Aquarius
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The dawning of the Aquarius Festival in Nimbin 1973 – an alternative gathering embraced by activists, hippies, and radicals that changed a town (and a generation) forever.
The small northern NSW dairy town was the perfect location, surrounded by farmland and rainforest. The inhabitants (all 300 of them) hoped the event would bring young people to their struggling town. Thousands arrived, all willing to contribute to the festival, whether by playing instruments or digging drains. It wasn’t quite all saunas, nudity, acrobatics, and chilled-out bliss, however: festivalgoers faced down police interference, internal chaos, drugs and personal dramas. Nonetheless, countless participants found kinship as well as a blueprint for a sustainable life. The story of the festival is lovingly told with newly uncovered footage and interviews with festival co-founders and attendees.
Limited seats are available for patrons requiring access for wheelchairs, low vision and hearing loop. Please contact our ticketing team directly on 1300 733 733 or tickets@sff.org.au to complete your booking.Special Guests
Wendy Champagne
Director, Screenwriter
Wendy Champagne is a documentary filmmaker, author and screenwriter. Starting out as a freelance radio and print correspondent, Champagne later specialised in documentary with international productions such as the French-Canadian documentary Taxi, and later the docu-series Women of the Earth (2023). Both her published and screen works have reached local and international acclaim.
Sam Griffin
Producer
Sam Griffin is a screen producer with numerous credits in groundbreaking children’s series (Fizzy & Suds), true crime (After the Night), documentary television (Going Country) and documentary features (Araatika: Rise Up!, SFF 2021). An alumnus of UTS and AFTRS, Griffin moderates talks and panels at documentary festivals and conferences, and mentors emerging filmmakers.
Presented By
- Program Strand
- Documentary Australia Award
- Year
- 2024
- Classification
- Unclassified 15+
- Country
- Australia
- Language
- In English
- Director
- Wendy Champagne
- Producer
- Sam Griffin
- Screenwriter
- Wendy Champagne, Karin Steininger
- Cinematographer
- Justine Kerrigan
- Editor
- Karin Steininger
- Premiere
- World Premiere
- Genre
- Australian Films, Documentary, Environmental, Politics & Economics, Women Directors, World Premieres
- Company Credits
- Australian Distributor: Madman Entertainment
