australian sugar cane burning field

The six members of the working-class Bessette family each mimic a certain stage of the life of the iconic Brother André and are an incarnation of his values and characteristics.

An Argentine family moves to the United States in hope for a better life, but soon realize living in a foreign country is no walk in the park.

This short black and white film takes a look at the daily life and work of North Queensland sugarcane cutters. Five million tons of sugarcane (1016 kg) have to be cut by hand, in backbreaking conditions. Itinerant workers contract with a cane grower and work in gangs to cut the cane and load it for transport to the sugar mills. They start early in the morning, then break for a hearty lunch and a mid-afternoon nap in the tropical heat, before heading back out into the fields again to work another shift until dusk. Cane cutting is hard work and you've got to be tough, but the pay is good and the industry itself means much to the thriving state of Queensland.

As devastating wildfires become increasingly common and intense, Australia is looking for answers in Aboriginal knowledge that goes back thousands of years. Traditional burning could hold the keys to helping stop bushfires– but Indigenous fire practitioners in northern Queensland are fighting for the right to burn their own land.