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The critically-acclaimed film, which began screening at Greater Union cinemas last Thursday, examines tensions between gangs of Lebanese Australian and white youths in Sydney's western suburbs.
It is set in late 2005, when ugly race riots between white and Lebanese Australians flared at the city's Cronulla Beach, sparking a series of retaliatory attacks in which churches, shops and cars were trashed.
The movie uses actual news footage from the riots as it follows the fortunes of a Lebanese Australian man, recently released from prison, who is trying to steer his his younger brother away from ethnic gang violence.
Zitserman compared the film to "Romper Stomper", a 1992 movie about warring gangs of skinheads and Vietnamese migrants in Melbourne that first brought Oscar winner Russell Crowe to the attention of critics.
"(It) is a powerful, critically acclaimed work that has touched a nerve with the Australian public and deserves to be seen by everyone," she said.
The critically-acclaimed film, which began screening at Greater Union cinemas last Thursday, examines tensions between gangs of Lebanese Australian and white youths in Sydney's western suburbs.
It is set in late 2005, when ugly race riots between white and Lebanese Australians flared at the city's Cronulla Beach, sparking a series of retaliatory attacks in which churches, shops and cars were trashed.
The movie uses actual news footage from the riots as it follows the fortunes of a Lebanese Australian man, recently released from prison, who is trying to steer his his younger brother away from ethnic gang violence.
Zitserman compared the film to "Romper Stomper", a 1992 movie about warring gangs of skinheads and Vietnamese migrants in Melbourne that first brought Oscar winner Russell Crowe to the attention of critics.
"(It) is a powerful, critically acclaimed work that has touched a nerve with the Australian public and deserves to be seen by everyone," she said.
