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New vocabulary (1995)
Choreographer Meryl Tankard says she tries to create a 'new vocabulary’ whenever she creates a new dance piece. We see her rehearsing a new piece with the Adelaide based company, Australian Dance Theatre. A member of the CORPS de ... [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]
Mary shines but Max explodes (2009)
At her father’s grave, Mary (voiced by Toni Collette) looks at the little heart Max sent her, where it is written, ‘Love Yourself First’. She decides to take happiness into her life, marries her love Damien (Eric Bana), and writes ... [read more]
Undercover headquarters (1998)
Ellen ‘Mack’ Mackenzie (Anita Hegh) drives Peter Church (Peter Phelps) back to undercover headquarters after picking him up from the police station. He was 'arrested’ as part of a successful drug sting where he played the buyer. Church is still ... [read more]
A dream come true (2004)
Pamela Con Foo is from a fourth generation Darwin family. She and her husband Harry have paid $6,000 each for the privilege of a sleeper cabin on this historic trip, something they’ve waited a lifetime for. [read more]
Getting a fair trial (2002)
In court, David O’Sullivan (Robert Carlyle) and his associate Helen Devaney (Kerry Fox) discuss the best way to have Max give evidence. They decide to use an unsworn statement from the dock, in order to prevent the Crown prosecutor, Mr ... [read more]
About my mother (2003)
AJ Rochester is a feisty thirty something who describes the day she met her birth mother and how surprised she was to discover it was the attractive woman who ran the local pub. [read more]
Backyard betting (1938)
This newsreel segment begins with a title card which sums it up nicely: ‘slums, illegal gambling and SP bookmaking is a real and vital problem confronting the governments of Australia today’. Following newspaper headlines, the story unfolds to place illegal ... [read more]
Collecting roots and dye (2005)
A group of women walk through bush collecting Merrepen and natural dyes to make dilly bags. The women tell us a good time to collect Merrepen is during the wet season when the spear grass is very dense and long. ... [read more]
Consciousness in animals (2000)
We see Professor Rogers teaching in a laboratory while we hear in voice-over about her research into the left and right brain functions of animals. Rogers explains that asymmetry in animals seems to prove that they experience some sort of ... [read more]
‘I don’t want to make a killing’ (1990)
At the end of a day’s work, Gary (Ben Mendelsohn) asks Steve (Frankie J. Holden) about his exploits as a street racer. They talk about whether the garage will have to close. Steve asks Gary to stay on, once his ... [read more]
‘Life is a big struggle’ (2011)
In this clip, three Australian participants visit Dao and other relatives of a family they met in Australia – the Masudis – who remain ‘in limbo’ in Africa. They bring with them a video message from their Australian-settled relatives which ... [read more]
‘Women are like eskimos’ (1984)
Helen’s mother (Betty Lucas) tells her daughter (Wendy Hughes) not to be selfish – she should go back to her husband. In the hospital where he’s recovering from an overdose of pills, John (John Hargreaves) endures a visit from the ... [read more]
What God meant things to bee (1958)
Smiley (Keith Calvert) takes two cages of bees to Granny McKinley (Sybil Thorndike) to help with her 'rheumatics’. He is terrified, because she is reputed to be the town witch, with a stash of gold to protect. He finds instead ... [read more]
War bonds march (c1941)
This black-and-white segment shows part of a war bonds march held in Adelaide in 1941. The march includes tanks and floats displaying slogans to buy more war loan bonds; floats covered with Australian flags and Union Jacks; and one float ... [read more]
No soft option (2005)
We go 'inside the circle’ to see Circle Sentencing in action. Robert is an Aboriginal man who has been in trouble many times for domestic violence. Now he’s face-to-face with the victim and four Aboriginal Elders who are about to ... [read more]
Kings saved by Ransom (1950)
The King family is about to turn back, defeated by dry waterholes, when they meet a government patrol officer. Ransom (Michael Pate) tells them where to find water. He and Wally (Chips Rafferty) then discuss the King family’s new land ... [read more]
This pig ain’t no Babe (1985)
Bertie (Anthony Richards) enrages a boar, which then escapes and chases him up a tree. Cranky Frank Phillips (Martin Vaughan) unwittingly distracts the boar and becomes its next target. He and his wife Shalagh Phillips (Carole Skinner) flee to the ... [read more]
Memories (2004)
Filmmaker Clara Law has given Trish and Ali some homework – she has asked them to respond to a series of word-prompts including the words ‘ancestors’ and ‘sea’. Against a montage of quiet landscapes and a sparse score, Trish narrates ... [read more]
