Inner West Film Forum Invasion Day Special -
Free screening of ‘UTOPIA’ the new film by John Pilger
Wednesday 29th 7.30 p.m.
With special guests
Paddy Gibson - Co-editor Solidarity magazine; Aboriginal rights campaigner and founder member of Stop the Intervention Collective Sydney (STICS) and Intervention Rollback Action Group (Alice Springs); Senior Researcher with Jumbunna Indigenous House of Learning at UTS; Associate Producer and Researcher on ‘Utopia’.
And
Chris Graham - Former managing editor and founder of Tracker magazine, former and founding editor of the National Indigenous Times (NIT), current freelance journalist at large. Chris has won a Walkley Award for Excellence in Indigenous Affairs reporting, a Walkley High Commendation, and has twice been awarded the Human Rights Award – Print Category for his Indigenous affairs reporting. Associate Producer and Researcher on ‘Utopia’.
Read this recent article by Chris about some of his experiences during the making of the film - http://tracker.org.au/2014/01/utopia-the-inside-story/
For more information:
http://utopiajohnpilger.co.uk/
twitter: @Utopia_film Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Johnpilgerutopia
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Utopia, from the Bafta and Emmy Award winning director John Pilger, draws on his long association with the first people of his homeland Australia.
The film is both an epic portrayal of the oldest continuous human culture, and an investigation into a suppressed colonial past and rapacious present.
One of the world's best kept secrets is revealed against a background of the greatest boom in mineral wealth. Has the 'lucky country' inherited South African apartheid?
Watch the trailer here: http://johnpilger.com/videos/utopia-trailer
CINEVIEW ★★★★★
"Pilger stands out from the crowd as a documentarian... his experience is second to none... Utopia is essential viewing"
THE GUARDIAN ★★★★
"This powerful film by John Pilger looks at the awful truth behind white Australia's dysfunctional relationship with Indigenous Australians"
TOTAL FILM ★★★★
"Powerful... Passionate... Commanding"
For more reviews see http://utopiajohnpilger.co.uk/reviews
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