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Doors closed and opening (2001)
Minnie Meredith (Angie Milliken) puts an end to Jack Senior’s (William McInnes) systematic abuse of their son David (Nick Russell). The father only escapes official retribution because the family doctor (John Arnold) was an officer in Meredith’s regiment. As that ... [read more]
‘I just don’t talk to cops’ (1998)
Opening titles are followed by a scene set in the police station as Drazic (Callan Mulvey) is interrogated by Detective Sergeant Steel (John McNeill) and Constable Todd Gillespie (Dominic Purcell). The fact that Todd used to go out with Drazic’s ... [read more]
‘You run like a blackfella!’ (1976)
While his father takes a catch of fish to sell in town, Mike (Greg Rowe) discovers some illegal hunters shooting birds. An Aboriginal stranger, Fingerbone Bill (David Gulpilil), drives them away with a warning shot. Mike tried to hide but ... [read more]
This is treason (1988)
Tim Bowden presents viewers’ responses to a video clip of a song called 'Sack the Jack’, which calls for Australia to become a republic. There was both apoplexy and praise for this item when broadcast on prime time ABC ... [read more]
Leonie meets Joe (1991)
While celebrating with friends at a bar, Leonie Stevens (Linda Blair) meets Joe Martinez (Jerome Ehlers). When Joe starts a fight, Leonie intervenes and leaves the bar with Joe. [read more]
‘What are you doing here?’ (1987)
Bet (Jan Adele) discovers her daughter-in-law Lilli (Judy Davis) at the caravan park. Lilli is talking to Bet’s granddaughter Ally (Claudia Karvan), who does not know that Lilli is her mother. [read more]
How democracy actually works (2001)
You can watch How Democracy Actually Works here in its entirety. In this episode of Leunig Animated, narrated by Sam Neill, Leunig’s little Man learns how our votes really count in the political process. [read more]
Mia encounters an obstacle (1996)
Mia (Frances O’Connor) visits the head of film studies (Kym Gyngell) at her university and finds it’s not going to be as easy as she thought to change courses. [read more]
‘Those Who Love’ fragment (1926)
The single reel containing the almost three minutes that survive of Those Who Love consists of extracts from four scenes – dancers at a beach party, events surrounding Barry’s and Lola’s first meeting at a cabaret, and a romantic scene ... [read more]
‘Dirty little bugger’ (2007)
Charlie (Luke Ford) draws rude self-portraits as he and his brother Thomas (Rhys Wakefield) sit at home. Their parents return from a sex and pregnancy class, where Maggie (Toni Collette) has had one of her ‘attacks’, due to high blood ... [read more]
Happily unmarried (1987)
Frank (Leo McKern) and his companion Frances (Julia Blake) open a bottle of French champagne to celebrate their arrival in Port Douglas. The isolation and privacy, says Frank, is the best part, just as their neighbour Freddie (Graham Kennedy) arrives ... [read more]
‘Society won’t look after us’ (2006)
Voices from resident protests against St Kilda’s street prostitution are juxtaposed with images of sex workers on the neighbourhood’s streets. Gillian, sporting a black eye, talks about an encounter with a bad client. [read more]
‘If there’s anything I can do…’ (2011)
This scene introduces Lisa (Marta Dusseldorp) during a sexual encounter with Tom (Matthew Goode) in her new kitchen. The next scene shows how they met by chance in a restaurant a little earlier. [read more]
Allergic to everything (1998)
Gordon (Peter Fenton) and Cynthia (Sacha Horler) get acquainted after she has phoned him and asked him to come to her place. He arrives with beer and they get drunk. Next day he sees how bad her eczema is and ... [read more]
Do you love me? (2004)
Joe (Sam Worthington) and Heidi (Abbie Cornish) order dinner at a Chinese restaurant, after Joe’s mates have humiliated Heidi in the street outside. Heidi asks him if he loves her. He evades the question and refuses to say if she ... [read more]
Drawing a positive character (1992)
Andrea Stretton is talking to Peter Carey. He is visiting Australia from his home in New York where his latest book, The Tax Inspector (1991), has just been published to rave reviews. The interview discusses whether getting some distance is ... [read more]
All that promise (2000)
Grant was an adorable child star who could dance and sing and play the drums. He gave it all away when the kids at school teased him about his work in television ads. Later when he tried to get back ... [read more]
Terry Hicks meets Jon Mohammed (2004)
David’s father, Terry Hicks, seeks the truth about his son in Afghanistan. He meets David’s friend, Jon Mohammed, who was imprisoned in the cell next to David. Jon says David was a good Muslim. Jon was released after 15 months. [read more]
Thailand (1958)
This clip begins at a Buddhist temple in Bangkok and shows Buddhist monks walking the grounds. Scenes of life along the river are filmed from a boat, including village houses, wooden boats, temples, people bathing, locals playing music, and men ... [read more]
Accommodation on board (1979)
Adventurers Malcolm Douglas and Brett Nixon are travelling from Sydney to New Guinea on a five-metre motorboat. The men stop over on an idyllic, remote and untouched beach in far north Queensland and net fish near the shore. [read more]
