4 Stars. -
The Guardian Australia
Adam Goodes film The Final Quarter to be screened by TV networks Ten and Win
— Amanda Meade
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GQ
The Final Quarter Captures The Tumultuous End To Adam Goodes’ AFL Career
— GQ Staff
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ABC Triple J - hack
‘The Final Quarter’: Doco on Adam Goodes is a searing reflection of our all-too-recent past
— Ange McCormack
The Race Discrimination Commissioner Chin Tan said The Final Quarter offered a visceral retelling of an important moment in Australia's history. "I thought I knew the story about Adam Goodes, about his suffering, his pain and humiliation, but in watching the documentary, The Final Quarter, I felt it. "This film offers Australia an opportunity to have the tough, but much needed conversation about racism." -
7news.com.au
Patrick Dangerfield: Adam Goodes was ‘failed’ by the competition
— Digital Staff
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Sydney Morning Herald
I walked out of the Adam Goodes doco an angry man
— Brandon Jack
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Hollywood Reporter
‘The Final Quarter’: Film Review
— Harry Windsor
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FLICKS.COM.AU
The exhilarating Adam Goodes documentary The Final Quarter is a must-see
— By Blake Howard
The Final Quarter is an abject viewing experience. You’ll squirm with shame, you’ll find yourself cursing at the screen, you’ll shed tears of frustration for the deplorable treatment of Goodes’ in the twilight of his storied career. And you’ll cheer. You’ll cheer for the voices of reason; you’ll cheers for those journalistic figures with the integrity to try and steer the conversation from fear to facts and reflection. This is cinematic napalm. -
The Age
Side by side they watch together: McGuire fronts Pies over Goodes film
— Daniel Cherny
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Western Bulldogs AFL club
Club statement: ‘The Final Quarter’ documentary
— Western Bulldogs AFL club
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Junkee
The AFL Has Finally Apologised For Failing Adam Goodes During The Racist Booing Saga
— Tom Clift
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10Daily.com.au
The Reason Adam Goodes Wasn’t At The Premiere Of Doco About His Career
— Antoinette Lattouf
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The Sydney Morning Herald
‘A hard pill to swallow’: Boos, hisses and a standing ovation at premiere of Goodes film
— Garry Maddox & Sarah Muller
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ABC Radio AM
Movie portrays racism experienced by Indigenous AFL star Adam Goodes
— Gavin Coote
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The Australian
Shamed AFL says sorry to Goodes
— The Aus
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The Age
Nowhere man: Fitzpatrick a conspicuous absentee from Goodes documentary
— Vince Rugari
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nine.com.au
— Melanie Dinjaski
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The Australian
Indigenous players say they could’ve done more for Goodes
— Courtney Walsh
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3AW
Adam Goodes documentary: An opportunity to relive a ‘difficult’ and ‘shameful’ time for AFL
— Neil Mitchell
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The Canberra Times
Goodes doco important: Reconciliation Australia
— Rob Forsaith
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The Australian
Goodes, the bad and the ugly: how a legend was booed out of game
— By Philippa Hawker
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The Australian
The problem was we didn’t listen to him
— By Philippa Hawker
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News.com.au
AFL players release statement on Adam Goodes documentary
Dangerfield was hopeful that when fans see The Final Quarter they would realise the hurt that one of the game’s all-time greats endured. “Despite all Goodesy went through, and situations that have continued to arise this year towards other members of our playing group, racism still sadly exists in the football community,” Dangerfield said.
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The Age
Players ashamed by treatment of Adam Goodes
— Daniel Cherney
The AFL Players' Association issued two statements on Thursday ahead of the release of The Final Quarter - a documentary detailing Goodes' challenging last few years before his 2015 retirement - which premieres on Friday night. -
The Sydney Morning Herald
No quarter given in extraordinary Adam Goodes documentary
— By Peter FitzSimons
There is no way around it when you see the doco. Goodes was simply hunted out of the game. And to witness his treatment sheer takes the breath away. Well if you don’t feel serious discomfort, you never will. It is brilliant work, and a must-watch. -
Sporting News
Adam Goodes: Patrick Dangerfield urges footy fans to watch upcoming documentary
— Ben Madden
The AFL Players' Association president, Patrick Dangerfield, and the Indigenous Players' Advisory Board have urged people to watch the documentary. "We were fortunate to see this film during the Indigenous Summit in February and it had a profound impact on those players who saw it," the board said in a statement. "Many of us walked away from that screening with feelings of anger, shame and guilt, but also a strong sense of pride and hope. "These documentaries present an enormous opportunity for All Australians to reflect and learn from what happened so that something like this never happens to anyone in this country ever again." -
ABC TV / ABC.NET.AU
Adam Goodes documentary maker urges Australians to judge impact of racism on AFL star
— Story and excerpt from TV interview
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The Guardian
Adam Goodes film offers AFL — and us — a chance for reflection
— By Craig Little
Adam Goodes is one of the greatest footballers of our generation. But his greatness will not be viewed in the context of his on-field achievement, rather through the lens of his broader humanity. The game is fortunate to have had a man of Goodes’ stature represent it – and given the events this documentary reminds us of, undeservingly so. Darling’s film holds a mirror to one of the most shameful moments of our game’s history (and reminds us that there are many in Australian public life whose egos are too large to accept the reflection), but it also gives us another chance for self-examination, which is all that Goodes asked of us. -
The Australian
Adam Goodes doco the spark for anti-racism campaign in AFL
— By Courtney Walsh
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The Australian
Eddie McGuire urges AFL fans to watch Adam Goodes docos
— By Courtney Walsh and Philippa Hawker
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The West Australian
Adam Goodes documentary mirror to racial prejudice
— By Mark Duffield
The Adam Goodes documentary “The Final Quarter” is both powerful and saddening. -
NEWS.COM.AU
Adam Goodes’ documentary to open eyes on racism say upset stars
“But the doco will come out and there will be a lot of interesting conversations and tough conversations that probably need to be had. If more people are more open minded and have those conversations, the better off we will be as a whole community.”
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Damian Barrett Reflects On The Adam Goodes Documentary
— Damian Barrett
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ABC RN Breakfast
The Final Quarter of Adam Goodes
— Produced by Katie Hamann
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ESPN.COM.AU
Simple sequencing brings untold power to Adam Goodes’ Story
— By Dan Brettig
"We should not allow the surface of that debate to conceal the much greater stakes that lie just beneath: our ability as a nation to have an honest conversation about race. To be able to pause for a moment when somebody suggests racism might play a role in our national life, and consider what that means, rather than coating ourselves in reflexive outrage. To listen when the few indigenous people with a public voice explain the challenges they face." -
Herald Sun
Adam Goodes Documentary is Confronting But Everyone Should Watch It
— By Mark Robinson
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The Sydney Morning Herald
Goodes documentary a film for all, including those who booed him
— By Garry Maddox
The Final Quarter is a revealing examination of the crowd response to Goodes and its racist overtones. In Reconciliation Week, it is sobering viewing for showing the emotional and spiritual consequences of damaging words and actions that are perceived as racist even if the perpetrators see them as deserved admonishment or just banter. -
Nine Wide World of Sports
Sydney Swans legend Adam Goodes reportedly left ‘emotional’ after ‘confronting’ documentary
— By Rob Forsaith, AAP
"It can be quite a claustrophobic film. There's nowhere to hide. I think that was very much what Adam must of felt," Darling said. "I haven't tried to point the finger at anybody ... or lecture anybody." -
The Canberra Times
Players Open Up On Confronting Goodes Doco
— By Rob Forsaith
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ESPN
Simple sequencing brings untold power to Adam Goodes’ story
— Daniel Brettig
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The Advertiser
— By Michelangelo Rucci
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The Age
AFL says Goodes mistakes must never be repeated
— By Jake Niall
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 Sydney Morning Herald
‘Did I do enough to help out a mate’: Swans players react to Goodes treatment
— By Andrew Wu
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The Guardian
The Final Quarter review – exhilarating Adam Goodes documentary pulses with urgency
— By Luke Buckmaster
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The Age
Watching Goodes film was like a punch to the face
— By Des Headland
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The Age
A sorry saga: the content and meaning of the Adam Goodes documentary
— By Jake Niall
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Fox Footy broadcast / FOXSPORTS.COM.AU
AFL 360 Co-Hosts Gerard Whateley and Mark Robinson discuss moving Adam Goodes documentary
— By Matt Balmer
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The Guardian
A tale of two Adam Goodes films: docos on AFL legend put racism in big picture
— By staff writers
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The Sydney Morning Herald
Lessons from treatment of Adam Goodes still to be learnt
— Editorial by SMH editor, Lisa Davies
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The Advertiser
Former Crow Troy Bond says there’s nothing like the AFL’s Sir Doug Nicholls Round
— By Jesper Fjeldstad
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The Age
Brutal reminder of an ugly side to our game
— Editorial
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The Sydney Morning Herald
‘This is what racism looks like’: Filmmaker opens up about Adam Goodes doco
— By Garry Maddox
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The Age
AFL’s regrettable response to Goodes documentary
— By Caroline Wilson
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The Sydney Morning Herald
‘Heartbroken’ McGuire hopes Goodes film will bring about change
— By Andrew Wu
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Herald Sun
Rodney Eade, Paul Roos and Michael O’Loughlin look back at Adam Goodes’ football journey
— By Jon Anderson
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Daily Telegraph
Adam Goodes documentary will be donated to every school and sporting club in Australia
— By Ben Horne
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Herald Sun
AFL Chief Gillon McLachlan lauds ‘powerful’ Adam Goodes doco after private screening
— By Glenn McFarlane & Jon Ralph
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SBS.COM.AU
Dan Sultan and Paul Kelly release duet for new Adam Goodes documentary
— By Rachael Hocking
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The Age
Players resolve to take stand against racist trolls
— By Peter Ryan
