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Utopia (2013)

Utopia poster
Directed by
John Pilger
Genre
documentary film
Country
Australia
Runtime
1h 55m
Rated
12A
Rating
5.7 of 10 from 10 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

John Pilger examines the living conditions of Aboriginal Australians. The film focuses on the community of Utopia in the Northern Territory to show poverty and social issues.

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What happens

Utopia is a 2013 documentary film written, produced and presented by John Pilger and directed by Pilger and Alan Lowery, that explores the experiences of Aboriginal Australians in modern Australia. The title is derived from the Aboriginal homeland community of Utopia, Northern Territory, one of the poorest and most desolate areas in Australia. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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