Free screening of John Pilger’s seminal documentary,
The Secret Country -
The First Australians Fight Back.
Amnesty International NSW Action Centre,
Level 1, 79 Myrtle St, Chippendale, Sydney, NSW
Monday, 8 April 2013 - 6:00pm for 6:30pm start
Special Guest Speaker:
Sue Gillett, Bankstown Aboriginal Activist & STICS member
A special message from John Pilger for our screening will be read out on the night.
Hosted by Amnesty NSW and the Demand Dignity Network
For the flyer: http://www.respectandlisten.org/uploads/downloads/Misc/The-Secret-countr...
...In 1983 world-renowned investigative journalist and documentary maker John Pilger produced ‘The Secret Country.’ In 1985 he said, “The secret history of Australia is a historical conspiracy of silence. Written history has long applied selectivity to what it records, largely ignoring the shameful way that the Aborigines were, and continue to be, treated.” In 2013 we do not continue to have a Secret Country as much as we have Forgotten Peoples. This is not an imputation as much as it is an indictment of our Governments. ...
http://thestringer.com.au/from-secret-country-to-forgotten-peoples/#.UVQ...
event info also at: http://www.amnesty.org.au/nsw/event/31334