Power to Country now streaming on ABC iView

Power to Country is now available on ABC iView.

Power to Country is an intimate portrait of Garrwa woman Shirley Simon, displaced by global shifts in climate and a lack of stable power. Shirley was forced to leave her family’s homelands on a beautiful island in remote Northern Territory because of energy insecurity but the place she escapes to, the nearby town of Borroloola, is also dealing with an energy crisis. As a strong matriarch, Shirley wants to ensure her descendants are connected to their country and culture — community-owned solar power might just be the solution she needs to return home.

Discover how Garrwa woman Shirley and her community are fighting for energy security and watch Power to Country today.

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Storytellers: Shirley Simon, Lynette Simon and Family

Director: Josef Jakamarra Egger

Producer: Andrea Distefano

Supervising Director: Genevieve Grieves

Field Producer: Libby Collins

1st Assistant Director: Conrad Rory

Co-Producer: Maya Ghattas

Executive Producer: Kelrick Martin

Consulting Producer: Kieran Satour

Cinematographer: Ryan Andrew Lee

Sound Designer: Lachlan Harris

Editor: Josh Burns

Sound Recordist: Francis Diatschenko

Supervising Post Producer: Ramona Telecican

Production Assistant: Anita Archer

Supervising Editor: Rah Dakota

Legals: Deborah Doctor

Special thanks to Yanyuwa and Garrwa People, Shirley Simon, Lynette Simon and family, Gadrian Hoosan, The Original Power team including Conrad Rory, Lauren Mellor, Dan Brookes and Scotty McDinny, Shaun Evans and the Li-Anthawirriyarra Sea Ranger Unit, Mabunji Aboriginal Resource Indigenous Corporation, Malandari store and Redimart store, Borroloola and the GARUWA team. 

Filmed on the traditional country of the Yanyuwa, Marra, Garrwa, Gudanji and Binbingka people of the Borroloola Community and Mumathamburru (West Island), North-East Northern Territory.

Power to Country was supported by ABC, Screen Territory, Doc Society and Shark Island Foundation