Our Medicine (Series 1)
In this character-driven, observational documentary series, First Nations doctors, nurses, paramedics, health professionals and traditional healers are filmed across Australia as they try to achieve better health outcomes for their First Nations patients and communities.
PREMIERING ON NITV MAY 2025
6 x 30 min
Synopsis
With unique access to First Nations doctors, nurses, paramedics, traditional healers and other medical professionals around Australia, OUR MEDICINE is a ground-breaking observational series which takes viewers behind the frontline of Australia’s strained medical services and joins patients on their emotional journeys through the system. Alongside incredible access to some of the oldest traditional healing practices in the world, the series tracks the day-to-day challenges of medical professionals working in some of the busiest hospitals and jurisdictions in Australia, OUR MEDICINE shines an important light on First Nations professionals and communities taking back control of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health.
SCREEN AUSTRALIA and NATIONAL INDIGENOUS TELEVISION presents
In association with SCREENWEST and LOTTERYWEST and the WESTERN AUSTRALIAN SCREEN FUND
“OUR MEDICINE”, produced by PERISCOPE PICTURES and KARLA HART PRODUCTIONS
Narrated by LEAH PURCELL Series Director KIMBERLEY BENJAMIN
Produced by SAM FIELD and KARLA HART
© 2024 PERISCOPE PICTURES PTY LTD, KARLA HART ENTERPRISES PTY LTD, NATIONAL INDIGENOUS TELEVISION