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Tuckson (1988)
This biographical documentary examines the life and work of artist Tony Tuckson (1921-1973). Tony Tuckson was regarded by some as Australia’s answer to Picasso. From 1952 to 1973 Tuckson worked at the Art Gallery of NSW and was Deputy ... [read more]
The Aunty Jack Show – Series One (1972)
Sketch comedy interlaced with musical sequences, featuring Aunty Jack (Grahame Bond) the self-styled queen of Wollongong and a cast of glorious misfits including Thin Arthur (Rory O’Donoghue), Aunty Jack’s much put upon sidekick as well as Flange Desire (Sandra McGregor), ... [read more]
From Sand to Celluloid – Black Man Down (1996)
An experimental short drama about Aboriginal deaths in custody. [read more]
At The Movies – Series 1 Episode 63, Wolf Creek (2005)
This week Margaret and David discuss the Australian film Wolf Creek with accompanying interviews with the director Greg McLean and actor Cassandra Magrath. There’s also a review of a documentary about the inside story of a porn phenomenon Inside Deep ... [read more]
Least Said, Soonest Mended (1999)
At age fifteen, in 1964, Val gave birth to an illegitimate baby girl. Her parents sent her to a school in another town until she had delivered the baby in secret and adopted it out. Steve, Val’s twin brother, who ... [read more]
Turkey Shoot (1982)
In the totalitarian near future, ‘social deviants’ are sent to prison camps for re-education and behaviour modification. The new arrivals at Camp 47 are Chris Walters (Olivia Hussey), a shopkeeper accused of helping a rebel; Rita Daniels (Lynda Stoner), a ... [read more]
Final Insult (1997)
The documentary examines multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS). Sufferers are interviewed about their symptoms and medical practitioners offer solutions. The film asks, what do you do when you are allergic to the 20th century? [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]
Thank God He Met Lizzie (1997)
Guy (Richard Roxburgh) meets Lizzie (Cate Blanchett) while trying to find the owner of a cat in distress. For him, it is love at first sight and within six weeks they decide to marry. Guy starts daydreaming about his old ... [read more]
Pearls and Savages (1921)
A silent, black-and-white film, Pearls and Savages records two trips by adventurer, photographer and filmmaker Frank Hurley to the Torres Straits Islands and Papua New Guinea between 1921 and 1923. The first trip was under the auspices of the Anglican ... [read more]
Dirty War (2005)
The US has been invited by the Australian Government to use Shoalwater Bay near Rockhampton, Queensland as a training base. The film describes the pollution left by the US in the Philippines and asks if Australia will suffer from the ... [read more]
Weapons Research Establishment Project WRESAT (1967)
Produced by the Weapons Research Establishment (WRE) Film Unit, Department of Supply, this is a documentary record of the WRESAT Project – the launch of the first Australian satellite from Woomera on 29 November 1967. [read more]
National Treasures – Phar Lap’s Hide (2004)
In the 1930s, a New Zealand-born horse called Phar Lap won the hearts of Australians and became one of our most loved and enduring icons. Warren Brown visits Melbourne Museum where the legendary Phar Lap – or at least his ... [read more]
Blue Water High – Winners and Losers (2005)
Six lucky Australian teenage surfers have fought hard to win a place in an intensive, 12-month residential surfing and schooling program at Solar Blue Surf Academy on Sydney’s northern beaches. The last minute inclusion of the unknown German kiteboarder Anna ... [read more]
Letters to Ali (2004)
A documentary feature by Clara Law that follows an Australian family on their journey of friendship with fifteen-year-old ‘Ali’, an Afghan asylum seeker detained at the Port Hedland detention centre. The film also tells the parallel story of Law’s own ... [read more]
Round About Townsville (1926)
Townsville, Magnetic Island and the Hinchinbrook Channels are the subject of this scenic tour through northern Queensland’s attractive tourist destinations. Filled with steady pans and well framed static shots, this documentary also contains explanatory intertitles and colour-tinted and toned sequences. [read more]
Country Gardens (1919)
Percy Grainger’s own performance of his best-known composition, ‘Country Gardens’, captured on a piano roll. [read more]
Cousin (1998)
The narrator (voiced by William McInnes), tells the story of his childhood friend and Cousin, who has celebral palsy and always smells of liquorice. [read more]
Footscray 1971 (1971)
This unedited actuality footage of Footscray, Melbourne, in 1971 features the suburb’s main streets (including shopfronts, traffic and crowds), a Ferris wheel at the opening of Nicholson Mall, mothers and their children gathered for a baby competition, crowds outside the ... [read more]
We Have To Live With It (1974)
A community video made by Tom Zubrycki and the residents of Balmain and Rozelle that documents concerns held by residents and local businesses about the impact of an existing port terminal on their community. Residents give their perspectives on ... [read more]
