Source: Kanopy Streaming
Director
Steven McGregor
Writer
Steven McGregor
Producer
Tania Fraser
DOP
Warwick Thornton, Curtis Marriott
Year
2010
Location
Alice Springs, Northern Territory
Northern Territory
Type
Documentary
ASO Link
Synopsis
This impassioned documentary was rejected for broadcast by ABC TV as “biased” and lacking “balance”. John Howard introduced the Intervention legislation in July 2007. Two years later, an official United Nations rapporteur on human rights, Professor James Anaya, described the policy as an “extraordinary measure which infringes on the rights and determinations of Indigenous People”. In this film, two Aboriginal spokespersons – Barbara Shaw from the Mount Nancy Town Camp, Alice Springs, and Richard Downs from the Alyawarr Nation – give their views on the effect of the legislation over its first two years of operation. Their stories are accompanied by archival footage and news broadcasts of key moments in the history of the Intervention. (Source: Ronin Films https://www.roninfilms.com.au/feature/4894/intervention-years-on-from-caama-collection.html)
