Sam Crawford Architects Hosts a NRW Film Screening: Maralinga Tjarutja

#NRW2025 - BRIDGING NOW TO NEXT
Bridging Now to Next urges us to look ahead and continue the push forward as past lessons guide us.

Join us in our studio space on the evening of May 22nd for a viewing of the film Maralinga Tjarutja to celebrate National Reconciliation Week 2025. This powerful documentary tells the story of the Maralinga people, their deep connection to Country, and their enduring fight for justice following the British nuclear testing program on their lands. 

As part of the event, we are fundraising for Redfern Youth Connect - a local organisation empowering today’s youth to be the leaders of tomorrow through tutoring, mentoring, fitness and support programs. There is an option to select a free ticket as well as an option to donate when you RSVP (please note fees will be applied which may reduce amount donated to RYC). Donations on the night will also be accepted.

🗓️ Thursday, 22 May 2025
🕡 Doors open at 6:30 PM / Film will start 7pm and runs for 52mins
🎬 Screening followed by a group discussion
🍷 Drinks & snacks provided

RSVP essential - numbers are limited!

If you are unable to attend but would like to donate directly to Redfern Youth Connect then click here.

Maralinga Tjarutja Synopsis
The Maralinga people have lived on their lands for over sixty thousand years. This deep relationship with their country was challenged by the arrival of a colonising force that led to the institutionalisation of the Maralinga people in the Ooldea Mission in the 1920s. This attempt to dispossess was intensified as Maralinga land was used for the British Nuclear Test Program between 1953 and 1963. The Maralinga people never relinquished their connection to and responsibility for their country. They fought for the clean-up of the radioactive and other contamination, for compensation, and for the handback in 2009 of the Maralinga Village and Test Sites. What has been achieved is a rebuilding of traditional communities into vibrant, creative cultural communities that will ensure Maralinga custodianship of their lands for the next sixty thousand years.