BBC - Reggie Yates Hidden Australia (2017) Part 1 Black In The Outback

Reggie Yates Hidden Australia Reggie Yates travels down under to explore the issues facing young Australians in the 21st century. He first heads into the outback to spend time in an Aboriginal community, ravaged by alcohol addiction, and trying to find its place in modern Australia. Reggie then travels to Melbourne, to investigate why Australia’s second city is in the grip of a dangerous epidemic, caused by the drug known as Ice.

Part 1 Black In The Outback

Travelling to Australia - one of the richest nations on earth - Reggie Yates investigates why the country’s indigenous people suffer such extreme social deprivation and inequality. A ten-hour inland drive from Sydney, Reggie heads into the outback, to an old mining town called Wilcannia, home of one of the largest Aboriginal communities in Australia with a 600 strong population, 80% of whom are indigenous. Although traditional practices still exist, Reggie finds a marginalized community suffering from an addiction to alcohol and generations of institutionalized racism. Reggie meets the younger generation, living on the fringes of society. What hope do they have of a better life than the generations before them?

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