This Is Our Country Too

THIS IS OUR COUNTRY TOO

A powerful exposé on 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 about the real Australia; beyond the image of sun, surf and sand lies a nation ruptured by race and 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 its indigenous peoples, and a rare depiction of their unrelenting struggle for justice, equality and self-determination.

In June 2007, the Australian government took the unprecedented step of repealing its race relations act to introduce the Intervention – a series of draconian, federal-backed laws designed to control the flow of alcohol and pornography into ‘prescribed communities’ in the Northern Territory. It was a reactionary response to endemic alcoholism and supposedly endemic child abuse in these communities, though there is little data to support the latter accusation.

Featuring interviews with prominent Aboriginal leaders Pat Turner (niece of ‘Australia’a Mandela’, Charlie Perkins), Pat Dodson (the spearhead of the reconciliation movement), actor/artist David Gulpilil and the Minister for Indigenous Affairs Jenny Macklin, This is Our Country Too once again puts the world’s focus on the Indigenous peoples forgotten plight and advances the question: How will Australia reconcile with it’s indigenous people?

Founded in 1999, riceNpeas is an independent film production company that specialise in social documentaries, guerilla journalism and thought-provoking film. Its photojournalists and filmmakers aim to question, challenge and educate.

Listings Information

This is Our Country Too receives its UK premiere at the Tricycle Theatre, 269 Kilburn High Road, Kilburn, NW6 7JR, 020 7328 1000 on Thursday 19 June at 7pm. Tickets £5

There will also be screenings at:

The Frontline Club, 13 Norfolk Place, Paddington, W2 1QJ, 020 7479 8950 on Sunday 22nd June at 4.30pm. Tickets £5

Riverside Studios, Crisp Road, Hammersmith, W6 9RL, 020 8237 1111 on Tuesday 24th June 7.15pm. Tickets £7.50

A Q&A will take place after each screening, attended by several special guests including Aboriginal rights campaigner Walter Shaw.

For more information please contact riceNpeas on 020 7243 9191 or info@ricenpeas.com