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AWARD WINNING ‘PUNKS FOR WEST PAPUA’ DOCUMENTARY SCREENINGS ANNOUNCE IN MURWILLUMBAH, CANBERRA, & SYDNEY New screening dates have been announced for the multi-award winning documentary “Punks For West Papua” in Murwillumbah, Canberra, Newcastle and Brookvale/Sydney as part of the ‘Banned In Indonesia Screening Tour’, presented by The Free West Papua Campaign and Hired Gun TV. These screenings will coincide with Indonesian President Joko Widodo‘s visit to Australia next week bringing the West Papuan issue to the fore along with demonstrations happening around the country. Friday 10 March – Regent Cinema, Murwillumbah Tuesday 14 March – PSA House, Sydney Friday 17 March – Australian National University, Canberra Monday 20 March – Newcastle University Thursday 23 March – 4Pines Brewery, Brookvale More screening dates to be announced. Proceeds go to The United Liberation Movement Of West Papua. All screenings will be hosted by director Anthony Ash Brennan along with guest speakers at each event. Since filming ‘Punks For West Papua’, Ash has continued to help spread awareness of the plight of the West Papuans from organising global Rockin For West Papua live music & arts events, to staging personal protests in various locations around the world, and he has recently been invited to become the Australian representative for the Free West Papua campaign by the International Leader of the campaign Benny Wenda. The confronting 46 minute short film documents an Australian wide movement spearheaded by a Sydney punk band to raise awareness of the genocide of the Indonesian people by the Indonesian military, and contains footage by West Papuan film maker Wensi Fatubun who has spent years documenting human rights abuses against the West Papuans by the Indonesian military. Wensi has travelled to the UN in Geneva on many occasions, presenting his footage as proof of the ongoing human rights abuses occurring in West Papua. The UN human rights commission are now taking Wensi's footage very seriously. On Saturday 10th December 2016 Indonesian police shut down a screening of the “Punks For West Papua” documentary for film students in Manado, Northern Sulawesi Province, Indonesia. Several West Papuan students were taken away for questioning. No one was detained. The shutting down of this screening is further proof of the lack of freedom of speech and human rights of the West Papuan people. This is a film that the Australian Government does not want you to see. “Punks For West Papua” has won several awards around the world including the Sydney Indie Film Awards & the Hollywood International Independent Documentary awards, was the Humanitarian Feature Film Winner at the 2016 Variety Film Festival Online, received an Award Of Merit at IndieFest San Diego 2016 and has also been included in the Official Selection and has screened at many film festivals. Punks For West Papua - trailer https://vimeo.com/167078538 Past Media The Brag, Aus – “Five Minutes With Ash Brennan, Producer/Director of Punks For West Papua” http://www.thebrag.com/arts/five-minutes-ash-brennan-producerdirector-punks-west-papua TheMusic, Aus – “Documentary Transforms Sydney Bnefit Gig Into Global Event” http://themusic.com.au/news/all/2016/01/29/documentary-transforms-sydney-charity-gig-into-global-event/ www.Punks4WestPapua.com www.facebook.com/P4WP16