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The Human Journey – Episode 3 (1999)
In this, the third and final episode of the series, we learn that Homo sapiens left the Middle East for the new world of South-East Asia 90,000 years ago, in the long saga of the journey out of Africa. [read more]
Bit of Black Business – Custard (2007)
When her grandfather dies, a young woman (Amy Miller-Porter) travels by ferry to support her Grandma (Freda Glynn) at the funeral. The journey to her family’s island home leads to a reaffirming of self and a chance for the Granddaughter ... [read more]
Bit of Black Business – Days Like These (2007)
Days Like These is a day in the life of Dan (Jordan Gee-Hoy), a young Aboriginal man who is trying to get ahead, but it seems the odds are stacked against him. Living with his single working mother (Lillian Crombie), ... [read more]
Bit of Black Business – Done Dirt Cheap (2007)
Not far from the bustling Kalgoorlie mines, local Aboriginal couple Amos (Trevor Jamieson) and Gracie (Wendy Martin) are fossicking for gold with a pick and shovel. It seems they have hit paydirt so Amos heads to town where gold is ... [read more]
Bit of Black Business – Kwatye (2007)
Gary (Donnovan Mears) comes home after a big night drinking beer and collapses on the couch. He is awoken early by his daughter, Aspen (Aspen Beattie). Hung over, he wants to be treated like a sick patient and asks Aspen ... [read more]
Bit of Black Business – Nana (2007)
A Little Girl (Kiara Gibson) loves her Nana (Mitjili Napanangka Gibson) and follows her as she hunts, sells art and patrols her Alice Springs community for drug runners. Nana has everything and everyone under control. [read more]
Bit of Black Business – Too Late (2007)
Ben (Aaron Pedersen) returns home and instantly realises he is in some kind of trouble. His girlfriend Gemma (Ngaire Pigram) is giving him the cold shoulder and not speaking to him. His son, BJ (Jake Phillips), asks Ben, 'I thought ... [read more]
Bit of Black Business – The Turtle (2007)
Jason (Gregory Cross) is no longer a small boy. His mother has sent him to his grandfather (Kelton Pell) to experience a different way of life. [read more]
Bit of Black Business – Two Big Boys (2007)
Brothers Scott (Michael Tuahine) and Nick (David Page) are at a drive-through restaurant. Through their playful banter we discover that Nick is dubious about Scott’s intentions for ordering up big. It’s not a good day for Nick because Scott’s car ... [read more]
Coruba Jamaican Rum (1979)
This animated cinema commercial for Coruba Jamaican Rum celebrates the lifestyle associated with the spirit’s origins. [read more]
The Western Distributor (1973)
A public relations film made for the New South Wales Department of Main Roads by Kingcroft Productions which documents the construction of the first stage of the Western Distributor, providing a route from the Sydney Harbour Bridge through to Ultimo ... [read more]
Eyes Right (c1950)
This short film produced by Castlereagh Film discusses how to protect and care for the eyes. Addressed to children and their parents, it explains how the eye sees by comparing it to a camera, and advises on how to avoid ... [read more]
Saturday Night, Sunday Morning (1999)
A short film based on a story by Archie Weller, Saturday Night, Sunday Morning is the story of a robbery gone wrong, an unplanned kidnapping and its consequences. A young white girl is kidnapped by three youths – two black, ... [read more]
Island Fettlers (2006)
A documentary that uses historical footage, with current interview and observational footage, about the journey of Torres Strait Islander men who moved to the Pilbara to work on the railways and after the job finished stayed on. [read more]
Mortified – Taylor’s DNA (2006)
This is the first episode of the series. Self conscious eleven-year-old Taylor Fry (Marny Kennedy) finds her crazy parents Don (Andrew Blackman) and Glenda (Rachel Blakely) so embarrassing that she becomes convinced that they can’t possibly be her real mother ... [read more]
From Sand to Celluloid – Two Bob Mermaid (1996)
A short drama, set in the 1950s, about an Aboriginal girl Koorine (Carrie Prosser) who is fair skinned and gains access to the local swimming pool where Aboriginal people are legally denied access. [read more]
The Dirtwater Dynasty (1988)
Richard Eastwick (Hugo Weaving) was born in a London slum and through his vision of a future on the land and with sheer hard work and courage, he rose to become one of the wealthiest landowners in his adopted country ... [read more]
More Winners – The Big Wish (1990)
The faeries in the Enchanted Realm are in trouble. The Charter of the Grand Master states that they must give seven wishes to humans every 100 years or they lose their magic powers. Somehow this time – with the sly ... [read more]
Wirrangul Women: Always Have, Always Will (2006)
A documentary about elders Doreen and Gladys Miller, the last remaining speakers of the Wirangu language in an area where the dominant remaining Indigenous languages are Kokatha and Pitjantjatjara. [read more]
Warren H Williams, the stories, the songs (2004)
A documentary about Arrernte musician Warren H Williams, who shares the source of his musical inspiration and the role of family and culture in his personal and professional life. Warren H Williams, the stories, the songs is part of the ... [read more]
