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[danielsaan]

Ladies, Gentlemen,

On 19th June 2008, the Tricycle theatre (link below) will be showing the film "This is our land too" (a Rice and Peas production - http://www.ricenpeas.com/docs/this_is_our_country_too.html). I strongly recommend that all people in the UK go and see this, and those of you living in other countries go and get yourself a copy. I will be going and would love to see as many of you as possible there. This will be a very interesting film (no, I don't work for these people ) about a topic that should interest all of us.

This is Our Country Too - Australia, 2008
Director/Producer: Ishmahil Blagrove, Jr.
Edited by: Catherine Arend
Duration: 59 minutes
Language: English

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 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 suspending 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, 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 it's indigenous people?

Founded in 1999, riceNpeas is an independent film production company that specialises in social documentaries, guerilla journalism and thought-provoking film. Their photo-journalists and film-makers 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 19th 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 press enquiries, please contact tamara@ricenpeas.com

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http://www.tricycle.co.uk/htmlnew/cinema/dolistings.php3?week=16-06-2008

I will be posting this up on Serious sticks and Xavier Rudd's forum, and if any others can post on their own forums, that would be great. Lets see if we can raise a little bit of interest in this.


Dan

PS - for Pete's sake download the presspack and have a read. This film is going to be a cracker, and a lot more informative than Kanyini.

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