Looking After Our Country

Genre
First Nations/Environment documentary

Synopsis
A young Indigenous leader and family man speaks out about the impending plans to build an enormous gas complex in the heart of one of the world’s last great wilderness areas, known as the Kimberley.

Co-production by
Balangara Films/The Wilderness Society Inc.

Executive Producers: Maritza Schafer/Glen Klatovsky
Producer/Director: Mark Pearce
Writer: Mark Pearce
Cinematographers: Nick Hayward, Michael Fletcher, Christian Fletcher
Editor: Mark Pearce
Sound Design: Michael Slater

Awards

Winner: People’s Choice Award / Runner Up: Professional Portrait of an Individual / Finalist: Best Film
2018 My Hero International Film Festival (California, United States)

Finalist: Best Film
2018 Summershort Film Festival (Munich, Germany)

Winner: Best Film
2012 Comfy Shorts (Melbourne, Australia)

Official selections

2020 Through My Eyes Film Festival
California, United States

2018 Tribal Film Festival
Oklahoma, United States

2016 Geelong Environmental Film Festival
Geelong, Australia

2013 Castlemaine Fringe Festival
Castlemaine, Australia

Hosted Screenings

2012 Concert for The Kimberley
Melbourne, Australia (20,000 audience)

2013 Concert for The Kimberley
Perth, Australia (20,000 audience)

2012 Heritage Fight movie screening
Melbourne, Australia

2012 Operation Kimberley Minibi movie screening
Kalista, Australia

Broadcast

Aboriginal Broadcasting Australia (2020)
BronxNet Television (2021)

Distribution

The Wilderness Society Inc.