Nunkuwarrin Yunti makes it big in the U.S.A.

SA Link-Up Program’s film ‘Why Me?’ was entered in theU.S International film and video Festival 2006, in Rodondo Beach, California.

It has won ‘Creative Excellence Award’ in the Documentary Section.

Why Me? is a film featuring five Aboriginal people in four stories, selected at random, showing the human costs of a policy which removed children from their families and country.

The film shows the careful work of restoring meaning and connection to dislocated lives. Re-enacted scenes from the 1950s and 60s in three of the stories puts viewers in touch with the emotional journey of the children of our stolen generations.

Sid Graham, Doris Kartinyeri, Lyn Jones, Brenda Rogerson and Evelyn Rogerson act their own stories in the film.

The Film was produced by Light Image Productions and funded by Department of Health and Ageing (OATSIH), Nunkuwarrin Yunti of SA inc. and SA Film Corporation.

Congratulations to everyone who supported and involved in the film.

DVD’s can be ordered through:

Evelyn Rogerson, Lyn Jones, Doris Kartinyeri, Sid Graham and Brenda Rogerson