Our Medicine (Series 2)

In the second series of this character-driven, observational documentary, 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 2026

8 x 30 min

With unique access to First Nations doctors, nurses, paramedics, traditional healers and other medical professionals around Australia, OUR MEDICINE SERIES 2 a continuation of the ground-breaking observational series that was Series 1,  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 S2 continues to shine 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

“OUR MEDICINE”, produced by PERISCOPE PICTURES and PINK PEPPER

Narrated by LEAH PURCELL Series Director KARLA HART 

Produced by SAM FIELD and TARYNE LAFFAR 

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