Environmental Film Festival: Yurlu | Country
Yurlu is the ancestral Country of Banjima Elder Maitland Parker and is also the largest contaminated site in the Southern Hemisphere. Discover his fight for justice, and his unbreakable bond with the land.
Yurlu | Country (2025), directed by Yaara Bou Melhem
Image: Yaara Bou Melhem
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Age: Recommended 15+ years
2025 | Unclassified 15+ | 80min | Australia
Directed by Yaara Bou Melhem
The breathtaking red landscape of WA’s Pilbara region is scarred by millions of tonnes of toxic waste. With an exclusion zone of nearly 47,000 hectares, it’s the largest contaminated site in the Southern Hemisphere. It is also the ancestral Country, or Yurlu, of Banjima Elder Maitland Parker.
Director Yaara Bou Melhem documents Parker’s environmental and cultural activism, his long-standing battle for justice and his unbreakable bond with Country.
Yurlu | Country is part of the 2026 Environmental Film Festival; a series of compelling films that celebrate our planet and the people fighting to protect it. See the full lineup here.
