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VOICE

An inspirational feature documentary about a youth-led cross-country road trip to gather grassroots support for the Australian Indigenous Voice referendum.

DIRECTOR: Semara Jose & Krunal Padhiar PRODUCER: Shannon Wilson-McClinton EDITOR: Krunal Padhiar DOP: Krunal Padhiar Executive Producer: Ben Lawrence

APPLE TV | DOCPLAY

 

Melbourne International Film Festival Audience Award Winner and the first major Australian documentary to chronicle the journey of the Voice referendum.

This beautiful film follows a group of indigenous youth on a road trip, guided by their mentors from Deadly Inspiring Youth Doing Good (DIYDG) from Cairns in Far North Queensland - the traditional home of the Yidinji and Yirrganydji peoples.

Their mission, to nuture future leaders and build a grassroots campaign advocating for the 2023 β€˜Yes’ vote to parliament.

Packed in a minibus, the group make a 3000 kilometre pilgrimage to the annual Freedom Day festival - to commemorate a historic 1966 civil rights victory.

En route, they share their life experiences and those of their families. But while they seek to inspire a new future, the resulting vote seemingly closes one chapter and begins another, in an ongoing fight for rights.

ben@caravanpictures.com