Cronulla Riots: The Day That Shocked the Nation

December. 17,2014      
Rating:
6.9
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On Sunday December 4, 2005, 3 Cronulla lifesavers were coming off duty when they passed a group of 8 Lebanese young men. They stared at each other, a heated verbal exchange turned quickly into a violent brawl, resulting in 3 lifesavers being beaten up. This event was to spark 10 days of violent mob attacks and retaliations, the likes of which Australia had never witnessed. This is the story of the dramatic events covering the lead up to and the 10 days between 4th and 13th December 2005 known as the Cronulla Riots.

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Stevecorp
2014/12/17

Don't listen to the negative reviews

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Gurlyndrobb
2014/12/18

While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

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Jonah Abbott
2014/12/19

There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

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Geraldine
2014/12/20

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

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