This is the first review I have ever written. Like with a lot of movies that move me, I go back to IMDb after its over, and think of writing a review. And then I think pff it's late, it'll take too long. I'm tired. etc.but when i fell upon a couple negative reviews after watching this film, thought i'd try and set the record straight.This is a very good documentary. not because of how it's filmed, or edited or whatever, it's simply about the subject. It's deep. It's moving. And once it's over, it sticks with you for a while. You know that effect, like your left in some aftermath of a shocking event.The negative reviews say its one-sided. A lot of documentary's are biased anyway, when you think about it, just trying their best to get their point across. And if this one is, it doesn't matter 'cos we clearly don't hear enough about the sufferings and struggles of the aboriginal community, and you can't deny them. Maybe the Australian "white man" was demonised, maybe things were slightly inflated to fit the purpose. Don't care. You need to hear this stuff. Everyone needs to hear this stuff. Take it with a pinch of salt if you want, but watch it.ps just read Jesse Boland's review (above). way better than mines and on point.

Deceptive journalism at its best. A thoroughly one sided and repetitive film. John Pilger is a self righteous git who edits facts, interviews and footage to suit his point of view. Cheap tricks like adding foreboding music and dark shaky film effects are used to accompany many shots featuring the Australian army, police, government and other opposing parties. Token attempts to appear unbiased by allowing people to explain their actions regarding the aboriginal people are few and often cut short. Yes the aboriginal people have suffered many injustices over the years and more needs to be done, but Pilger paints a picture of a demonic race of white Australians mercilessly eradicating the entirely innocent indigenous population. The whole film is focused on blame and not once does he show or mention anything positive that the Australian government is doing or has ever done to help. I feel less intelligent having seen this film, it seems like John Pilger has taken many a leaf from 'A Current affair' and 'Today tonight'. Incitive rubbish. Do not waste your time.

A good documentary should derail your entire day, unless you had planned ahead to watch it, in which case you are one together human being. Enough fluff, this is a very good, and extraordinarily surprising story to see for a Canadian who already feels that human rights are not shared equally in this world. I was planning to sit around, and watch network crap until I just started watching this to see if I could watch it later, and I was immediately hooked. The first thing shown to you is a 70's era anchorman talking about the plan of sitting ministers to simply round up people for no reason, and move them away, then taint their drinking water to sterilize them in a "Humane" manner. Yes hooked I was, so I stayed to the end, and learned a lot that I thought I knew, but even I had thought that these things had stopped, and that things in "1st" world countries was getting better in how we were treating one another. Just shows how deluded we all are. I Enjoyed the no holds bared journalism from John Pilger, who has been trying to get people to pay attention to this issue for almost 30 years. Just because their ancestors roamed the land like the herds they followed does not mean they did not own it like all men(at least that is my take). If the act of observation changes the observed, then could not the aboriginal peoples say that by observing nature they shaped it?Jesse of www.jesse.ca

The treatment of Australian aborigines was indeed shocking but this film is so biased, one-sided and dishonest that it does not help their cause one bit. Pilger ignores the fact that since the late 1960's (at least) successive governments have made strenuous efforts to make reparations. He blames the mining industry but some Aboriginal groups get a substantial income out of leasing land to mining companies and that the mining companies do employ Aboriginals. There are some successful Aboriginals. Pilger does not interview a single one. Why not? Pilger ignores the terrible problems caused by drink and levels of violence. It is worth noting that Pilger has not lived in Australia for decades but prefers to fly in every so often, criticise the country of his birth and then fly out again.