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Clever daughters, wayward son (1999)

Victor (Linal Haft) has lunch with his three daughters as his only son Bo (Russell Dykstra) arrives home from prison. Bo’s father will not allow him into the house so he dumps his gear in the shed. While Victor commiserates ... [read more]

Oratory (1990)

One of the important men in the village is speaking very loudly and angrily about how people in the village are not ready for any celebration and that Waiko and his family are in too much of a hurry. Waiko ... [read more]

Miles jumps in (1991)

‘Dingo’ Anderson (Colin Friels) and Billy Cross (Miles Davis) visit a famous jazz club in Paris. Billy asks the bandleader, an old friend (Onzy Matthews), if his friend can sit in. ‘Dingo’ makes a big splash, but the place erupts ... [read more]

A bush boxing ring (2007)

After watching a newsreel of Lionel Rose, Ed (Xavier Samuel) and Paddy (Clarence John Ryan) build their own boxing ring in the wheat stubble, using old fencing materials. With only one pair of gloves, they take one each and spar ... [read more]

Fetch (1998)

You can watch the short film Fetch here in its entirety. It tells the story of a man (Matt Day), his date (Rebecca Frith), her dog (Mindy) and how quickly a fledgling romance can progress from awkward to awful. [read more]

‘Swimmin’ … that’s for white fellas’ (1996)

Aboriginal kids cling to the fence that keeps them out of the pool area. In the pool, Koorine (Carrie Prosser) races a young girl (Megan Drury). They talk about being like Dawn Fraser and Esther Williams. Koorine’s friend convinces her ... [read more]

Esther’s duck is murdered (2007)

At her mother’s insistence, Esther Blueburger (Danielle Catanzariti) returns her pet duckling, 'Normal’, to school for the weekend so it will be out of the way during her bat mitzvah. On her return to school, she goes to a science ... [read more]

‘Nurse to you’ (1995)

Desi Little (Gary Cooper) is in a hospital bed. Nurse Brenda (Rhoda Roberts) tends to him. In the opposite bed is Hugo Hutton (Ben Oxenbould). He is asleep on his back, a cowboy hat covering his face. A small lady ... [read more]

‘Practice’ (2002)

After a heavy night playing cards and drinking, Detective Joe Hill (Peter O’Brien) is woken in his car by ex-girlfriend Nicole Brown (Jodie Dry). Her new boyfriend, uniformed cop Shane Duggan (Rupert Reid), is being investigated by internal affairs over ... [read more]

Stolen (2004)

A mailbox large in the foreground, a house small in the back. Rosalie in voice-over tells us about her experiences of being an Aboriginal child in white foster care. Rosalie begins to tell us of the abuse she has had ... [read more]

Turning point (2003)

Bernie explains her struggles over the years to reach a competitive level of horseracing. She admits she couldn’t do it by herself, leading her to join forces with trainer Paul Sutherland. Bernie turns a corner with a thrilling win in ... [read more]

CDEP (1993)

In their office, Dallas Skuthorpe and Essie speak about the benefits of CDEP for the Brewarrina community. They travel to a big old shed, where people are working on projects, teaching and being trained. [read more]

Breakthrough (1985)

Alex McClelland speaks about writing to Prime Minister Gorton to no avail. When he finally finds someone that believes he was imprisoned in the concentration camp at Terezin, misfortune strikes. McClelland is pouring through Gestapo records when he makes the ... [read more]

Company for Mrs De Marco (1990)

After the accidental death of Mustafa, Carl (Sam Neill) calls his best friend Dave (John Clarke) for help. Dave is a gravedigger, so they take the body to a cemetery, where Dave selects an open grave, in which to place ... [read more]

Porcine processing (1979)

A pig is slaughtered and disembowelled at the abattoir. Its carcass is carved up and joins dozens of others in a refrigerated storeroom. [read more]

‘American girls love Mel Gibson’ (1983)

Australian actress Olivia Newton-John talks about the popularity of Australian films and Mel Gibson in this 1983 documentary. An extract is included from The Year of Living Dangerously (1982) and a young Mel Gibson is interviewed. [read more]

‘Describe your life’ (1992)

The Doug Anthony All Stars (Tim Ferguson, Richard Fidler and Paul McDermott) are filling out the Shitsu Tonka census. They come to a section labelled ‘Describe your life’. [read more]

‘A kind of tribe’ (1969)

Rex Stapleton (Bruce Anderson) explains his idea of a new tribe of young urban intellectuals to Sarah Gardiner (Eileen Chapman), at a party. Noel Oakshot (David Turnbull) declares he’s no longer a part of that tribe, especially if it pretends ... [read more]

‘You hardly even knew him’ (2002)

Charlie (Vince Colosimo) has already privately complained about a crying woman who he reckons had only met Gavin twice. When she can’t stop crying he loses his temper and shouts at her. [read more]

Montclare, 1950 (1982)

Linda Stevens (Jacki Kerin) reads her mother’s diary. In 1950 Montclare was converted into a retirement home. [read more]

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