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The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey (1988)
In the rural British county of Cumbria in 1348, a boy named Griffin (Hamish McFarlane) is troubled by visionary dreams. His beloved elder brother Connor (Bruce Lyons) returns home from an expedition and reports the plague is on its way. ... [read more]
The Waiting City (2009)
An Australian couple, lawyer Fiona (Radha Mitchell) and musician Ben (Joel Edgerton), arrive in the heady atmosphere of Kolkata to finalise the adoption of an Indian baby. In this overcrowded city, the culture clash, a frustratingly inefficient adoption bureaucracy and ... [read more]
The Cambridge Anthropological Expedition to the Torres Strait (1898)
Yamaz Sibarud, a traditional song performed by ‘Maino of Yam’, is part of the Alfred Cort Haddon recordings of the Cambridge anthropological expedition to the Torres Strait in 1898. [read more]
Metal Skin (1994)
Melbourne, 1994. Joe (Aden Young) lives with his mentally-ill father (Petru Gheorghiu) in working-class Altona. A shy misfit whose great love is hotted-up cars, Joe gets a job at a supermarket where he is befriended by fellow revhead Dazey (Ben ... [read more]
Halifax f.p. – Afraid of the Dark (1997)
When eight people are gunned down at a petrol station, forensic psychiatrist Jane Halifax (Rebecca Gibney) is called in to create a profile of the killer and soon finds herself in over her head. With the case stirring up memories ... [read more]
Hot to Trot (1977)
Captain Goodvibes and Astro stroll out beneath a psychedelic sun for a date with destiny. They depart a minaret city of the East on an ornate barge, rowed by unseen minions. Fish dance on the deck until a giant serpent ... [read more]
A Cold Summer (2003)
A Cold Summer depicts the dysfunctional entanglement of three damaged young individuals in Sydney, two of them old female school friends, the third a male alcoholic living in his car. Bobby (Teo Gebert), who has absented himself from his ... [read more]
Who Wants to be a Millionaire? – Series 1 Episode 5 (1999)
Host Eddie McGuire recaps the previous evening’s episode and introduces carry-over contestant Rick, who attempts to increase his $32,000 win. Ten potential contestants then compete in a game of ‘fastest fingers first’ to answer a multiple choice question and gain ... [read more]
Blood Oath (1990)
On the Indonesian island of Ambon in the immediate aftermath of the Second World War, Australian soldiers force Japanese military captives to dig up a mass grave of Australian soldiers. The dead men were prisoners in the island’s Japanese read more]
Women of the Sun (1982)
This four-part television drama series follows the lives of four generations of Aboriginal women. Episode one, Alinta: The Flame, depicts an Aboriginal family clan in 1824 living peacefully by the ocean, hunting, fishing and gathering foods. Alinta (Naykakan Munung) is ... [read more]
The Tracker (2002)
In rough bush country in 1922, an Aboriginal tracker (David Gulpilil) leads three white men in the hunt for a black fugitive. The senior policeman in charge (Gary Sweet) murders 'bush blacks’ on sight; a young constable (Damon Gameau) joins ... [read more]
Buddies (1983)
In the gem fields of central Queensland, knockabout young miners Mike and Johnny (Colin Friels and Harry Hopkins) borrow heavily to take on a claim-jumping newcomer (Dennis Miller) who has money and muscle. Help arrives from an unlikely source – ... [read more]
Walk Into Paradise (1956)
As he’s heading for Australia on leave, senior patrol officer Steve McAllister (Chips Rafferty) is recalled to take a patrol into unmapped territory in the highlands of Australian-administered New Guinea. An old prospector, 'Sharkeye’ Kelly (Reg Lye), has discovered oil ... [read more]
Romper Stomper (1992)
Hando (Russell Crowe) and his best mate Davey (Daniel Pollock) lead a rampaging gang of neo-Nazi skinheads in Footscray, Melbourne, during the 80s. They beat up young Vietnamese migrants, get drunk and fall down, living off the dole, in a ... [read more]
Splendid Fellows (1934)
Monty Ralston (Frank Leighton), amateur aviator and dissolute son of an English shipping magnate, is shipped off to Australia in an effort to reform him. After almost getting arrested at a two-up game, he and his manservant Thompson (Leo Franklin) ... [read more]
Shifting Shelter 3 (2005)
Shifting Shelter 3 is the latest instalment in a documentary series shot over a ten year period. Reminiscent of the British 7 Up Series, the Shifting Shelter series records the lives of four Indigenous individuals on their journey from teenagers ... [read more]
Kylie Tennant (1986)
An interview with the writer Kylie Tennant (1912–1988), filmed at her home in Blackheath NSW, between February and May 1985. [read more]
From Sand to Celluloid – Black Man Down (1996)
An experimental short drama about Aboriginal deaths in custody. [read more]
I Told You I Was Ill: The Life and Legacy of Spike Milligan (2004)
This is a comprehensive and enlightening documentary about comedian, writer and performer Spike Milligan, as seen through the eyes of his immediate family, his close friends and his show business colleagues. Along with testimony from his loved ones, the documentary ... [read more]
Backroads (1977)
Two strangers – one white, one black – steal a car in western New South Wales and head for the coast. Jack (Bill Hunter) is abrasive, cunning and disparaging about Aborigines. Gary (Gary Foley) doesn’t really care – he just ... [read more]
