WE CAN NEVER GO BACK

Based in California these last five years, Aminah’s latest project is a 20 minute short starring Dylan Kussman and Allelon Ruggiero, who played Richard Cameron and Steven Meeks, respectively, in Dead Poets Society. This is the first film in which they have appeared together since the Peter Weir beloved classic.

Filmed in Joshua Tree, We Can Never Go Back is a dystopian drama set only a few years in the future. It examines brotherhood, madness, endurance, loss, and how men survive in a world without women, and sparked the idea for an original television series. Post audio was largely done here in Perth, with composer Ash Gibson Greig scoring the film.

Aminah is an Australian writer, director, and producer. Her work focuses on trauma recovery, women’s stories and examining male characters through a feminine lens. Her love of classic Australian cinema continues to influence her work, even in the deserts of California. Aminah’s projects have screened in numerous festivals throughout the US, Europe and Australia. In 2020, she was accepted as a member of the Australian Directors Guild and in 2021, she moved to Los

Angeles, where she worked on features for Paramount, Warner Bros, Universal, Disney, MGM, Lionsgate, Sony Pictures and Netflix. A member of the LA-based, Independent Writers Caucus, she has won international awards as a screenwriter, director, songwriter and musician, and has been a featured vocalist on various productions, including Battlestar Galactica: Deadlock, based on the popular NBCUniversal television series. She is now based in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Join us for a post-screening Q&A hosted by West Australian producer, Tania Chambers, and some drinks and nibbles after the show.

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