KAUGERE: A PLACE WHERE NOBODY ENTERS
Directed by Stephen Dupont
2023 | 60 min | Australia | UNCL M
Awards
2023 Byron Bay International Film Festival
Best Documentary
2024 FIFO : International Oceanian Documentary Film Festival
FIFO-FRANCE Télévisions Grand Jury Prize
2023 One World International Human Rights Documentary Festival
2024 International Oceanic Documentary Film Festival
An eye-opening look into one of Papua New Guinea’s most infamous and violence-wracked regions, director Stephen DuPont’s searing, unforgettable documentary KAUGERE: A PLACE WHERE NOBODY ENTERS is a modern-day parable of once tribal men finding their feet through the game of rugby league.
Inspiring coach Albert Muri is no stranger to crime after the region’s vicious gangs tore his family apart. Police gunned down his eldest son, while his second son languishes in prison. Albert’s last great hope is his youngest son, Dia, who helps him train a local footy team.
Despite its backdrop of poverty and mayhem, Kaugere rises on the shoulders of true hero Albert Muri, and its uncluttered, authentic, uncompromising depiction of a troubled nation that might just be able to one day heal itself through the unlikely salve of the bruising game of rugby league.
“One of the most graphic and illuminating films in recent memory.” –– Director Bob Connolly
