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  • A soldier discover his life has been stolen.
    MIRO is used with permission from Victoria Wharfe McIntyre. Learn more at vimeo.com/user....
    World War II is going on, and Australia is conscripting Aboriginal men into service, even though they don't have citizenship or rights in the country. Miro is one of these men, taken from his family and thrown onto the battlefield, where he risks his life at the front lines for a country that treats him as less than human and deprives him of his rights.
    But when he returns back home, he discovers his land has been taken from him and his family spirited away from their home, relocated to a dangerous place where his wife and daughter are persecuted and preyed upon. Miro decides to rescue them, taking the bravery he's learned on the battlefield to mete out his own brand of justice.
    Writer-director Victoria Wharfe McIntyre's epic short mixes historical drama with the Western genre, making for a supremely stylish, engaging yet eye-opening look at a forgotten chapter and perspective in history. It has a contemporary energy in its movement and stylistic bravura, but a classicism in its epic sweep and power.
    The visuals have the look and feel of a feature, with sweeping camerawork and bold, vivid cinematography that evoke everything from the tension of the battlefront to the dusty isolation of the Australian desert. The film is on the longer side for a short, and the scope of the narrative is also unusually wide-ranging, spanning a diverse range of locations and time. As a result, the pacing and events move quickly, keeping the audience on its toes and constantly ratcheting up the tension.
    The audience is pulled through a vast historical and cultural tableau, and while there are beautiful images to tantalize the eye and action sequences that compel attention, viewers are also asked to consider the experience of WWII from a point-of-view not often chronicled in the history books.
    Though the dramatic treatment is heightened by Western flourishes, Miro's story is based on actual historical precedent and situations. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island peoples served in both world wars well before they were considered citizens of Australia, and faced enormous prejudice and discrimination despite their sacrifice and heroism -- the same situation Miro faces in the story. Miro can't get justice or respect even though he fought for a government that is mistreating his people and family. So like any Western hero, he decides to take the law into his own hands, in a spectacular ending that is both thrilling in its unfolding and stylishly bold in its execution.
    Immersive and gripping, MIRO takes the traditional war hero story and gives it an Indigenous slant, and then adds a Western kick to the drama. Yet instead of making a lone outsider the engine of the story's action, it puts Miro's domestic and ancestral identity at front and center, making him emotionally relatable as a husband and father out to preserve his culture and protect his loved ones from danger.
    In many ways, the epic, even glamorous quality of the filmmaking is its own form of honor and wish fulfillment, for a people who have long suffered and whose struggles have been erased from historical record. The war experiences of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island soldiers are only just beginning to be recovered and recorded, and while MIRO isn't a documentary, it still inserts Indigenous presence in the great traditions of cinematic storytelling, with style, audacity and respect.

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  • @jshelton100
    @jshelton100 4 роки тому +2180

    You know the world is a bad place when even a priest is forced to bear arms.
    This film has the same vibe as Django Unchained. I hope to see a sequel.

    • @johnvanegmond1812
      @johnvanegmond1812 4 роки тому +48

      Any group of people, that compels a person to commit horrible acts that that person would never think of doing otherwise is a bad group of people. Governments are responsible for the largest percentage of murders. And governments sell the idea that if they were not there, murderers would abound. The random whack job or even group of whack jobs can't even start to come close to the murder record of governments.

    • @christianwolff7093
      @christianwolff7093 4 роки тому +51

      Priest was a dang good shot though

    • @DedicatedSpartan
      @DedicatedSpartan 4 роки тому +36

      you know its a good priest when he picks up arms

    • @mightyhuman1
      @mightyhuman1 4 роки тому +9

      they dont make sequels on omeleto... at least there havent in the past.

    • @SSJGhost_Wolf
      @SSJGhost_Wolf 4 роки тому +11

      @@mightyhuman1 well it's not omeletos films, they take short films that are made from smaller production companies all across the world

  • @Lunarian3575
    @Lunarian3575 4 роки тому +1296

    The Priest was my favorite character, while the Protagonist was off to War he looked after his family and tried everything In his power to protect them. And once the Protagonist came back he took up arms and helped save his family. Thats a true Bro right there.

    • @doronron7323
      @doronron7323 4 роки тому +46

      The state doesn't like you 'taking the law into your own hands'. In reality the state would pursue the father and the priest and hang them, no matter what injustice they'd been through. Then justice would have prevailed! Now my head hurts.

    • @jacovawernett3077
      @jacovawernett3077 4 роки тому +10

      The priest was the calm in this storm.

    • @jacovawernett3077
      @jacovawernett3077 4 роки тому +7

      @Evan Koch there are many wonderful priests..L'chaim

    • @Mercmad
      @Mercmad 4 роки тому +11

      The preist in real life would have been a Lutheran . There were a lot of them in the past in Australia serving little communities and there are no reported cases of child abuse as found in other denominations. During WW2 a lot of Aboriginal men served ,even one who served as fighter pilot!. If Australia hadn't recalled her troops back from Europe to defend the country from japan, (no one else could) most if not all of the aboriginals and big percentage of the rest of the population would have suffered the same fate as the Manchurian population .
      If Japan had of known of the true mineral wealth of Australia,which even Australia was unaware of until the 1950's , there would have been no stopping them.

    • @brucetheshepard5.7x28
      @brucetheshepard5.7x28 4 роки тому +7

      @@doronron7323 no witnesses no problem. They killed all of those who would testify against. As far as anyone knows nothing ever happened.

  • @Kemodreizehn
    @Kemodreizehn 3 роки тому +57

    That Scream of the Mother after loosing her Daughter.....Damn...what a great Actor she is!!!!

    • @charliefoster3221
      @charliefoster3221 2 роки тому +5

      Hopefully she did it one one take, that much emotion is hard to drum up for actors. If not one but maybe three.

    • @desosmom1
      @desosmom1 Рік тому +1

      Girl, she had me crying as a mom of 2, I couldn't imagine

  • @sebastiansergent8618
    @sebastiansergent8618 4 роки тому +368

    You train a man to fight for what he loves; his country and his family, and thats exactly the war he is fighting back home.

    • @neoc03
      @neoc03 3 роки тому

      @@Nate-uf4xk cannibalism happened in every force in the pacific theater once food ran out. Don't get me wrong the Japanese were horrible in WWII, but I was just commenting about cannibalism being in every force in specific fronts.

    • @denierdev9723
      @denierdev9723 3 роки тому +3

      @@neoc03 You don't know that for a fact unless there is evidence. Can't say that The Confederates had Gatling guns at Cold Harbor just because the Union did, for example.

    • @sbalogh53
      @sbalogh53 3 роки тому +1

      The military trained him well.

  • @MyMs1979
    @MyMs1979 4 роки тому +183

    These unspeakable acts left an indelible scar on the Aboriginal people and it was hardly the first.

    • @letsbehonest4221
      @letsbehonest4221 3 роки тому +2

      Many indigenous people signed up of their own free will .. guessing you never herd of people like Len Waters ..
      ..

    • @letsbehonest4221
      @letsbehonest4221 3 роки тому

      @@solarneptune7342 yes correct...
      A few years back i had the honer of meeting Len Waters wife. Tho Les passed away some time ago his wife was happy to educate me on both their freewilled enrolment in the armed forces..
      ...

  • @whatdafrogdoin1080
    @whatdafrogdoin1080 4 роки тому +1648

    How does an omelet have better shows than netflix

    • @SaintlessRex
      @SaintlessRex 4 роки тому +24

      I mean the Punisher, Shameless, and Breaking Bad are pretty nice shows.

    • @equiaux
      @equiaux 4 роки тому +55

      Cuz they do it with passion

    • @cdtmajkyleanthonyariza2cl427
      @cdtmajkyleanthonyariza2cl427 4 роки тому +19

      Much more with pretty short ones with less than an hour

    • @bigdapramirez6157
      @bigdapramirez6157 4 роки тому +20

      Cuz nowadays Netflix has to put out hundreds of crappy originals to compete with other streaming services who have movies and shows you can't find there

    • @sau_of_lkwd
      @sau_of_lkwd 4 роки тому +9

      @@bigdapramirez6157 i mean theres a lot of good netflix originals bro

  • @Crochetaway
    @Crochetaway 4 роки тому +808

    The extreme amount of injustice this man was put thru upset me so much I almost clicked off. Glad I didn’t, the end was badass.

    • @drd.n4695
      @drd.n4695 4 роки тому +6

      I agree with you. It was terrible.

    • @SSJGhost_Wolf
      @SSJGhost_Wolf 4 роки тому +6

      Thanks for that, I was going through the comments to see if this film got better, my blood was boiling watching it

    • @brianshissler3263
      @brianshissler3263 4 роки тому +3

      Thank you for not spoiling it.

    • @drd.n4695
      @drd.n4695 4 роки тому +1

      @Evan Koch This happens at the level of the individual and the collective. This short reminds me of the AVENGER archetype Oracle card. I always pray for healing at both levels. Lest, the shadow (violence) perpetuates. Natives, Slaves and the Colonized all suffered due to the West's arrogance. They still continue this but it's time we think of the price both the victim and the perpetrator inflicts on their future generations. Quick gains. Eternal suffering. Spiritual crisis, what else!

    • @seagrave7336
      @seagrave7336 4 роки тому +11

      Does not quite rise to the atrocities committed by Japanese soldiers in China. Throwing infants in the air to skewer them with a bayonet is a special kind of evil.

  • @Corithaniel
    @Corithaniel 4 роки тому +348

    I loved in that last scene how there was no hesitation.

    • @Phoenix_cataclysm_in_2040
      @Phoenix_cataclysm_in_2040 4 роки тому +3

      Um, but then he didn't shot him dead first time.

    • @Palumini
      @Palumini 4 роки тому +22

      I like how the green screen be lookin fresh at the sort of end

    • @-ivory-
      @-ivory- 4 роки тому +20

      Yeah normally In movies they always wait and screw up because of it. He just straight up shot him dead.

    • @monikonguyen8067
      @monikonguyen8067 4 роки тому +6

      yeah that scene was badass

    • @joebloe1152
      @joebloe1152 3 роки тому +4

      "He who hesitates is lost"

  • @insanezombieman753
    @insanezombieman753 4 роки тому +919

    I haven't seen many films dealing with the racism faced by aborigines during those times. Very nicely done, like the tarantino style filming. Not easy to pull of in such a short format

    • @bravoalley228
      @bravoalley228 4 роки тому +20

      it's ignored and not recognised as much as other discrimination.

    • @1Faith1Fate
      @1Faith1Fate 4 роки тому +24

      Agreed. I kinda wish they made a full fledged movie about this. You see a lot about discrimination in American and Africa. I personally haven't seen or heard anything pertaining to Australia.

    • @symonrocks9847
      @symonrocks9847 4 роки тому +11

      There are plenty of movies about racism towards native Australians out there, they never get the attention of the media like other films.
      More should be shown on national TV, but they won't.

    • @neoc03
      @neoc03 3 роки тому +6

      @@bravoalley228 I think the US is too often front and center because of what we did to the native americans and slavery. Pretty much anywhere where white people are now that is outside of Europe was take from the natives by force, and then they made the natives 3rd class citizens.

    • @straighttalking2090
      @straighttalking2090 3 роки тому +8

      @@neoc03 You should look at 'black' history in Africa. Even in your lifetime (unless you are very young) the news has covered genocides between one tribe and another in Africa. Look what happened in Rwanda between the Tutsis and Hutu. And who do you think captured the people who were made slaves for trade with the Americas? They weren't white. Take a look at the Kingdom of Dahomey. Africans made slaves of Africans.

  • @sqd8r
    @sqd8r 4 роки тому +192

    "Aboriginal men into service, even though they don't have citizenship or rights in the country." In their own country... FFS

    • @neoc03
      @neoc03 3 роки тому +13

      Welcome to white supremacy logic. In the positive column I think going to war together changed a lot of minds. They realized color didn't matter, and that you were really just fighting for each other.

    • @ncaa12cfb92
      @ncaa12cfb92 3 роки тому +1

      Welcome to BLM

    • @saroyafanniel8932
      @saroyafanniel8932 3 роки тому +1

      "In their own country..." being the operative phrase that people always slip over in their complacent acceptance of these psychotic systems of " 'wht supremacy" which have been in place for 5-6 centuries. People do not even know the True and actual history of Europe and America. The presence of melanated royalty and aristocracy was widespread and accepted. It was about being Christian or Muslim back then - the Moors were the one's who taught them about bathing, rubbing alcohol, perfume and changing clothes daily (among other things; like the sciences). As is per usual they fell out of favor because the majority were Mu [ham] madans or He [brews] (including King James I and VI of Great Britain, France and Ireland who kept the Sat. Sabbath in defiance to the 'Pope'). They were placed into slavery, indentured servitude or made homeless, after having their property and accounts confiscated, then placed upon ships headed for the Americas and Caribbean. The lies and indoctrination of the US 'compulsory education' (K-12) model is a nefarious program designed to dish out good cogs for their workforce. What To Think = 100; Critical Thinking = 0
      _________________________________________________________

    • @ncaa12cfb92
      @ncaa12cfb92 3 роки тому +7

      @@saroyafanniel8932 you have to realize that it is how ancient cultures thrived by the taking and pillaging of land the Europeans did this in the 1400s-1900s and they get all the slack civilization would not be as advanced as it is now without European, Asian, and Muslim colonization. It’s not white supremacy to take some one else land. White supremacy is the putting down and slaughter of other races. Every single civilization did this and it’s shaped the world of today as we know it

    • @umitencho
      @umitencho 3 роки тому

      @@ncaa12cfb92 Europeans have been forming Empires for much longer than that or did you forget about the Roman Empire that touched three continents. Go learn your own history before coming here lick booting your racist excuses.

  • @shirleyf146
    @shirleyf146 4 роки тому +1183

    Excellent. I would definitely go to the cinema to watch this.

    • @theholydoge7616
      @theholydoge7616 4 роки тому +14

      Dude social distancing...

    • @deadfishy
      @deadfishy 4 роки тому +13

      watch "Rabbit Proof Fence" for a full story.

    • @waiger
      @waiger 4 роки тому +7

      @@theholydoge7616 Doesnt mean he cant go

    • @williamlyttle5523
      @williamlyttle5523 4 роки тому +3

      Same imagine how amazing these films could be with a Hollywood budget

    • @felixheyde585
      @felixheyde585 4 роки тому +1

      Just watch Django unchained...

  • @theobscure734
    @theobscure734 3 роки тому +26

    I like how the guy just shot him instantly instead of the other movies which took forever

  • @nolidee4917
    @nolidee4917 4 роки тому +357

    Hope to see this as a full feature, to the people who put this together, well done!

    • @deadfishy
      @deadfishy 4 роки тому +5

      Rabbit Proof Fence.

    • @Phred289
      @Phred289 3 роки тому +1

      Miro "Unchained".

    • @garethoneill5676
      @garethoneill5676 3 роки тому +2

      The only problem of course is that it's an overly contrived plot and made with obvious homages to Django Unchained and The Searchers.

    • @nolidee4917
      @nolidee4917 3 роки тому

      @@garethoneill5676 Name me a single original film, hell idea even. There isnt one.. Maybe once ever few thousand years but I am sure that generational memory or the conversation with another inspired that idea taking away it original status.. In other words, it's all been done. It will all be done again. Original is a construct that's never really existed to begin with.

    • @garethoneill5676
      @garethoneill5676 3 роки тому +1

      @@nolidee4917 true, but this is just blatant. I'd be more impressed seeing a film where some refugee in Europe returns to Africa or The Middle East to face the people that murdered his family and forced them to leave their homeland. Only problem with that is the bad guy won't be a whitey so I guess nobody will pay for that. I guess we have to trawl through history and be ignorant of what's happening in the contemporary world.
      Maybe we'll see a film about The Australian SAS in Afghanistan eh?

  • @heathwells3564
    @heathwells3564 4 роки тому +166

    “You shouldn’t be here” then justice

    • @MerwinARTist
      @MerwinARTist 4 роки тому +7

      The words, "You shouldn't be here." .. a statement about how welcome JUSTICE is.

    • @duckyO.o
      @duckyO.o 3 роки тому +3

      but i love how the last line was that the aboriginal man told the guy "you don't belong here"

  • @SageofSorrow
    @SageofSorrow 3 роки тому +44

    The main character has a lot of charisma and screen presence. Don’t know that actor but hope to see him in more roles. Also that character gave me “El Mariachi” vibes. Just a natural badass

    • @aryanto0003
      @aryanto0003 2 роки тому +2

      Mark Coles Smith

    • @lynettedevries1824
      @lynettedevries1824 2 роки тому +1

      @@aryanto0003, just saw him on a TV show on the ABC MYSTERY ROAD. Quite a few years ago here in Australia there was one called BONEY about a part aborigine detective. It was made from a series of books by Arthur Upfield. This actor would make a very good BONEY if they ever made a remake.

    • @lynettedevries1824
      @lynettedevries1824 2 роки тому

      The actor played a constable in the TV series MYSTERY ROAD. A very good murder, mystery. UA-cam has clips from it.

  • @verminc0rpse
    @verminc0rpse 4 роки тому +98

    Awesome ending. Things went exactly as they should've, total satisfaction to the viewers.

    • @geraldmiller8973
      @geraldmiller8973 3 роки тому +1

      i would have liked to see much more violence. where are the small atom bombs when you need them?

  • @doronron7323
    @doronron7323 4 роки тому +122

    One of the most painful things I've ever watched. When it comes to dealing with the state, whatever state you live under, that's when you realise what your freedom is worth. Nothing.

    • @Giby86
      @Giby86 4 роки тому +3

      That is what you took away from this? Wow.

    • @dasr11mj33
      @dasr11mj33 4 роки тому +9

      @@Giby86 yes doron ron is right. Depending on one's skin color, religion, political beliefs, gender, gender identity, sexual preferences, etc have their freedoms and rights curtailed by the prejudices of the ruling class and the purveyors of hate and discrimination.

    • @Giby86
      @Giby86 4 роки тому +1

      @@dasr11mj33 ...yeah. So the problem is hate, discrimination and prejudices, not "the State, whatever State you live under". Did you see "the State" in the scene of the bar? Was "the State" the spineless, worthless coward of a man who doesn't stand up for his brother in arms when he gets insulted? I don't think so.

    • @dasr11mj33
      @dasr11mj33 4 роки тому +9

      @@Giby86 the state passed the laws that helped enable the hate, the prejudice, the taking of his child and wife, and his land. If you took the time to read up on the history from that time period of Australia you would find out that the government was rounding up aboriginal people and their children in order "to civilize" them as well as indoctrinate them into good christian people. Much like the United States and Canada did to the Native American tribes at the later part of the 19th century and early 20th century. All done under the laws of those countries sponsored by land grabbing land barons and money hungry christian missionaries. Same story holds true for the Hawaiian Islands as well. So take some time and read a little deeper into the history of Australia, the United States, and Canada. They are a small example of how the European Coloinization laws affected aboriginal tribes over the centuries. Plus before I forget the same narrative applies to the Spanish Empire in its conquest of South America and Central America with the same level of prejudicial laws that enslaved the indigenous aboriginal populations. One can learn a lot from reading history.

    • @Giby86
      @Giby86 4 роки тому +1

      @@dasr11mj33 Oh, I agree. It must be the reason why I've got a master's degree in history. Don't presume, buddy, I know. Specifically, I know that THESE specific examples of THESE specific governments did atrocious things. But saying that, and I quote...again..."When it comes to dealing with the state, whatever state you live under, that's when you realise what your freedom is worth" is just factually wrong, and quite frankly I shouldn't have to spell it out. It's not "the State" that is the problem. Do I have to provide the many examples where "the State" has been the bastion that stood FOR freedom, even in the face of fierce public opposition?

  • @liamgroen5220
    @liamgroen5220 4 роки тому +1846

    Can you imagine Australians saying "you don't belong here" although the Australians took the Aborigi's home away

    • @dddila
      @dddila 4 роки тому +209

      I can't wrapped my head around the fact that this happened to mostly every native people by white people

    • @AveTrainOnDaTrack
      @AveTrainOnDaTrack 4 роки тому +49

      Tidal Wave And now its the other way around, now they’re invading our homelands

    • @FPS_miyagi
      @FPS_miyagi 4 роки тому +28

      Native Americans too lmao

    • @daganisoraan
      @daganisoraan 4 роки тому +202

      @@dddila What you wrote shows a clear misunderstanding of history and a bit of racism. This hasn't happened to mostly every native people by white people. No, this has litteraly happened to all people regardless of cultures by other people. Its not, the "white" people that have been more bad than other people.Literaly every civilization has been bad toward their near and far neighbors. Some, maybe just a bit more than others. If you take the time to look at your past and mine, well, literrally everyone ancestors have been wronged by everyone else ancestors at some point in the past.
      As for the part of racism, well, the skin colors of invaders and invaded has nothing to do as to why those things happened. Its not a question of skin color, but of how advanced the two meeting civilization were. You are deeply wrong if you think for one second that the "native" people would have acted kindly toward "white" people if the roles would have been reversed.

    • @stonemagic540
      @stonemagic540 4 роки тому +51

      @@daganisoraan YEP...Right on...

  • @jasonluong3862
    @jasonluong3862 4 роки тому +771

    "We're not citizens."
    "You are now."
    That's pretty much sums it all with any form of bigotry. Some people are second class citizens until their flesh and blood are valuable. Then they are equal for the duration of their usefulness. The same actually can be said of all people sent to war. Patriotic jingoistic fervor sweeps the land by the government to get your men and women to join the war, to fight for the interest of those in power. When it's over and the soldiers come home wounded and damaged, they become a non-person again.

    • @crepskul2227
      @crepskul2227 4 роки тому +17

      Well said

    • @BoogalooBoy
      @BoogalooBoy 4 роки тому +3

      No.

    • @Crezelltree4261
      @Crezelltree4261 4 роки тому +2

      Jason Luong:So you feel all wars are unjust including WW2?

    • @Crezelltree4261
      @Crezelltree4261 4 роки тому +4

      @@crepskul2227 Not totally.He thinks all wars are a game.

    • @TrOLLKiLLeRs1
      @TrOLLKiLLeRs1 4 роки тому +13

      @@Crezelltree4261 I would suggest that what was meant is that the people we fight for are unjust, they do not give a rats arse about the men and women who fight, die or come home suffering trauma. As long as their comfortable life isn't disturbed then they have no concern about the little person. Look at those with wealth who could and would avoid the draft throughout history. War is fought when senseless men cannot reach a verbal agreement on who should hold more power.

  • @del.see.oh.89
    @del.see.oh.89 4 роки тому +81

    Incredible how these people didn't have citizenship until the 1960s.

    • @neoc03
      @neoc03 3 роки тому +11

      It's ridiculous. Wanna hear something else ridiculous, Canada is still sterilizing native women against their will.

    • @noluv7676
      @noluv7676 3 роки тому +3

      @@neoc03 sickening.

    • @letsbehonest4221
      @letsbehonest4221 3 роки тому

      @@neoc03 Bullsh/t ..

    • @Briselance
      @Briselance 3 роки тому +1

      Until the 1960's??! O_o

    • @KristiContemplates
      @KristiContemplates 3 роки тому +1

      Think it was the 1970s

  • @mardbalasy6671
    @mardbalasy6671 4 роки тому +260

    Tarantino style. That short deserves extension.

    • @andrjsjan4231
      @andrjsjan4231 4 роки тому +1

      Mard Balasy what does tarantino style and short mean??

    • @warweasel2832
      @warweasel2832 4 роки тому +6

      Andr jsja N I assume English is not your first language. Quentin Tarantino is a director known for his ultra-violent revenge films. Balasy was pointing out the tonal similarities between this video and Tarantino's movies. "A short" is slang for a film with a short runtime.

    • @armaniadojalina2313
      @armaniadojalina2313 4 роки тому

      mfckn Tarantino.the modern day Stephens kingsy *key and peele voice *

  • @stasha121
    @stasha121 4 роки тому +58

    Very powerful. The mothers desperate fear for her child was so real. I agree with other users, I would see a full cinema film!

    • @bradleylong3230
      @bradleylong3230 4 роки тому +3

      @@kimberleychandler6390 He's an incel, they're loons that generally believe women should have less rights than men because they're too creepy to be attractive.

    • @untypicalemu5590
      @untypicalemu5590 Рік тому +1

      I recommend watching rabbit proof fence Or the tracker theyre great films especially rabbit proof fence it’s based on a true story & events also ❤️

  • @grimcity
    @grimcity 4 роки тому +26

    This is the first Australian-perspective video I've seen dealing with WW2 and it's brilliant. Stunning and superb!

  • @kiara198923
    @kiara198923 4 роки тому +54

    He is disgusting to be doing that to her plus while she is next to her child.
    I'm happy he got them back!

    • @tommissouri4871
      @tommissouri4871 3 роки тому +16

      That wasn't her mother. Just some other girl that had gotten old enough.

    • @robertmedina5997
      @robertmedina5997 3 роки тому +3

      He was going after his wife next..

  • @CraigJukes
    @CraigJukes 3 роки тому +7

    I'm a single father, the mothers howl and cry gave me chills....and tears.

  • @shibbershabber
    @shibbershabber 4 роки тому +149

    Django: Down Under

    • @pluto3194
      @pluto3194 3 роки тому +17

      Django: Unchained Mate

  • @ermo5623
    @ermo5623 2 роки тому +3

    The actress that played the mom gave so much emotion-incredible! Like a Sally Field moment! The entire film was amazing!!

  • @1battlemedic622
    @1battlemedic622 3 роки тому +4

    20:14 was SOOO badass.
    "You shouldn't be here." like BRUH the guy went to SUPER hell.

  • @thatsmallguy6729
    @thatsmallguy6729 3 роки тому +11

    I've never seen someone cry so realistically and with such amazing emotion before.

  • @thegiddygoatcafe4067
    @thegiddygoatcafe4067 3 роки тому +7

    Real & deeply, irrevocably moving. Acting so seamlessly truthful that it reaches the depths of your soul without a second's hesitation as to it's honesty. A standing ovation to the writer, the actors, directors and producers.

  • @mishie618
    @mishie618 4 роки тому +22

    Absolutely brilliant. You dontget too see too much how horribly the people of autralia were treated.. aboriginal people no different than you or me.we see a lot of racism this time period but not shown from this perspective. I absolutely loved this. It was so well done.

    • @allmyragejones1
      @allmyragejones1 4 роки тому +1

      Renee Carr They are still treated this way.

    • @SPACEHARICE
      @SPACEHARICE 4 роки тому

      the government only officially condemned their actions in 2006

    • @Cycnoches2012
      @Cycnoches2012 3 роки тому

      @@SPACEHARICE thanks for the info!

    • @Cycnoches2012
      @Cycnoches2012 3 роки тому

      @@allmyragejones1 Thanks for the info.

  • @cavegamer5989
    @cavegamer5989 3 роки тому +2

    That ending was probably the most satisfying short film conclusion ever,

  • @lemart8644
    @lemart8644 4 роки тому +23

    It's strange to see, that not so many appreciate the acting performances! It's so amazing!

  • @rossnicol9099
    @rossnicol9099 2 роки тому +9

    One of the best, if not the best Omeleto I've watched. The protagonist's eyes were so fierce you could almost forget he was acting.

    • @lynettedevries1824
      @lynettedevries1824 2 роки тому +1

      He is in a TV show called MYSTERY ROAD playing a constable in the outback. UA-cam has clips from it. Good story a murder mystery.

  • @shaneenstephens9005
    @shaneenstephens9005 2 роки тому +4

    I could not stop crying after that scream the mother did once her child got taken ! OMG I had so many scenarios of that happening to me , I mean OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE ON HER PART !!!!

  • @jonesba2004
    @jonesba2004 4 роки тому +5

    One of the best films about man’s inhumanity to man.

  • @mostertj8199
    @mostertj8199 4 роки тому +325

    This happened everywhere....
    Black soldiers in america...
    Indian soldiers in british empire in ww2...

    • @John-xt9wr
      @John-xt9wr 4 роки тому +12

      And naga soldiers in india

    • @reinal7896
      @reinal7896 4 роки тому +19

      Same for natives in America

    • @allmyragejones1
      @allmyragejones1 4 роки тому +11

      The australian government was still doing this even in the 1990’s

    • @nickiannucci7001
      @nickiannucci7001 4 роки тому +18

      Every race was conscripted not just minorities

    • @TranNguyen-zn4sw
      @TranNguyen-zn4sw 4 роки тому +1

      The same here in Canada

  • @elmolewis9123
    @elmolewis9123 4 роки тому +2

    Great film. The sick part is that there are despicable people in every country that will never get it.

  • @kennethmichael5404
    @kennethmichael5404 3 роки тому +3

    SUPERB. Excellent acting across the board (the Mother's screams were heart wrenching in their realism, you couldn't help but feel her loss). Good cinematography, good story (as well as history lesson), overall a resounding success as an enthralling, well crafted short. Kudos, VERY well done.

  • @Synthetic857
    @Synthetic857 4 роки тому +260

    Can you imagine how many native indians went through hell like this?

    • @dgw7732
      @dgw7732 4 роки тому +19

      Antibiotics also how black people were/are treated

    • @Azphreal
      @Azphreal 4 роки тому +30

      @@dgw7732 Both fought for the US in WW2 (look at the wind talkers that did so much) but when they returned home nothing had changed for them.

    • @solhall2887
      @solhall2887 4 роки тому +15

      They were the native ozzies but still ye r correct

    • @user-ii1cr9mr6s
      @user-ii1cr9mr6s 4 роки тому +4

      Not just them..

    • @sandorkomlos6202
      @sandorkomlos6202 4 роки тому +14

      If you read history, real history and not how they teach it in school, you would find that truth in the words of the bible Ecc 8; 9 "All of this I have seen, and I applied my heart to every work done under the sun, during the time that man has dominated man to his [injury]". We, the human race have been really terrible to each other, nobody can take moral high ground in history. History is just the story of every man's injustice against whomever they were dominating at the time. It's still the same right now. Awaiting the Kingdom of God.....actual justice then prevail.

  • @dabearswole
    @dabearswole 4 роки тому +25

    The fact that this is free is redicoulus this is awesome!

  • @knightowl3577
    @knightowl3577 4 роки тому +2

    The aboriginal people of Australia are our closest link with our common ancestors, their customs, lifestyle and art are an irreplaceable treasure to all humanity

  • @lonniedaniels125
    @lonniedaniels125 3 роки тому +4

    He's thinking,why should we worry about the Japanese when we've got plenty who will hurt our families here?

  • @hi-if7lj
    @hi-if7lj 4 роки тому +2

    That father is is a hero of hero's

  • @stevenwild39
    @stevenwild39 3 роки тому +5

    One of the reasons I'm ashamed to be Australian. And in 80 years nothing much has changed.

  • @akiranora11
    @akiranora11 3 роки тому +2

    Masterpiece is what it is and a sequel is what we want

  • @jayoliver3734
    @jayoliver3734 4 роки тому +9

    Loved this film, it had ALL the feels. Wistfulness, sadness, outrage and disgust, and sweet sweet revenge.

  • @gregorybarry4564
    @gregorybarry4564 4 роки тому +7

    This should have been in a cinema, or at the very least a full length film on Netflix.

  • @jrskatez8004
    @jrskatez8004 4 роки тому +13

    I got hella hyped when the priest popped that one mfer😂😂

    • @Spxfy
      @Spxfy 3 роки тому

      Ong

  • @DaniSmithe
    @DaniSmithe 3 роки тому +1

    Loved it. No conversation. Just a bullet to the dome. Bravo!

  • @bitdragoon3260
    @bitdragoon3260 3 роки тому +6

    Honestly, this is an astounding short film. Despite the budget being a flaw in some areas, it still holds value in the story, especially in a historical setting untouched by most (American) educational systems.

    • @kake1604
      @kake1604 9 місяців тому

      weird how you singled out the US in particular even though most countries couldn't care less about Australian history

    • @bitdragoon3260
      @bitdragoon3260 9 місяців тому

      @@kake1604 I’m from the US. That’s why I singled it out

    • @kake1604
      @kake1604 9 місяців тому

      @@bitdragoon3260 Cool, you still could've said "most educational systems" and be right.

  • @adzdahlman9724
    @adzdahlman9724 4 роки тому +2

    WOW !!!! That was superb. Heartbraking - compelling - relevant and poignant. Hats off to you Victoria Wharfe Mc. 11/10*

    • @victoriawharfemcintyre5667
      @victoriawharfemcintyre5667 4 роки тому +1

      Thanks Adz!! So happy you enjoyed it and the film is spreading it’s message. Keep an eye out for THE FLOOD my debut feature that tells the wife’s story - when cinemas open again...

  • @05201-m
    @05201-m 4 роки тому +3

    My heart goes out to those who wer treated like slaves and used by others.
    Nice ending though.
    Loved the direction and Camera work.💪🏾

  • @milkcartonmagic6316
    @milkcartonmagic6316 4 роки тому +10

    There was more entertainment value in this short film than several hours of Netflix.

  • @alicereal3764
    @alicereal3764 4 роки тому +13

    Man that was good I hope they make a second part when he goes and rescues his wife he's going to tear them up to

  • @John_1229
    @John_1229 4 роки тому +4

    I don't usually comment on videos, but this film was one of the best I've seen in a long time. You can tell that they spent a lot of time making it right up until the end where you see a poorly done chroma key with stock fire as the background. I understand that physical pyrotechnics is expensive and all but that really broke the immersion in the best part of the film for me. Overall it's a really, really good film.

  • @zorro11ification
    @zorro11ification 4 роки тому +26

    One of the most horrific films I have seen, specially since I know the history behind it. Great cinematography! One of the best movies I have seen in a long time.

    • @rasheedahsilvertreemusic
      @rasheedahsilvertreemusic 4 роки тому +4

      what makes it more horrific...is that this took place...all around the world...all throughout history...

  • @judilynn9569
    @judilynn9569 4 роки тому +2

    Straight to the point.

  • @quicke5486
    @quicke5486 4 роки тому +4

    Even the soldiers were so confused - in war they throw out all negative thoughts of the people they fight alongside and when they return home with friends to minorities they were shocked at how they were treated.

  • @deborahkelly1948
    @deborahkelly1948 4 роки тому +1

    A man who fought for his country deserves to be treated like a hero not this way the injustice realy got to me. He thought he had left the war behind him

  • @deniseescobar696
    @deniseescobar696 4 роки тому +95

    Oh this was good , sad in the beginning but then daddy comes home to take care of business oh yea I would have paid to see this movie fo sure 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗

  • @wigglyjiggly9935
    @wigglyjiggly9935 4 роки тому +2

    You know whats sad? Is this short film has more truth than fiction.

  • @Ticktacktoe2
    @Ticktacktoe2 4 роки тому +47

    Lesson of the story is don't toy with a man who's been to hell and back. He may just conjure a bit of it back up.

  • @shaun6828
    @shaun6828 3 роки тому +5

    This kind of thing is a heck of a lot more frightening than movies like Friday the 13th, Chucky, etc.... Ordinary humans can be the real monsters...

  • @xxshadingmisixx8026
    @xxshadingmisixx8026 4 роки тому +12

    Everybody involved in this movie: Very well done!

  • @margkropf5541
    @margkropf5541 4 роки тому +2

    I'm an old lady and I Loved this. Bad guys get their due, all of them!Justice is served. Had not realized how badly the Aborigines were treated.

  • @anthonyhendrix4299
    @anthonyhendrix4299 4 роки тому +20

    i just want to thank all of you for all your hard work. Everyone, for such an amazing job at creating such amazing material. This video is a great example of how special Omeleto is, the gun shot to the head , and the view after "You shouldn't be here " , the lighter that was shown and than used at the end. You are amazing and i am thankful to be alive to see your work. Keep us , Plot Twisted.

    • @victoriawharfemcintyre5667
      @victoriawharfemcintyre5667 4 роки тому

      Thank you - wonderful you notice the details !!

    • @yestfmf
      @yestfmf 4 роки тому +1

      Small point of logic.....after rescuing the daughter they need to get away. Smoke from a burning building can be seen from a long ways off and will attract others to come see what is going on. Does it make sense to burn the place?
      Conscript a man, teach him how be an efficient killer, then give him lots of reasons to kill you--probably not the smartest thing to do...

    • @victoriawharfemcintyre5667
      @victoriawharfemcintyre5667 3 роки тому

      @@yestfmf the burning is symbolic of a man on fire who is going to burn an unjust world to the ground...

  • @SuperMig1970
    @SuperMig1970 3 роки тому +1

    needs a follow-up. doubt it will end well, but needs one. Nice! Always good to see hope, that some will get to do some payback for all the muck we all take every day. Good film. thank you

  • @jonathan_wasilewski
    @jonathan_wasilewski 4 роки тому +7

    My heart aches for everyone who was hurt.
    :(

  • @henricovsky9363
    @henricovsky9363 3 роки тому +1

    This is the best short I watched. Excellent... principally because it has a happy ending

  • @chuckandmax7313
    @chuckandmax7313 2 роки тому +3

    That was a riveting story, so emotionally charged,the actors were excellent and the lead was such a beautiful man

    • @lynettedevries1824
      @lynettedevries1824 2 роки тому

      He was in a TV show called MYSTERY ROAD. UA-cam shows clips of it. The actor plays a Constable in a outback town and finds himself waist deep in murder mystery. Guy is easy on the eye.

  • @Freight_Train
    @Freight_Train 4 роки тому +2

    Now there's a real dad.

  • @cardinalsin6313
    @cardinalsin6313 4 роки тому +3

    Best short film I've ever seen without any lie!

  • @lastkanaka
    @lastkanaka 4 роки тому +2

    Finally a good film with less talking

  • @Azphreal
    @Azphreal 4 роки тому +103

    I never realised that they treated them like this. Australia should hold its head in shame.

    • @virtual812
      @virtual812 4 роки тому +5

      Australia the country or Australia the people?

    • @user-ho1dw4vw6x
      @user-ho1dw4vw6x 4 роки тому +46

      You think this is how they're treated? this is nothing compared to reality, they were hunted and shot down for fun, their children were banned from schools and were refused medical welfare, enslaved to the point of dehumanization.

    • @Azphreal
      @Azphreal 4 роки тому +16

      @@virtual812 Both really. The Government made the laws and the people (as seen in this) had no problems treating them like sub humans.

    • @cahidijoyoraharjo7833
      @cahidijoyoraharjo7833 4 роки тому +25

      You mean like how the Caucasians in America used to treat the native Americans? Yeah, most countries have their own sins.

    • @KedaiCiplak
      @KedaiCiplak 4 роки тому +4

      and now they gonna get cucked by China in terms of economy.

  • @konglor9180
    @konglor9180 3 роки тому +1

    Man this brings back memories it's an old story that's played out all over the world especially where I was born

  • @pauloketch4635
    @pauloketch4635 4 роки тому +30

    That house caught fire preety fast

    • @drd.n4695
      @drd.n4695 4 роки тому +15

      I look at it metaphorically: the anger within is burning without ...

    • @pauloketch4635
      @pauloketch4635 4 роки тому +3

      Dr D. Natarajan Thats a splendid way to look at it.

    • @YouTubeallowedmynametobestolen
      @YouTubeallowedmynametobestolen 4 роки тому

      Well, they did soak it in petrol or something similar.

    • @pauloketch4635
      @pauloketch4635 4 роки тому +1

      Pegasus but by the time they stepped out it was fully engulfed.

    • @rodgeraarons8997
      @rodgeraarons8997 4 роки тому

      Petrol was used

  • @andrewdennis3538
    @andrewdennis3538 4 роки тому +2

    Imagine taking somebody to fight for their family and country then taking their family and not letting them be a part of the country. and then putting that man back where you took him. you reap what you sow.

  • @DottyRoxy
    @DottyRoxy 4 роки тому +4

    As soon as the family scene came into shot, I knew it was Australian. Did a great job portraying it!

  • @zarinaabdurahmanova7616
    @zarinaabdurahmanova7616 3 роки тому +1

    This film is so relevant right now!!! So powerful and I like the uncomfortable truth!!!! The fact that they didn't consider them citizens, yet sent them to fight the war and even after this sacrifice took their home away and separated their families. Just like in USA and just like in Canada with thousands of kids just starved or driven to death in Catholic schools...

  • @MrBlack252
    @MrBlack252 4 роки тому +4

    This was beautiful and brilliant! The cinematography and chorography for the action scenes was nothing short of excellent! This is one of my favorite short films on this channel! Bravo! Mark Coles Smith is a phenomenal actor and deserves to be in more films!

    • @lynettedevries1824
      @lynettedevries1824 2 роки тому

      Try and see him on MYSTERY ROAD where he plays a Constable in the outback. It was a six episode TV show. A murder mystery worth watching.

  • @pepesilvia2865
    @pepesilvia2865 4 роки тому +2

    Can't wait for the sequel on this one. Great work!

  • @richardclark1077
    @richardclark1077 4 роки тому +3

    VERY WELL DONE !!! THANK YOU FOR ALLWHO HAVE SERVED AND TO THOSE WHO NEVER MADE IT HOME .

    • @deborahkelly1948
      @deborahkelly1948 4 роки тому

      Those in service are the peoples champions and should be treated as such,

  • @Joe-kn3wt
    @Joe-kn3wt 4 роки тому +2

    Short films of such calibre are the most effective ways by which unreported history or 'purposely' twisted and omitted narratives of the past can be put 'in action' to get the full picture and hit the message home.
    Miro has all the ingredients of a powerful film compacted for maximum effect. It made me feel angry on a number of levels.
    Brilliant film!!! Thank You.

    • @victoriawharfemcintyre5667
      @victoriawharfemcintyre5667 4 роки тому

      thanks Joe - look out for feature film THE FLOOD which is a female driven side of the story - still kick ass

  • @sqitsspro
    @sqitsspro 4 роки тому +38

    When you forgot t
    Your netflix password and you know where to
    watch

    • @cj16423
      @cj16423 4 роки тому +1

      Omeleto is is!

  • @kelbihn
    @kelbihn 3 роки тому +1

    The shootout is the most classic American depiction of Australia I've ever seen.

  • @nryo-in5xp
    @nryo-in5xp 4 роки тому +25

    Yeah Man i would definitely go to cinema to watch this.

  • @banditzz1011
    @banditzz1011 3 роки тому +1

    This was not dialogue heavey like Tarantino's movies, it has more to do with John Ford's 'The Searchers', Right down to the doorway scene (one of my favourites). The director knows he's craft and this too, is an excellent piece of film making, highlighting a piece of history, that many wish had not occured. 10/10

  • @hydratedgaming1368
    @hydratedgaming1368 4 роки тому +13

    Bruh he didn’t even let my man finish he just hit a quick head shot in this man

  • @SlowSTEN
    @SlowSTEN 4 роки тому +2

    Everything but the green screen ending was AMAZING

  • @1Faith1Fate
    @1Faith1Fate 4 роки тому +7

    This would make an excellent full fledged movie.

  • @Biker_Gaming
    @Biker_Gaming Рік тому +1

    It must really hurt in all ways possible when you just came back from war, protected your homeland, and your family has replaced you with a cheap ripoff of you, not even remembering you ever existing
    I know it’s like not even about the video but this is what some people who came back from war experience

  • @voiden3338
    @voiden3338 3 роки тому +3

    Excellent. I love the cinematography, the acting, the overall direction. Outstanding work, hope to see more.

  • @VitomirMilosevic
    @VitomirMilosevic 4 роки тому +1

    This happened to so manny.But few had a chance to fight back.Good one.

  • @zackshere8854
    @zackshere8854 3 роки тому +3

    Honestly, rewrite it into a full length movie and I would 100% watch it.

  • @jennifergarza3909
    @jennifergarza3909 4 роки тому +2

    Omg! Still crying!

  • @stardust6097
    @stardust6097 4 роки тому +3

    I'd love more historical stories like these.

  • @carlabroderick5508
    @carlabroderick5508 4 роки тому +2

    I had no idea this occurred. Stain on Australian history. Hope legal disputes regarding soldier settlements are resolved quickly and to lasting benefit of aboriginal soldiers’ families.

    • @crimzonrayz3274
      @crimzonrayz3274 3 роки тому

      How did u not know they were treated this way and its changed these days though

  • @syrenalea2861
    @syrenalea2861 4 роки тому +7

    Amazing short film....Power to the people, the true natives of Australia....Racism is so ugly