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SUMMARY:'Yurlu | Country'
LOCATION:Wagstaffe Community Hall
DESCRIPTION:This Walkley Award-winning feature documentary\, by Australian 
 director Yaara Bou Melhem\, was co-created with Banjima Elder Maitland Par
 ker\, and it immerses us in Parker's final year as he strives to preserve 
 his culture\, and more importantly heal his scarred homeland - which is ba
 sically the largest contaminated site in the Southern Hemisphere.\n\nYurlu
  | Country delves into the devastating impact of asbestos mining in Wester
 n Australia's Pilbara region. Parker called his homeland ‘Poison Country
 ’\, a name reflecting the toxic legacy of blue asbestos mines in Witteno
 om WA - which closed almost 60 years ago leaving behind millions of tonnes
  of toxic tailings-waste laced with deadly asbestos fibres.\n\nSet against
  the breathtaking\, yet heavily contaminated\, landscapes of the Pilbara\,
  this film highlights Parker’s valiant efforts to heal his homeland whil
 e grappling with his own battle with mesothelioma\, an aggressive cancer c
 aused by asbestos exposure. \nFrom the campfire to his hospital bedside\, 
 Yurlu | Country follows his battle for justice\, the environment\, and his
  unbreakable bond with Country.\n\nThis is Australia’s largely unknown C
 hernobyl-scale disaster - where a sacrifice zone of 46\,840 hectares on Ba
 njima Country cuts off traditional owners from their Native Title lands. I
 t is little wonder therefore that Peter Garrett called this “one of the 
 most compelling stories in Australia at the moment” ... and the 2025 Mel
 bourne International Film Festival referred to it as “a testament to Fir
 st Nations resilience.”\n\nBoletos: https://www.trybooking.com/events/la
 nding/1625395
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