Under a Bamboo Sky

WildBear Entertainment has announced that their groundbreaking new Australian feature documentary Under a Bamboo Sky, will be available on Netflix from May 8, following the success of event screenings at over 100 cinema locations nationally in the lead up to ANZAC Day 2026.

Using footage colourised for the first time, the film tells a powerful and previously untold story of a group of Australian POWs in WWII. Their unbelievable journey has been brought to life using the personal recollections of 63 soldiers, sailors and airmen, delivering an immediate and immersive first-hand account of their experience.

WildBear Entertainment CEO Michael Tear says, “We have been overwhelmed by the response to the film in cinemas and are extremely pleased with the results of WildBear’s first foray into theatrical distribution, working with our collaborators at ABCG Film. Now, with the premiere on Netflix, Under a Bamboo Sky will be able to reach even broader audiences.”

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Director Serge Ou says, “We have received so many emails and calls from people who have been moved by the film, or found a connection to their own history. It has been an honour to work with this incredible archive of interviews, footage and photographs, and to find new audiences for their stories.”

The film vividly brings to life their unbelievable trajectory from imprisonment at Changi, to build the Thai Burma Railway, then to Japan via shipwreck at sea, only to work in the coal mines and factories, before then witnessing the atomic fallout at Nagasaki.

Under a Bamboo Sky will be available to watch on Netflix from May 8.

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