INFRACTIONS

INFRACTIONSisafeaturedocumentaryindialoguewithfrontlineIndigenousculturalworkers'strugglesagainstthreatstomorethan50%ofAustralia'sNorthernTerritoryfromshalegasfracking,includingancientsonglinesandgroundwater.　　　　The‘territory’hereislessofaborderthanastoryoftwoincommensurablelegalsystemsthathavetheirowncinematic,legal,andpoliticalarchives,whiletheregimethatdominatesisinherentlyextinction-oriented.　　　　Refutingcapitalistandcolonialmodelsoflandandwateronthedriestcontinentonearth,INFRACTIONSseekstoestablishproductiveconnectionsbetweendisconnectedarchivesofland,memory,activismandresearch.　　　　ThefilmfeaturescontributionsfromDimakarri‘Ray’Dixon(Mudburra);JackGreen(Garawa,Gudanji);GadrianHoosan(Garrwa,Yanyuwa);JuliriIngra(GoorengGooreng);JackieJohnson(GoorengGooreng);QueKenny(WesternArrarnta);RobertO’Keefe(Wambaya);NeolaSavage(GoorengGooreng);theSandridgeBand,andProfessorIreneWatson(Tanganekald,MeintangkBunganditj).ThefilmwascommissionedbyKW,Berlin,andsupportedbytheAustraliaCouncilandICALondon.　　　　Indigenousledcampaigns:protectcountrynt.org.auandnt.seedmob.org.au.　　　　PresentedbythefilmmakerandQueKenny,WesternArrarntacommunitysupportworker,lawstudentandactivistfromNtaria(Hermannsburg),NorthernTerritory.QuehasbeeninvolvedingrassrootscampaignsagainsttheNorthernTerritoryEmergencyResponse(‘TheIntervention’)since2007,andagainstNorthernTerritorygasfrackingwiththeProtectCountryAlliance.　　　　RachelO’ReillyisasettlerAustralianpoet,researcher,andindependentcurator.SheisaPhdstudentatGoldsmithsCentreforResearchArchitectureandhasanMAfromtheUniversityofAmsterdaminMediaandCulture.SheteachesTheoryattheDutchArtInstitute.https://racheloreilly.net/　　Director/Research/Camera/Sound:RachelO'Reilly.　　Editor/VisualResearch:SebastianBodirsky.　　Camera:TiborHegedis,ColleenRaven(NharlaPhotography).　　Soundmastering:JochenJezussek.　　Mapvisuals:ValleMedina,BenjaminReynolds(Pa.LaC.E).　　Subtitles:KatharinaHabibi.