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Bass Coast and Latrobe Health present 'Off Country' free screening for reconciliation week at Berninneit on 28 May 2025
Bass Coast Shire Council and Latrobe Community Health Service present Off Country - a free Reconciliation Week film exploring Indigenous student experiences during COVID. Bookings essential. [PG] 80 mins. Viewer discretion advised.
Bass Coast Shire Council and Latrobe Community Health Service are proud to present a special screening of Off Country, a Reconciliation Film Club documentary for National Reconciliation Week 2025.
Bass Coast Shire and Latrobe Community Health Service proudly present Off Country for National Reconciliation Week 2025, a powerful Reconciliation Film Club documentary screening
From inside the Geelong Grammar boarding house, on the sports fields and in the classroom, Off Country follows the 2020 school year as the school is thrown into chaos as the pandemic hits. Students wrestle with their identities as they move between boarding life and home life and offer complex portraits of what it is to be an Indigenous child in Australia today. This is a FREE event. Patrons must book seats, with details below:
- Directors: Rhian Skirving & John Harvey
- Rating: [PG]
- Runtime: 80 mins
WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are warned that this program may contain footage of deceased persons. Book via trybooking website.
Pictures from Bass Coast Shire Council website.
Source: www.gippsland.com
Published by: news@gippsland.com

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