CRONULLA RIOTS: the day that shocked the nation

Feature Doc
SBS
Director: Jaya Balendra
Walkley Award Winner - Best Interactive Documentary
ASE Award - Best Editing in a Documentary Program

This online documentary explores the simmering tension between groups of Australians and Lebanese that led to the explosive riots at Sydney’s Cronulla beach one hot day in December 2005. Fuelled by sensational media reports, the riots and retaliation that followed, unleashed a series of confused ideas about patriotism and belonging.