Maralinga Tjarutja (Larissa Behrendt, 2020) is on Saturday 13 July. Image: NFSA.
M | 52 Mins | 2020 | DCP | AUS | D: Larissa Behrendt
The Maralinga people have lived on their lands for over 60,000 years. Institutionalised in the Ooldea Mission in the 1920s, colonial dispossession of the Maralinga people was further intensified when their lands were used for the British Nuclear Test Program between 1953 and 1963.
Written and directed by Larissa Behrendt, this award-winning documentary celebrates the tenacity, strength and achievements of the Maralinga people, who fought for the clean-up of radioactive and other contamination, for compensation, and for the handback in 2009 of the Maralinga Village and test sites.
Following the screening, join us for a Q&A with the film’s director, Euaheleyai/Gamullaroi woman Professor Larissa Behrendt AO, an award-winning filmmaker, author and legal academic.
Part of Progress 1984: To coincide with the 40th anniversary of the NFSA’s founding, the NFSA is presenting a series of special events throughout the year that commemorate significant moments of change in Australia in 1984. In July, the series marks the 1984 issuing of letters patent for the Royal Commission into British Nuclear Tests in Australia. Available as part of the Progress 1984: Atomic Weapons Event Pass: screenings of Barefoot Gen (Mori Masaki, 1983), Maralinga Tjarutja + Director Q&A (Larissa Behrendt, 2020) and Dr. Strangelove (Stanley Kubrick, 1964). Held in the NFSA collection.
The Details
What: Maralinga Tjarutja NAIDOC Week screening + Q&A
When: Saturday 13 July 2024, 1 pm
Where: NFSA Acton (Arc Cinema) – 1 McCoy Circuit, Acton ACT 2601
Cost: $12–16. Book tickets.
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