Richard Joseph Frankland is a Gunditjmara man who inspires through his writing, his films and his music.

When Richard Frankland is not teaching, mentoring, writing, directing, filming or singing, he lives with his partner Steph Tashkoff and his two children Nakaya and Taram near Portland. His mantra. ‘we are not a problem people, we are people with a problem and that problem was colonisation,’ continues to inspire and motivate him.