THURSDAY 11 SEPTEMBER – 7:30PM
Followed by a live Q&A with Robbie Thorpe & Dir. Anthony Kelly.
A story of resistance across generations, the power of family and the unrelenting struggle for justice in a country that remains in denial.
Controversial and uncompromising, Australian Aboriginal political activist Robbie Thorpe stands as part of a long line of Indigenous resistance to invasion. Robbie draws the threads of two centuries of oppression together by relentlessly focusing our attention on the core injustices. His messages are critical to modern Australia.
Our Warrior shows the making of this modern leader and tracks the resurgence of a powerful Black, Indigenous, anti-colonial movement that is currently reshaping the country. The documentary looks back at Robbie’s childhood, his family, and explores the emergence of his radical politics in the formative years of Black Power in Australia, his apprenticeship in the 1970’s under Dr Bruce McGuiness, and his emergence as one of the most controversial and uncompromising activists in Australia today.
This film examines his political impact as an activist, how he sustains himself against such great odds and whom he has influenced. In doing so the film uncovers the power of family and the story of how resistance and resilience is transmitted across generations.
