You are invited to a film night
THIS IS OUR COUNTRY TOO
DATE - Tuesday 28th October 2008
PLACE - Geelong Trades Hall
127 Myers Street Geelong
TIME - 7:30 pm
ABOUT THE FILM
A powerful exposé of Australia's hidden apartheid.From the makers of With or Without Fidel, Blood Diamonds and Bang Bang In Da Manor comes a brave new documentary that delves beyond Australia's reputation of sun, surf and sand to reveal a nation ruptured by a deep racial divide and contested history. Taking the controversial 2007 Northern Territory Intervention as its starting point, This is Our Country Too is a hard-hitting investigation into Australia's woeful treatment of indigenous peoples, and a rare depiction of their unrelenting struggle for justice, equality and self-determination.Featuring interviews with prominent Aboriginal leaders, Pat Turner, niece of 'Australia'a Mandela,' Charlie Perkins, Pat Dodson, spearhead of the reconciliation movement, actor/artist David Gulpilil and Jenny Macklin, Minister of Indigenous Affairs, This is Our Country Too puts the world's focus on Australia's indigenous people's forgotten plight and advances the question: How will Australia reconcile with indigenous people?
BUSH TUCKER SUPPER WILL FOLLOW
THE FILM
There will also be some information on indigenous plants which have been used by the Wathaurong for thousands of years.
