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Bougainville healing (2000)
When the people of Bougainville Island were blockaded for forcibly closing the copper mine they had to relearn their traditional ways of medicine. We see them gathering, preparing and applying traditional medicine as they talk in voice-over. [read more]
Law stick (1997)
John Howard responds to the High Court’s decision on the native title of the Wik and Thayorre peoples in Wik Peoples v Queensland (1996) 141 ALR 129. News footage shows a summit held by Aboriginal Land Councils. ... [read more]
‘Manhattan skyline’ (1982)
The next contestant is Howard, a 22-year-old dancer from Victoria, performing his own choreography to a piece called ‘Manhattan Skyline’. [read more]
Sydney – ‘the Empire’s second-greatest white city’ (1938)
A beautifully photographed montage of Sydney’s architecture, streets, people and modes of transport that is rapidly edited to orchestrated music. [read more]
‘Everything is upside down’ (1990)
The tea party was ‘worth making a song and dance about’ but Rebecca (Hetherington), Blackboard and Mr Squiggle (both operated and voiced by Norman Hetherington) are waiting for Gus the Snail to arrive. In the meantime, it’s time for a ... [read more]
Gauguin’s paradise (2005)
Gauguin arrives in Tahiti to find the paradise he longs to paint has almost completely disappeared. But he soon finds models to paint including fourteen-year-old Tahitian girl Teha’amana who also becomes his lover. Stephen Eisenman, author and Professor of Art ... [read more]
‘The biggest sing-sing ever heard in New Guinea’ (1956)
McAllister (Chips Rafferty) asks the nearby highland tribes to perform a traditional 'sing-sing’, or ceremonial dance, in order to flatten the grass for an airstrip. Hundreds of warriors oblige, dressed in full regalia, staging a mock battle in the process. [read more]
Endeavour journal (2004)
Written on board the Endeavour during his trip down under in 1770, James Cook’s journal records the beginning of Australia as we know it today. [read more]
‘I’m a black Australian’ (2005)
Kenny puts on a cassette tape. He moves through the radio station to the sound of the music. It is a speech by Gary Foley with music playing in the background. Kenny pauses to sing the words to the Indigenous ... [read more]
Teen smoking (1994)
Rebellious teenagers smoke to annoy their parents. A mother and daughter discuss why the girl ran away from home. [read more]
Learning curve (2002)
Emerging film producers Jason Gooden and Julian Saggers are re-editing their feature film. The intertitle tells us that producers have removed most of the footage directed by the second director Dennis Whitburn and gone back to the footage directed by ... [read more]
Bombs dropped (2007)
Laith Stevens, bomb disposal expert, examines a bomb in the ground and talks to locals about the danger. Bombs are moved and loaded onto airplanes. Over historical footage of bombing, Laith Stevens talks about the number of bombs dropped. [read more]
Stolen (2004)
A mailbox large in the foreground, a house small in the back. Rosalie in voice-over tells us about her experiences of being an Aboriginal child in white foster care. Rosalie begins to tell us of the abuse she has had ... [read more]
Manuk’s magnetic bolt (2004)
Manuk (voiced by Joshua Ahn), in anticipation of the coming train, places a steel bolt on the train track and waits for the results. A tank-hauling train passes by, and on examining the now flattened bolt, Manuk sees it has ... [read more]
Mother Tongue (2002)
You can view the short film Mother Tongue here in its entirety. In Korea in 1976, a young Korean girl and her mother record daily events for the girl’s absent father, then learn English in preparation for their move to ... [read more]
A young talent (2000)
Max was a highly intelligent and thoughtful twelve-year-old when he was first filmed in the late 1960s. A child performer, he was also the man of the house and breadwinner, as his mother was often ill and they lived on ... [read more]
‘A metre of tulle’ (1989)
The principal dancer of the Sydney Dance Company, Paul Mercurio, talks about his early years as a dancer. Extracts from Graeme Murphy’s modern ballet ‘Some Rooms’ are seen. Murphy talks about the sensuality of modern ballet. [read more]
What would you have done? (1985)
Gary (Emil Minty) has been asked to cheat on the radio quiz show and asks Brother Kennedy (Joss McWilliam) and the Headmaster (Rhys McConnochie) for advice, but the brothers can’t give him a clear answer. At home, the show’s sponsors ... [read more]
Winning and losing (1994)
Tears and triumphs follow the end of the game. Boys and men talk frankly about winning, losing and crying. [read more]
‘I’m not taking that woman up the Sepik …’ (1956)
Steve McAllister (Chips Rafferty) tells the District officer (Fred Kaad) that he’s not taking Louise Demarcet, a UN doctor (Françoise Christophe) up the Sepik River. The boat captain (Richard Davis) advises her that shorts are not acceptable for women in ... [read more]
