The Newcastle Film Society acknowledges the Awabakal and Worimi people as the traditional custodians of the land on which we work and live, and pay our deepest respects to Elders past, present and future.
This poignantly titled anthology production draws together film-makers from Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific to respond to the 250th anniversary of Captain Cook’s arrival in the region. The film reaches into the past, dramatising debates within communities.
The project consists of ten linked short films by ten Indigenous Australian and Maori film makers about the impact of settler colonialism on the region's Indigenous cultures.
The films span a range of approaches including historical war drama, futuristic speculative fiction and animation.
