In December 9 will display screen a documentary particular Tsunami: 20 Years On.
Produced by JAM TV this sees Ray Martin, together with different Australians who have been on the bottom in Indonesia and Sri Lanka, return to the websites of devastation in 2004 when the Boxing Day tsunami claimed over 230,000 lives throughout 14 international locations and left 1.7 million individuals displaced.
The particular highlights the resilience and rebuilding by locals and the compassion proven by Australians, together with by way of the Attain Out To Asia Telethon and Tsunami Aid Cricket Match.
Ray Martin was on the bottom in Banda Aceh, Indonesia simply days after the wave devastated the town, delivering the harrowing tales to our TV screens that introduced the size of the tragedy into Australian houses. 20 years later, Ray returns to a metropolis rebuilt, reconnecting with survivors he met throughout these darkish days and within the course of makes an extremely shifting discovery that brings him to tears.
Among the many different exceptional narratives are these of Alison Thompson, the Australian humanitarian who devoted a 12 months to rebuilding a tsunami-devastated group in Sri Lanka and returns for the primary time to witness how the lives she touched and the group she helped have remodeled through the years. We additionally hear from Dr. Alyssa Scurrah, whose near-miss survival impressed her to embark on an support journey to a few of Indonesia’s most distant and devastated islands.
Australia’s response was unprecedented and deeply unifying, marked by the nation’s largest-ever peacetime operation and over $120 million in donations from on a regular basis Australians. World Imaginative and prescient CEO Daniel Wordsworth displays on this extraordinary generosity and highlights his organisation’s pivotal position in delivering support to over a million individuals inside 90 days, serving to communities throughout Southeast Asia rebuild their lives.
Survivors Joe Giardina, Rebekah Giles and Les and Dianne Boardman share their unbelievable tales of loss and resilience, offering firsthand insights into how the tsunami without end modified their lives.
Former Prime Minister Hon. John Howard recounts Australia’s historic authorities response, together with a document $1 billion in support, whereas Melissa Doyle, Adam Gilchrist, Eddie McGuire and Jackson Warne spotlight the enduring Attain Out To Asia Telethon and Tsunami Aid Cricket Match that raised over $100 million.
Brig. Georgeina Whelan, Prof. Peter Ellis and Peter Baines share highly effective tales of the Australian Defence Power and forensic groups, whose essential work helped heal communities and establish victims.
Tsunami: 20 Years On is a compelling tribute to the victims, survivors, and unsung heroes of one of many world’s deadliest pure disasters. It’s a reflection on how tragedy can unite us and encourage collective motion, with Australian tales that proceed to form lives twenty years later.
Tsunami: 20 Years On is Directed and Government Produced by Michael Venables ADG & Graham Watson with JAM TV for The 9 Community.
7.00pm Sunday, December 8 on 9.
