Couldn't Be Fairer

Couldn't Be Fairer
Directed byDennis O'Rourke
Written byMick Miller
Produced byDennis O'Rourke
CinematographyDennis O'Rourke
Edited byTim Litchfield, Ruth Cullen
Release date
  • 1984 (1984)
Running time
50 minutes
CountryAustralia

Couldn't Be Fairer is a 1984 Australian documentary film directed by Dennis O'Rourke and narrated by Aboriginal activist Mick Miller, which paints a disturbing portrait of Indigenous life in Queensland. The title of the film references a 1983 statement about Aboriginal Australians made by Joh Bjelke-Petersen, the Premier of Queensland at the time: "We treat them the same as everyone else – couldn't be fairer."[1][2][3]

  1. ^ ""Yap… + Couldn't Be Fairer"". National Film and Sound Archive. Archived from the original on 28 December 2014. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
  2. ^ ""Documentaries from Down Under: Dennis O'rourke Retrospective"". University of California. Archived from the original on 28 December 2014. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
  3. ^ """COULDN'T BE FAIRER""". CameraWork. Retrieved 28 December 2014.