High Ground

VCE program

High Ground – EAL focus

Film and lecture

Stephen Maxwell Johnson | Australia | 2020 | MA15+

Tickets

Per student

$15

Teachers free with student group

FREE

When

Monday to Friday during school terms

10am–1.10 (approx)

Depicting the brutality of colonisation, this film opens with a shocking massacre that leaves theYolngu child Gutjuk in the care of missionaries. Some years later, Gutjuk teams up with ex-soldier Travis to track down Baywara, a Yolngu man who is determined to resist the invaders at all costs.

Please note: this film contains graphic violence and sexual assault, and may not be appropriate for students who have experienced trauma.

Program

This program includes a screening of the film, a short break and a 60-minute lecture paced for EAL students and supported with text and images.

Bookings

To make a new booking, a minimum of 50 students is required.

We are offering a scheduled EAL session at 9.45am on 11 February -- no minimum number of students required: BOOK HERE

Event duration

105 mins

Rating

MA15+

Graphic violence

Enquiries

T: (03) 8663 2583
E: education@acmi.net.au

High Ground study guide