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Benny and the Dreamers (1992)

A documentary about the Pintubi people’s first contact with white people, and the affects of dispossession and institutionalisation when the peoples were forced from their lands into missions. [read more]

Marn Grook (1996)

Marn Grook details Indigenous involvement in AFL since the game’s beginning. [read more]

Teddy Briscoe (2000)

A documentary about an Indigenous stockman, and the legacy carried on by his family. [read more]

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]

The Djarn Djarns (2005)

A short drama about a group of Indigenous boys who become each other’s family following the death of Franky’s (Hunter Page) father. [read more]

Harry’s War (2000)

Harry Saunders (David Ngoombujarra) prepares to go to fight for his country in the Second World War, but his fight is also for the rights of the Indigenous people. Harry carries the hope that fighting for his country will make ... [read more]

Mimi (2002)

A short drama about a young Western art collector who gets more than she’s bargained for when she purchases Indigenous art pieces that include a Mimi statue and a painting of a barramundi. [read more]

Loved Up – Lore of Love (2005)

A short documentary about a young woman named Jessie Bartlett, an 18-year-old being taught the lores of love by her Pintupi grandmothers Mijili, Nancy and Kumanjayi. [read more]

Loved Up – Our Bush Wedding (2005)

An observational documentary about the wedding between artist Gordon Syron and photographer Elaine Pelot-Kitchener. Syron went to jail in 1972 for killing a man who, in his view, was attempting to take the land belonging to his family. [read more]

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