Australia's ugliest beach day: when sunscreen met xenophobia and everything burned.
On Sunday December 4, 2005, 3 Cronulla lifesavers were coming off duty when they passed a group of 8 Lebanese young men. They stared at each other, a heated verbal exchange turned quickly into a violent brawl, resulting in 3 lifesavers being beaten up. This event was to spark 10 days of violent mob attacks and retaliations, the likes of which Australia had never witnessed. This is the story of the dramatic events covering the lead up to and the 10 days between 4th and 13th December 2005 known as the Cronulla Riots.
Direction
Balendra lets perpetrators and victims speak, no easy heroes.
Editing
News footage collaged into something far more damning than original broadcast.
Director
Jaya Balendra
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
US
AU
