Banjima Elder Maitland Parker calls his yurlu (homeland) “poison country”. The Wittenoom mines left behind more than 3 million tonnes of waste rock laced with deadly asbestos fibres, turning 46,840 hectares of Banjima Country into a toxic exclusion zone. Yurlu | Country follows Maitland as he confronts government inaction and corporate greed in the hope of healing his ancestral lands, while living with terminal mesothelioma, an aggressive cancer resulting from asbestos exposure.
Programming
8th FINCA
LATAM premiere
Yurlu
Yurlu | Country
International Feature Films Official Competition
Australia / 2025 / 79’/ Documentary
Direction: Yaara Bou Melhem
Qualification: Suitable for all audiences
Thematic: Land, Mining, Pollution
Section: Indigenous Peoples
Contact: yaara@illuminate-films.com.au
Dates, times and locations:
Thursday, August 13 / 8:30 PM / Cine York
Synopsis:
Trailer
With the support of the Embassy of Australia in Argentina.
Free Admission. Seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis.
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The following films will also be screened at the Cine York screening (Thursday, August 13 / 8:30 PM):
Ziki
Italy / 2025/ 12′ / Animation
Director: Roberta Palmieri, Olga Sargenti
