Genocide in the Wildflower State is a 57 documentary produced by YOKAI Healing Our spirit (Western Australian Stolen Generations Aboriginal Corporation) and Bringing Them Home WA Inc., written and directed by Frank Rijavec, co written and researched by Steve Mickler, and narrated by Kelton Pell. This award winning documentary uses first person testimony from Aboriginal survivors and their descendants, alongside archival footage to tell the story of a state run system of racial absorption, eugenics, and social assimilation that was enacted in 20th century Western Australia. Genocide in the Wildflower State is a 57 minute documentary about a violent, state run system of eugenics, racial absorption, and social assimilation in twentieth century, Western Australia. For the more than six decades between 1905 and 1972, thousands of Aboriginal children in Western Australia were forcibly removed from their families. Systematically organised by the State, overwhelmingly supported by West Australian society, generation after generation, for over sixty years — the State worked to destroy Aboriginal families, culture, and language, for the purpose of securing white, settler dominance. In 1997 a National Inquiry called this for what it was — Genocide. More than 25 years later, Genocide in the Wildflower State is truth telling and a demand for justice. It is about helping to heal the trauma in the Survivor community, and building understanding in broader society. The screening will be followed by a Q&A session involving one of the producers and another member of the producing organisation.
Frank Rijavec Steve Mickler Dr Jim Morrison Alan Carter
20260730T140020260730T1530America/Argentina/Buenos_AiresSCREENING: Genocide in the Wildflower State: Remembering the Western Australian Stolen GenerationsSV402 (ART)MSA Buenos Aires 2026buenosairesconference@memorystudiesassociation.org
