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The Land That Waited (1963)

This remarkable documentary tells the early history of colonial Australia through etchings, paintings and drawings produced by the first colonists. It features voice-over narration written by Max Harris and original and evocative music composed by John Antill. [read more]

Djedbang-ari (1953)

'Djedbang-ari’ is a three-part Indigenous manikay (song) and dance from the Yirrkala district in the far north-east of Arnhem Land. [read more]

The Pearl Fishers (1963)

A televised performance of The Pearl Fishers, an opera by Bizet with an improbable storyline but incomparable music. Zurga, chief of the pearl fishermen, and his great friend Nadir once vied for the hand of the beautiful priestess Leila. They ... [read more]

Slipknot (2002)

After a group of nine young men get turned away by bouncers at a selective Melbourne nightclub, ‘onesixone’, John Safran helps them pose as American nu-metal band Slipknot to gain entry into the club. [read more]

Not Only the Need (1957)

This sponsored film made for the Australian Council of Trade Unions proposes a Commonwealth solution to the housing problems facing families living in inner-city slums. It contrasts crowded and dilapidated city tenements with better homes in the suburbs, illustrates the ... [read more]

Footloose (2002)

Inspired by US movie Footloose (1984), John Safran returns to his orthodox Jewish high school to protest against the school’s ban on dances. In a meeting with School Rabbi Yitzchok Dovid Groner, Safran quotes the same lines used by Kevin ... [read more]

The Shiralee (1957)

On one of his infrequent visits to his wife Marge (Elizabeth Sellars) in Sydney, itinerant bushman Jim Macauley (Peter Finch) finds her living with another man, Donny (George Rose). He beats Donny up, grabs his five-year-old daughter Buster (Dana Wilson) ... [read more]

The Sundowners (1960)

At the end of the 1920s, Paddy Carmody (Robert Mitchum) and his wife Ida (Deborah Kerr) have been living on the road as drovers for 16 years. Their son Sean (Michael Anderson Junior) wonders what it would be like to ... [read more]

The Final Winter (2007)

After 13 years of first grade rugby league for the Newtown Jets, Mick 'Grub’ Henderson (Matt Nable) faces his hardest challenge – the end of his career. His vicious late hit on a St George player – his own younger ... [read more]

DJ Kenny spins the music (2005)

DJ Kenny (David Page) steps up to the mike and introduces his radio show, Greenbush, the show where dedications are made to Indigenous inmates. [read more]

Raising awareness through music (1991)

Musician and playwright Jimmy Chi talks about the importance of raising awareness about sexual health. The cast from the musical play Bran Nue Dae perform a light-hearted song about safe sex to get the message across. [read more]

Yindi: The Last Koala? (1996)

This docu-drama follows Yindi, a koala on Australia’s east coast. Yindi is still a tiny baby in the pouch when his mother is injured in a car accident and he must be hand-reared. After mother and baby are returned to ... [read more]

The Lighthorsemen (1987)

It is the end of the third year of the Great War. The Australian forces are fighting in France and the Middle East, more than two years after the landings at Gallipoli. In Egypt and Palestine, the young soldiers of ... [read more]

South of the Border (1987)

South of the Border looks at the role of music in the grass roots political protest movement in Central America. David Bradbury films various bands singing protest songs and talking about government oppression in Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and ... [read more]

Young music (1986)

The young congregation takes the lead in reading from the Bible and singing catchy songs accompanied by guitar. Please note there are some intermittent audio and visual glitches in this clip. [read more]

‘The face that killed your mother’ (2007)

Rose (Joan Chen), Joe (Qi Yuwu) and the two children go to a Chinese martial arts movie, where Joe and May (Irene Chen) throw popcorn at each other. Rose is angry afterwards and accuses May of dressing ‘like a slut’. ... [read more]

The Proposition (2005)

In outback Australia in the 1880s, bushranger Charlie Burns (Guy Pearce) and his brother Mike (Richard Wilson) are captured by Captain Stanley (Ray Winstone). An Englishman who has emigrated with his wife, Martha (Emily Watson), Stanley wants the prize catch ... [read more]

The Set (1969)

A young working-class man who sells shirts at a Sydney department store, Paul Lawrence (Sean McEuan), dreams of going to art school. When his girlfriend Cara (Julie Rogers) leaves for London, Paul becomes the protégé of renowned designer Marie Rosefield ... [read more]

Without me you wouldn’t have jobs (2011)

Greg (Vince Colosimo) responds angrily after Hakim (Robert Rabiah) accuses him of underpaying his workers. He points out forcefully that if it wasn’t for him they wouldn’t have jobs. [read more]

‘Wild night’ (1982)

First contestant is Catherine from South Australia who sings ‘Wild Night’ in her debut television performance. [read more]

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