Australian film Streets of Colour will have its World Premiere at Sydney’s Hayden Orpheum Cinema on June 26.

Writer and Director Ronnie S. Riskalla has based the film on his personal experiences at the hands of racism as a child and an adult.

“The brutality I witnessed was very confronting and frightening, how people treated me because I looked different. Those haunting images followed me for a long time. It wasn’t until it happened to me again in my 30s that I put pen to paper, said Ronnie S. Riskalla. “As much as I got lost in Hollywood fantasy films, I always found solace in real-world stories. The reason I wanted to tell this specific story is because it has the potential to be a captivatingly truthful depiction of people in our society. It will provide a gripping look into a world that is familiar to many, but also the underground world that a lot of people would never experience – the world of Western Sydney.”

Check out the latest trailer below for Streets of Colour.

Tez (Rahel Rohman), a young Middle-Eastern man from Sydney’s western suburbs, faces the challenges of being from a different culture and growing up in a misunderstood neighbourhood. He hates who he is and the skin he was born in. After a life-changing event forces Tez to lose his pregnant girlfriend, along with his friends and everything he cares for, he turns to using and dealing drugs, careening downward on a self-destructive spiral. It takes true love – and an emotional journey of self-discovery, culture and spirituality – for Tez to ultimately find his redemption.

Speaking on the film, Dov Kornits, the managing director of distributor Screen Inc said:

“We couldn’t be more excited about getting this incredible film in front of local audiences. We’re certain that the film will kick-start some very, very interesting conversations. We can’t wait for the premiere on June 26.”

You can buy tickets for the premiere on June 26 here. There’s currently no wide release for the film in Australia.