Burnt Country Film Screening and Q&A with SCA alumna Kirsten Slemint

Burnt Country Film Screening and Q&A with SCA alumna Kirsten Slemint

Date: Thursday 4 September 2025
Time: 5pm
Location: Writers Studio Level 6 Michie Building (Building #9)

Blurb

Burnt Country (2024), looks at the intersection of western and Indigenous science. It explores the Indigenous practice of cultural burning and its potential in land management in conservation, and considers Australia’s relationship to fire in the wake of the devastating 2019/2020 wildfires. Featuring UQ scholars Bill Ellis, Hugh Possingham, and Rod Fensham, the film has so far received nominations in the student BAFTA and Grierson documentary awards, and a finalist nomination in the Oscars. In October, it will be showcased at the United Nations in New York. 

Bio

UQ alum Kirsten Slemint (Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Journalism ’19) is a scientist, journalist, and filmmaker. During her UQ studies she was awarded a New Colombo Plan scholarship to travel to India, where she produced a short film on urbanisation with the support of the School of Journalism’s Media and Production Support team.