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‘We don’t have a choice’ (1987)

Survivors in the time-travelling city discuss plans to combat the Jen-Diki. Ballard (Tom Burlinson) bluntly declares there is no escape. They must stand and fight their cyborg enemies. [read more]

‘I saw a movie once’ (2007)

Niaz (Niaz Khan Shinwari) looks on as locals discuss seeing a movie set in nearby Afghanistan in which the heroes were the mujahideen. It turns out to have been Rambo III (1988). [read more]

‘Have you ever met an Aboriginal [person]?’ (1993)

Black-and-white historical interview footage gets the response of white folk to Aboriginal people. The footage, shot on city streets, and in homes of white folk, reveals how they view Aboriginal people. [read more]

You’re not rubbish are you? (1992)

Poss (Erin Pratten) and Kim (Maria Nguyen) rescue a dirty old doll. In a magical moment, the faceless doll begins to move and communicate through gesture. On their way home, the officious Mr Fish (Mark Mitchell) bans the doll, saying ... [read more]

‘Dead doesn’t mean dead’ (2006)

The news of what the men did has hit the media and the victim’s Aboriginal relatives charge that it was racism that kept them from reporting it immediately. Billy (Simon Stone) and his girlfriend Elissa (Alice Garner) are woken in ... [read more]

Menzies in Cairo (1941)

This clip from a Menzies home movie features the Prime Minister inspecting Australian troops stationed in Cairo in 1941. We then see him inspecting Bardia, Tobruk and Benghazi from the air before arriving at an airbase to meet some of ... [read more]

A very public breakdown (2005)

Craig Hamilton had a breakdown in September 2000, at the pinnacle of his career. He and an old friend, Chris Williams reminisce about that terrible and very public moment of the breakdown, as Craig was travelling by train to take ... [read more]

Hula girl (1955)

A Polynesian woman dressed in a red bikini top and long grass skirt gracefully demonstrates a hula dance for the camera which records it in slow-motion. [read more]

‘You’ll get used to it’ (2006)

Sara, a resident of Northcott public housing estate, says that some residents have thrown household appliances and furniture over the balcony. She recalls the night that a person died from the fall. [read more]

‘Some special disappointment’ (2007)

Tim Jarvis is now alone on the ice. His companion, John Stoukalo, representing Xavier Mertz, has left the walk at the same point at which Mertz died in the original expedition, after 320 km. Jarvis must go on alone for ... [read more]

‘It’s none of our business’ (1982)

One of the white stockmen (John Jarratt) tells the senior men in the Aboriginal camp that they will get no tobacco, flour or sugar if the women neglect their work as domestics for Mrs Gunn. When one elder threatens his ... [read more]

Family at war (1994)

Tessa (Pamela Rabe) has begun to see visions of her mother and father in the house. At the kitchen table, she explains to her new friend, Millie (Olivia Patten), why she never had kids. Her father went a bit crazy ... [read more]

‘A pretty drink for a pretty girl’ (2008)

Jason Moran (Les Hill) celebrates the failure of the police to find evidence to convict him for a series of assaults, with family and friends including father Lewis (Kevin Harrington) and brother Mark (Callan Mulvey). At the bash, associate Mick ... [read more]

Balinese paranormal (2003)

Natalie’s Balinese husband, John, was killed in the Bali bombing. Natalie consulted a paranormal to make contact with her dead husband and help come to terms with her loss. [read more]

First game (1995)

The newly formed under-16 soccer team from Melbourne’s Clifton Hill Soccer Club play their first game against a better Turkish team. Their coach, Alex Facos, gives them a pep talk. [read more]

Angela and Ed (1983)

Angela Elliot (Sue Collie) waits for an important phone call. Ed Turnbury (David Benton) irons his shirts and remembers his footballing days. [read more]

From Poland to Australia (2003)

Harvie Krumpet wishes for things to change, and they certainly do. The family home burns to the ground, his parents are frozen to death, the Germans invade and he escapes to Australia. [read more]

Footscray street scenes (1971)

Pans and high-angle shots capture the streets, buildings, shopfronts and signs of the inner-west Melbourne suburb of Footscray in 1971. A Ferris wheel is operating in the Nicholson Street Mall and crowds gather for a baby competition run by Bradley’s ... [read more]

‘I sit next to Toby!’ (2003)

Mr Tesslar (Robert van Mackelenberg) introduces his science class to his newest piece of equipment, the MFE machine. Garth (Brook Sykes), the school bully, is totally bored by the whole thing until new girl Dina (Saskia Burmeister) upsets Elizabeth ... [read more]

‘Just give me sunshine’ (1972)

An old farmhouse, with cows. A door opens to reveal a man shaping his own surfboard, as the music ('Simple Ben’ by John J. Frances) builds momentum. [read more]

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