We Are Still Here plot
"1000 years of kinship, loss, grief and resilience"
Stories about 250 years of colonization, racism and imperialism. When an Englishman and an Aboriginal man bump into each other in 1859, the confrontation is initially peaceful. In 1864, a Maori leader must decide whether his people will join the fight against the English. In 1915, two native soldiers meet in the trenches of the First World War. In 1981, a native man wants to tell his father that his mother has died, but encounters the police. On Invasion Day/Australia Day, an Aboriginal man and woman turn to something heavier than graffiti to protest against colonization. In 2021, an Indigenous man gets into trouble with the police when he tries to buy booze. In 2274, a native girl in a post-apocalyptic world seeks help for her ailing grandfather.