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Everynight… Everynight (1994)

Remand prisoner Dale (David Field) is sent to H Division, for notorious offenders, soon after arriving at Melbourne’s Pentridge prison. He is savagely bashed on arrival by three prison officers, led by Berriman (Bill Hunter). Officer Gaunt (Simon Woodward) rapes ... [read more]

Palermo: ‘History’ Standing Still (2004)

An experimental documentary that explores the traces of Palermo’s history visible in its architecture and street life, and the way history can be constructed on screen. [read more]

Australia Post – 200 Years (1988)

This is a short programme produced to mark Australia Post’s commemoration of the 26 January 1988 Australian Bicentennial. [read more]

My Country (1994)

The documentary examines the working relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous occupants of a cattle station in the Northern Territory. Most of the filming takes place during a cattle muster as helicopters are used to round up thousands of head of ... [read more]

Spotswood (1992)

In the dockside Melbourne suburb of Spotswood, business efficiency expert (Anthony Hopkins) tries to save a run-down moccasin factory that hasn’t made a profit for years. The boss, Mr Ball (Alwyn Kurts) has been selling off assets to keep his ... [read more]

First Australians – Episode 7, We Are No Longer Shadows (2008)

The seventh and final episode of First Australians covers the period 1967–93, focusing on the Torres Strait Islands and Eddie ‘Koiki’ Mabo’s fight for land rights. This period was, globally, a time of increased civil rights advocacy and political activism, ... [read more]

ALP: Frank Forde, Election 1946 (1946)

In an address to the public designed in newsreel format for cinema release, Deputy Prime Minister Frank Forde makes an appeal to his Capricornia electorate for a vote for him and a vote for Chifley, prior to the September 1946 ... [read more]

Blood Brothers – Jardiwarnpa (1993)

Jardiwarnpa documents the ceremonial dances of the Warlpiri over two weeks, with minimal intrusion by the film crew, who capture the unfolding ceremony. It is an observational style documentary periodically interrupted with a subject speaking to camera or in voice-over. ... [read more]

A Day at an Engineering Works (c1926)

A silent documentary produced by the Made in Australia Council that details the work inside the Perry engineering works in Adelaide in order to promote and support Australian manufacturing industries and workers. The film is tinted and contains intertitles. [read more]

Don’s Party (1976)

On federal election night in 1969, Don and Kath Henderson (John Hargreaves and Jeanie Drynan) host a party, to celebrate what they expect will be a Labor victory after 20 years of conservative government. Most of their friends vote Labor. ... [read more]

Dimpel, Konrad: On the Voyage to Germany (c1966)

In 1966, Konrad Dimpel and his young family left Fremantle port for Germany on the passenger ship Achille Lauro. Dimpel filmed this silent home movie of the voyage from Australia to Germany, along the way capturing the on board activities ... [read more]

Rinso Soap Powder: Then Came Happiness (1931)

This cinema advertisement for Rinso soap powder from 1931 is a short drama about a woman, worn out by the drudge of washing day, who is introduced to Rinso by a girlfriend during a bridge night. [read more]

General Motors Holden – Make it Yours (1968)

This black-and-white 60-second television advertisement for the 'new generation’ 1968 Holden HK Premier features a voice-over narration by John Laws. [read more]

Melbourne Cup 1896 (1896)

This film documents the 1896 Melbourne Cup horse race including footage of the crowd watching the race. [read more]

Wind (1999)

A short drama about the relationship between a black tracker and his 'boss’. They are tracking an Aboriginal man accused of murder. [read more]

Much Ado About Something (2001)

Much Ado About Something questions the authorship of the works of Shakespeare in a delightful and accessible way. It uses interviews, dramatisations, pictures, photos, paintings, and scenes from feature films and plays to investigate whether Christopher Marlowe or Sir Francis ... [read more]

Pyongyang Diaries (1997)

Shortly after the death of the country’s leader Kim Il Sung, and again on a return trip two years later in 1996, filmmaker Solrun Hoaas embarked on a personal journey to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (the DPRK ... [read more]

Chez les Sauvages Australiens (1917)

Composed of material filmed by William Jackson in 1917, Chez Les Sauvages Australiens (In Native Australia or, literally, At Home with the Wild Australians) presents a series of short sequences separated by French language intertitles. This demonstration film of ... [read more]

Summer Heights High – Episode 5 (2007)

Summer Heights High follows three characters at a fictional school, Summer Heights High, for the duration of a school term, each played by Chris Lilley. In this episode, Ja’mie and her friends campaign for a year 11 formal at the ... [read more]

Wake in Fright (1971)

John Grant (Gary Bond) is the bored teacher at a one-room school in Tiboonda, a tiny railway junction on the far western plains of New South Wales. On his way to Sydney for Christmas, he stops overnight in Bundanyabba, a ... [read more]

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