Writer, Producer, Director. Sinem has had a lifelong passion for Aboriginal rights. With a degree in Media, Legal and Aboriginal Studies, she has been working in Aboriginal communities in Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, for the last 10 years, as a teacher and human rights activist. Previous filmmaking includes the documentary “I Know I’m Not Alone”, (Dir. Michael Franti, 2006) on the human costs of war in Iraq, Palestine and Israel. She also co-wrote and directed the first feature length film made by an Australian school, entitled “Premonition” (2003).

Damien Curtis

Writer, Producer. Damien has been working for the last 10 years in empowering tribal peoples to protect their culture and ancestral lands. His previous experiences include working with indigenous communities in the rainforests of Guyana, the Colombian Amazon and in various parts of Africa, with the Gaia Foundation, UNESCO and others. With degrees in Anthropology and Environment & Development, he is committed to strengthening cultural diversity as the foundation for human and environmental wellbeing.

The couple spent three years making Our Generation, interviewing, filming, producing and editing, and now plan to bring it to the world.

"We want it to be a people-powered film; for it to be carried by the public and shown in community centres and schools," Mr Curtis said.

"We want it to become a movement."

The 2010 ROLLING THUNDER TOUR comes to an end!

"Over the past few weeks, we have rolled into every major city in Australia, exploding the film and its message of unity and justice into the hearts of thousands of Australians.

We were honoured by the company of two of the Northern Territory’s most distinguished Aboriginal elders, Rev. Dr. Djiniyini Gondarra OAM from Northeast Arnhem Land and Rosalie Kunoth-Monks OAM from the Central Desert community of Utopia. As well as the wonderful Jeff McMullen AM, who chaired each of our discussion panels.

Along the way, we were joined by special guest musicians JOHN BUTLER, XAVIER RUDD, SHANE HOWARD, MAMA KIN, SHELLIE MORRIS AND ADAM JAMES.

Special guests in our discussion panels included Pat Dodson, Tom Calma, Jon Altman, Albert Wiggan and Lowitja O’Donoghue.

Partner organizations included Amnesty International, GetUp! and the Stop the Intervention Collective.

Each event has been dynamite, and has sparked local and regional movements to carry the film and its message into every community in the country, black and white, young and old, urban and rural. This is a message stick for all Australians."