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CoPP | PPLS | SCREENING | NAIDOC Week: 'Our Warrior' and Q&A with Uncle Charles Pakana | Tuesday 8 July 2025 | 6-7.30pm

[Edited extract from public address]

Join Director Anthony Kelly and journalist and editor Uncle Charles Pakana for a special NAIDOC film screening.

Aboriginal political activist Robbie Thorpe stands as part of a long line of Indigenous resistance to invasion and this powerful documentary 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.

Robbie’s story is 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's message is critical to modern Australia. A Q&A with director Anthony Kelly and Uncle Charles Pakana will follow the screening (Film length 53 minutes).
“To accept one’s past – one’s history – is not the same thing as drowning in it.” - James Baldwin
Where: Emerald Hill Library, 195 Bank Street, South Melbourne Victoria 3205
Cost: Free

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