About the Project
Roll’n is a short film produced by Blak Crow and Adjadura Studio, directed by Daen Sansbury-Smith, exploring the story behind Uncle Kutcha Edwards’ original song Roll’n.
The film follows Daen’s journey to Balranald, NSW, where Uncle Kutcha invites him to visit significant sites from his childhood — places that shaped the spirit and meaning behind the song.
Filming continued across Fitzroy and the eastern suburbs of Melbourne, tracing the story’s contemporary echoes in the spaces where Uncle Kutcha’s music and activism took shape. The project culminates with Kutcha’s visit to Point Pearce, Yorke Peninsula (Guuranda, SA), where he and Daen share stories on-Country, connecting the song’s meaning back to lived experience and community.
Creative Process
Blending documentary storytelling, live performance, and cinematic sound design, Roll’n captures a creative and cultural dialogue between two generations of artists.
The film was developed through on-Country filming in Balranald, urban sequences in Fitzroy and Melbourne’s east, and reflective scenes in Point Pearce, uniting city and Country as parallel landscapes of cultural survival.
The production drew on music, oral storytelling, and immersive cinematography, translating the rhythm and emotion of Kutcha’s song into a visual journey of connection, strength, and remembrance.
From the Artist — Daen Sansbury-Smith
Roll’n was more than a film — it was a conversation that travelled between places, generations, and histories.
When I first heard Uncle Kutcha’s song, it resonated deeply, even before I understood the story behind it.
Walking through his Country at Balranald, then sharing my own at Point Pearce, revealed how our paths and experiences intersect — how stories roll on, carried by song, Country, and kinship.
This film honours that journey — a powerful exchange about resilience, belonging, and the unbroken rhythm of culture.
