BOXING FOR PALM ISLAND

Life on Palm Island is plain and simple. You fight to live; you live to fight.

Documentary

2010
52 mins
English

Director 

Adrian Wills

Executive Producer

Marian Macgowan

Producer   

Michaela Perske

Miranda Culley

There is a new generation of warriors coming out of Palm Island, a place with a dark history and a less than stellar reputation. A new era of hope, strength and courage is about to show the world that the kids from Palm Island are fighting back and have the makings of champions, but within this gilded cage comes stories of generational poverty, stories of disadvantage, stories of vicious cycle of intergenerational trauma. This group of boxers are defying stereotypes and taking the future into their own hands with the help and support of Uncle Ray – the man who has brought boxing back to Palm Island.

Festivals

Message Sticks Indigenous film festival opening night 2010