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Bit of Black Business – The Turtle (2007)

Jason (Gregory Cross) is no longer a small boy. His mother has sent him to his grandfather (Kelton Pell) to experience a different way of life. [read more]

Bit of Black Business – Two Big Boys (2007)

Brothers Scott (Michael Tuahine) and Nick (David Page) are at a drive-through restaurant. Through their playful banter we discover that Nick is dubious about Scott’s intentions for ordering up big. It’s not a good day for Nick because Scott’s car ... [read more]

Coruba Jamaican Rum (1979)

This animated cinema commercial for Coruba Jamaican Rum celebrates the lifestyle associated with the spirit’s origins. [read more]

The Western Distributor (1973)

A public relations film made for the New South Wales Department of Main Roads by Kingcroft Productions which documents the construction of the first stage of the Western Distributor, providing a route from the Sydney Harbour Bridge through to Ultimo ... [read more]

Eyes Right (c1950)

This short film produced by Castlereagh Film discusses how to protect and care for the eyes. Addressed to children and their parents, it explains how the eye sees by comparing it to a camera, and advises on how to avoid ... [read more]

The Djarn Djarns (2005)

A short drama about a group of Indigenous boys who become each other’s family following the death of Franky’s (Hunter Page) father. [read more]

Harry’s War (2000)

Harry Saunders (David Ngoombujarra) prepares to go to fight for his country in the Second World War, but his fight is also for the rights of the Indigenous people. Harry carries the hope that fighting for his country will make ... [read more]

Mimi (2002)

A short drama about a young Western art collector who gets more than she’s bargained for when she purchases Indigenous art pieces that include a Mimi statue and a painting of a barramundi. [read more]

Loved Up – Lore of Love (2005)

A short documentary about a young woman named Jessie Bartlett, an 18-year-old being taught the lores of love by her Pintupi grandmothers Mijili, Nancy and Kumanjayi. [read more]

Loved Up – Our Bush Wedding (2005)

An observational documentary about the wedding between artist Gordon Syron and photographer Elaine Pelot-Kitchener. Syron went to jail in 1972 for killing a man who, in his view, was attempting to take the land belonging to his family. [read more]

Flat (2002)

A short drama about the day in a life of a young teenager, who captures Alice Springs through a video camera given to her by her mostly absent father. [read more]

Bodyline (1984)

In the summer of 1932-33, three men of Empire – the brilliant young Australian batsman Donald Bradman (Gary Sweet), the gentleman English captain Douglas Jardine (Hugo Weaving) and the Yorkshire coal miner and fast bowler Harold Larwood (Jim Holt) – ... [read more]

Vietnam (1988)

This epic story of Australia’s involvement in the Vietnam War is told through the history of a middle class family, the Goddards, whose son Phillip (Nicholas Eadie) is conscripted to fight in the war and whose father, Douglas (Barry Otto), ... [read more]

Holly’s Heroes – Crunch Time (2005)

This is episode seven of a 26-part series about basketball mad Holly who, on moving from New Zealand to Australia, decides to start her own team after getting knocked back by the local team, the Rams. Holly’s rebel team is ... [read more]

More Winners – Boy Soldiers (1990)

In 1910, the Australian government passed a law requiring all boys aged between 14 and 17 years to register for compulsory military training. Between 1911 and 1915 more than 30,000 boys were prosecuted for failing to obey this law. Boy ... [read more]

Living Country (2005)

A documentary about the Indigenous peoples of the Northern Territory’s fight to prevent the federal government from dumping nuclear waste in their country. Living Country is part of the Nganampa Anwernekenhe series produced by Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association ... [read more]

Beyond Sorry (2003)

When she was eight years old, Zita Wallace was removed from her families by the authorities. This is a documentary about the Stolen Generations, and the journey of one woman to reconnect with the Eastern Arrernte family from whom she ... [read more]

Noah and Saskia – Tomorrow Never Knows (2004)

Feisty Saskia (Hannah Greenwood) seeks revenge when a faceless geek somewhere in cyber world steals her music. This opening episode of a 13-part series shows the start of the online relationship between two teenagers – the uncool but quick-tongued Saskia ... [read more]

Skippy Adventures in Bushtown – Trouble in Bushtown (1997)

Skippy the kangaroo is a capable, trustworthy, ‘copter flying park ranger who is the unofficial leader and resident good guy in idyllic Bushtown. In this, the first episode of the series, the aging Mayor is finally retiring and Skippy is ... [read more]

Staines Down Drains – Once More Unto the Drains (2005)

Slipping down a plughole portal and shrinking as they go, germ-phobic Stanley Staines and his adventurous sister Mary Jane have discovered a yucky, germy and weirdly wonderful world in the drains below their home. There they find friends like Vegety ... [read more]

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