Welcome to Australia (1999)

Directed by

Alan Lowery

Genre

documentary film, documentary television film

Country

Australia, United Kingdom

Runtime

1h

Rated

M

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary shows how Aboriginal Australian athletes were historically excluded from Australia's Olympic teams due to racial injustice. John Pilger writes and presents the film.

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What happens

Welcome to Australia is a 1999 Carlton Television documentary, written and presented by John Pilger and directed and produced by Alan Lowery that demonstrates the injustices endured by Aboriginal Australian sportsmen and women who were, until recently, denied a place on Australia's olympic teams. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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