
UTOPIAisanepicproductionbytheEmmyandBaftawinningfilm-makerandjournalistJohnPilger.<br/> UTOPIAisavastregioninNorthernAustraliaandhometotheoldesthumanpresenceonearth."Thisfilmisajourneyintothatsecretcountry,"saysJohnPilger,"ItwilldescribenotonlytheuniquenessofthefirstAustralians,buttheirtrailoftearsandbetrayalandresistance–fromoneutopiatoanother".PilgerbeginshisjourneyinSydney,wherehegrewup,andinCanberra,theNation’sCapital,wheretheNationalParliamentrisesinanaffluentsuburbcalledBarton,recentlyawardedthetitleofAustralia’smostadvantagedcommunity.<br/> AGlobalCampaignilluminatedapartheidinSouthAfrica.NosuchopprobriumhasbeendirectedatAustralia,whereblackAustraliansareimprisonedatuptoeighttimestherateofblacksinapartheidSouthAfrica.Instead,Australia’spostcardimageisthatofthe‘luckycountry’;andindeedfewsocietiesareaswealthy,ifyouleaveouttheoriginalinhabitantsisthatofathirdworldcountry.InthetownofWilcannia,NewSouthWales,theaveragelifeexpectancyofmenis37.ThisisthesecretofapartheidAustralia.<br/> UTOPIAisbothapersonaljourneyanduniversalstoryofpowerandresistanceandhowmodernsocietiescanbedividedbetweenthosewhoconformandadystopianworldofthosewhodonot.

