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This is for real (2001)
Running down sand dunes, the mother (voiced by Sigrid Thornton) arrives at the sea’s edge and ponders a dead seagull. A huge wave sweeps her out to sea; she struggles against the tide, swimming, but goes down. [read more]
‘You’ll get used to it’ (2006)
Sara, a resident of Northcott public housing estate, says that some residents have thrown household appliances and furniture over the balcony. She recalls the night that a person died from the fall. [read more]
Darkening my skin (2004)
An elderly Aboriginal woman, Laurel Cooper, tells the story of her birth and early life in the bush and her mother’s attempts to keep her concealed from the police troopers by darkening her skin. [read more]
Church goes undercover (1998)
Under orders from boss Bernie Rocca (Joe Petruzzi) and supervisor Ellen Mackenzie (Anita Hegh), Peter Church (Peter Phelps) goes undercover at the railway yards. His target is railway worker Ronnie Gallagher (John Brumpton), a suspect in the case of a ... [read more]
Pop star (1990)
Wilton grants CW’s wish to be the most exciting person in the whole world in order to induce Katie (Ebony Ricketson) to fall in love with him. Instantly, CW is a famous rock star with a gigantic hit song ‘The ... [read more]
Teamwork (1998)
Alex (Nicki Wendt) asks the kids – Mike (Nikolai Nikolaeff), Pi (Cassandra Magrath), Bec (Frances Wang), Marcello (Paul Pantano) and Ram (Damien Bodie) to combine their individual ideas to create one character. After a lot of arguing they finally achieve ... [read more]
A fond farewell (1985)
Robert O’Hara Burke (Jack Thompson) addresses a large crowd as his expedition prepares to leave Melbourne in August 1860. He thanks the expedition committee of the Royal Society of Victoria, and his chief benefactor, the businessmen Ambrose Kyte (Hugh Keays-Byrne). ... [read more]
Beach scenes (1932)
A beach scene from the 1930s is captured on this home movie clip taken by Leslie Francis Farey. People are shown lying on the beach and a group of people swim between the flags while surfers catch waves using longboards. [read more]
Love at first sight (1996)
At a party in the Capulet mansion, Romeo (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Juliet (Claire Danes) meet for the first time. The couple cannot take their eyes off each other. Juliet is ushered away by her maid (Miriam Margolyes). [read more]
From Poland to Australia (2003)
Harvie Krumpet wishes for things to change, and they certainly do. The family home burns to the ground, his parents are frozen to death, the Germans invade and he escapes to Australia. [read more]
Elvis is alive (1993)
Voice-over sums up the fate of both Dixon and Stuart over black-and-white stills of the two. Then we cut to the present day Max Stuart, driving along in his home country, now much older. He philosophises about what people think ... [read more]
You don’t look a day older than 299! (1999)
The space wizard Galiel’s foolish sidekicks Elgar (Marg Downey) and Moza (Stephen Whittaker) squabble as they wait for Galiel’s orders. In the cave Neri’s loyal protector, Neanda of the Cave Dweller Clan (Doug Tremlett), recovers consciousness after his fall. [read more]
Life before contact (2008)
Narrator Rachel Perkins re-tells stories from the Dreamtime and historian Professor Marcia Langton of the Yiman-Bidjara Nation, historian Professor Janet McCalman and writer Bruce Pascoe of Boonwurrung Heritage weigh in on the unique prehistory experience of Australian Indigenous peoples. [read more]
‘I like Aeroplane Jelly’ (1959)
A spaceship enters the Earth’s atmosphere and lands amongst a crowd of curious humans. Two aliens bounce out of their rocket-shaped craft. A journalist quickly pounces on the duo and asks: ‘why have you come down from outer space?’ to ... [read more]
Marriage resisters (2002)
Anna Yen says in a voice-over, ‘Once upon a time, long ago, in a land far, far away’. The story she tells is about Yen’s grandmother’s region becoming famous for silk growing. There are extreme close-ups of silk passing through ... [read more]
Prominent film men say ‘Au Revoir’ (c1926)
Beginning with an intertitle to give the context, this newsreel segment proceeds to show WA Gibson and Norman Dawn boarding a ship bound for Tasmania. A second intertitle explains their purpose in visiting locations for the film For the Term ... [read more]
A problem of demographics (2005)
In this documentary about love for Indigenous singles, the subjects are contextualised by demographic. Statistics show that Indigenous Australians are a small percentage of the population – making it difficult for Indigenous singles who want to date other Indigenous singles. [read more]
‘Maternal instinct in hibernation’ (1997)
Baby Lee’s mother, Tracey, suffered from a lack of emotional connection with her child immediately after his birth. She recalls her lack of feeling at the time. Lee’s husband Simon, and her grandmother talk about the difficult time during Tracey’s ... [read more]
Green gold (2004)
People at a market are seen buying and consuming the psychoactive drug, betelnut, also called green gold. It is chewed with lime and mustard. It is used by millions of people in the Western Pacific and East Africa. [read more]
Phidias and his art gallery (1961)
Artist Jeffrey Smart is 'Phidias’ who takes his young audience on ‘a walk through the art gallery’ featuring artworks from viewers in Melbourne, Sydney and ‘all the way from Perth’. He uses the first picture he selects – a painting ... [read more]
