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	Welcome to the European Network for Indigenous Australian Rights (eniar) -  email update - June 2008
events	not to be missed events - London, Dublin and Berlin this week
London 24 June
	This is Our Country Too - Australia, 2008 A powerful exposé of Australia's hidden apartheid. "From the makers of With or Without Fidel, Blood Diamonds and Bang Bang In Da Manor comes a brave new documentary that delves beyond Australia’s reputation of sun, surf and sand to reveal a nation ruptured by a deep racial divide and contested history. Taking the controversial 2007 Northern Territory Intervention as its starting point, This is Our Country Too is a hard-hitting investigation into Australia's woeful treatment of its indigenous peoples, and a rare depiction of their unrelenting struggle for justice, equality and self-determination. In June 2007, the Australian government took the unprecedented step of suspending its Race Relations Act to introduce the Intervention..... "source: RICENPEAS.com 24 June -7.15pm - Riverside Studios, Crisp Road, Hammersmith 020 8237 1111 (photos courtesy ricenpeas) For more information http://www.ricenpeas.com/docs/this_is_our_country_too.html
London 26 June
	The Black Armband - Murundak "With parallels to Cuba’s Buena Vista Social Club comes the inspirational music from Australia’s black protest movement performed by contemporary Aboriginal musicians and their collaborators, and introduced by Pete Postlethwaite (In the Name of the Father, Brassed Off). For the first time outside Australia, this 28-piece ensemble, accompanied by a backdrop of film images, reveals a largely hidden, sometimes confronting and ultimately uplifting portrait of contemporary Aboriginal life and the heartfelt music that accompanies it." source: Southbank Centre website. 7.30pm - Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, London. To book visit http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk Buy FOUR tickets or more for The Black Arm Band and receive a 25% discount - to book, phone the Ticket Office on 0871 663 2529 and quote 'Buy Four or more and get 25% off'
London 27 June
	International Premiere of Liyarn Ngarn Introduced by Pete Postlethwaite, this uncompromising film charts Pete Postlethwaite's personal journey with respected Aboriginal song-man Archie Roach into the heart of Aboriginal Australia. Liyarn Ngarn has been described as a landmark study of race relations in Australia. Postlethwaite says he wasn’t prepared for how deeply the journey would affect him. ”You don’t just watch this film, you feel this film”. 8pm - Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, London To book visit http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk
Dublin 28 June
	Liyarn Ngarn and the The Black Armband then travel to Dublin - where they appear at - The Button Factory, Curved St. Temple Bar 4pm Liyarn Ngarn film - Introduced by Pete Postlethwaite 7 - 11 pm - Liyarn Ngarn concert (The Black Armband) media release and booking details /news/pdfs/Media_Release-liyarn_ngarn.pdf
Berlin 26 June
	Lowanna photography exhibition Traditional Aboriginal stories and tales have influenced the artist's work to become increasingly intense, mysterious, and probing. Quilliam explains,"To interpret my work is akin to demystify the link between myth and reality, I am interested in the process of covering and uncovering the human element of nature; to find depth, meaning and perhaps even a revelation that we are the vision of a 'creator'." Art Centre, Berlin For more information http://www.eniar.org/news/Lowanna.html (photo courtesy Wayne Quillam and National Indigenous Times)
books
	eniar's book of the month 'Gone for a Song' a must read for all who are interested in justice for Indigenous Australians. Written by Jeff Waters, a journalist who closely followed the story of the death in custody of Mulrunji on Palm Island in 2004, is calling for the full release of compelling evidence which is still being kept secret. (photo courtesy Jeff Waters) For more information http://www.eniar.org/action/bookpage.html