Documentary film screening: The Lake of Scars

Documentary film screening with free ticket giveaway!

Seven years in the making, The Lake of Scars documentary, filmed on Dja Dja Wurrung country in Victoria, is heading to Canberra for its ACT premiere.

This 'must-see documentary' (Cinema Australia) deals with the area's scarred trees, middens, wetlands, and the relationship between Dja Dja Wurrung people and members of the wider community as they navigate the ups and downs of what reconciliation in Australia really means. It's been warmly welcomed by critics and historians, branding it 'a fascinating film' (ABC The Screen Show) and 'deeply moving and evocative' (Paul Daley, author and Guardian journalist.)

Watch a trailer here

"Beautiful and deeply poignant...brilliantly shows the complexities and difficulties of dealing with the past in the present." Emeritus professor of history at UNSW, Grace Karskens

Following the film, members of the filmmaking team including first-time director and former Guardian and Al Jazeera journalist Bill Code will join via video link for a Q&A session.

Don't miss this 'beautiful' (Andy Park, RN Drive) film on the big screen for a special one-off event.

To mark Reconciliation Week, The Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research is supporting this screening with a free ticket giveaway. Just be one of the first four people to email morgan.harrington@anu.edu.au with the subject heading 'Lake of Scars giveaway' to win one of four double passes to the Canberra screening -  Saturday 28 May, 2pm at the National Film and Sound Archive. Or purchase tickets here: https://www.nfsa.gov.au/events/lake-scars.