SBS Launches Reconciliation Week 2026 With 4,500-Kilometre Film
SBS will lead reconciliation week 2026 with National Indigenous Television at its center, beginning multiplatform and multilingual coverage across SBS, NITV and SBS On Demand from Sunday 25 May. The slate includes the premiere of Journey Home, David Gulpilil on Sunday 31 May at 8:30pm on NITV and SBS On Demand.
Journey Home, David Gulpilil
The documentary follows a 4,500-kilometre journey to David Gulpilil’s Homeland in Gupulul in remote East Arnhem Land. It traces the final wish to bring the legendary Yolngu actor home, and it will be shown after the film won the 2026 AACTA Awards for Best Documentary and Best Original Score and the 2025 DIFF Audience Award.
Hugh Jackman and Baker Boy narrate the documentary. That places the premiere alongside a film already recognized by awards juries and audiences before its NITV debut.
National Reconciliation Week lineup
National Reconciliation Week runs from 27 May to 3 June and marks the 1967 Australian referendum and the Mabo decision. The 2026 theme is All In, and SBS has tied the week’s output to that programming line across television and on-demand platforms.
My Name is Gulpilil airs on Wednesday 27 May at 7:30pm, followed by Going Places – Murraylands on Thursday 28 May at 7:30pm. Walkabout to Hollywood airs on Wednesday 3 June at 7:30pm, creating a run of Indigenous-focused programming across the week.
National Reconciliation Week Breakfast
The 2026 National Reconciliation Week Breakfast airs live on Wednesday 27 May at 11:00am AEST on NITV and SBS On Demand. It will broadcast from Optus Stadium in Boorloo, Perth, in partnership with Reconciliation WA.
Karla Hart and Tremane Baxter-Edwards will host the breakfast, and Narelda Jacobs OAM will deliver the keynote. Living Black, hosted by Karla Grant, marks 23 years on air in 2026, with Ursula Yovich featured in a Reconciliation Week interview.
For viewers, the practical takeaway is simple: the week begins on 25 May across SBS platforms, peaks with the 27 May breakfast and the 31 May premiere, and closes with Walkabout to Hollywood on 3 June. The schedule gives audiences a fixed run of programs rather than a single one-off broadcast.
