In Conversation with Lisa Maza feat. Pirritu
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As part of NAIDOC Week, we're excited to bring you a very special In Conversation with Ngiyampaa man and First Nations singer-songwriter, Pirritu (aka Brett Lee). Brett joins host Lisa Maza as they discuss heritage, culture and the arts.
In Conversation with Lisa Maza featuring Pirritu will premiere on Creative Brimbank's Facebook Page on Sunday 15 November, 3.30pm
About Pirritu
Ngiyampaa man and First Nations singer-songwriter Pirritu’s (Brett Lee) music is gentle, honest and from the heart. Strange and melodic chords frame this songwriters vocals that weave around his lyrics like a gentle wind, enticing you into the depths of his personal journey, singing you a story of both sadness, love and hope.
Pirritu (meaning ‘Brett’ in Ngiyampaa Language) was adopted by a non-Aboriginal couple as a newborn baby and raised to be proud of his Aboriginality, to follow his cultural journey and to connect back to family, culture and language - a journey he began when he was 14 years-old. Two things drive his continual thirst to connect to his people, country, language and culture - his one year old daughter and his passion for music.
About Lisa Maza
Lisa Maza (Meriam/Yidindji/Dutch) has twenty years' experience working as a professional actor and singer. Lisa recently received a two-year Fellowship for Producing from Australia Council and is currently a participant in the Blakstream Producers Program at Footscray Community Arts Centre.
Keen to see more blackfellas tell their story, Lisa began co-writing Sisters of Gelamin 2007,which then premiered at Malthouse Theatre in 2009. She then co-wrote and performed in the Black Sheep Comedy Show Glorious Baastards (Melbourne International Comedy Festival/Ilbijerri) in 2010. Earlier that year,co-directing her first documentary Living in Two Worlds, which premiered at St Kilda Film Festival in May 2009. Going on to direct and edit short documentaries Pomonal and Better than Money at Open Channel, for RAV’s “Home is where the Hall is” website, her last documentary Mazas Got Talent premiered on NITV in 2014.
With a strong belief in self-determination, Lisa completed a Cert IV in Business (Governance) and is currently a member of Ilbijerri Theatre’s Board, the VIPAA panel and Malthouse Theatre’s Indigenous advisory panel.