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Sunset to Sunrise (ingwartentyele – arrerlkeme) (2006)

A documentary that carries the words of Rupert Max Stuart, Arrernte Mat-utjarra Elder, his philosophies and message about passing culture on and keeping it alive. Sunset to Sunrise is part of the Nganampa Anwernekenhe series produced by Central Australian Aboriginal ... [read more]

Tiga (1987)

Animated images of the Tasmanian tiger are depicted in different environments: a zoo, suburbia and bushland, as local people recall their sightings of this now extinct animal. [read more]

Schools for Farmers (c1950)

Produced by the NSW Department of Agriculture, this short informational film promotes the Hawkesbury College farmer school to NSW farmers. Schools for Farmers outlines the practical courses on offer, including vehicle maintenance and animal husbandry, as well as ... [read more]

Torque – Series 1, Episode 8 (1974)

A roundtable discussion arising out of the unacceptable road toll in Australia is introduced by program presenter Peter Wherrett and convened by Four Corners (2008) journalist Jim Downes. Those taking part include: Dr Michael Henderson, head of the traffic accident ... [read more]

Bra Boys (2007)

This is an insider account of surf culture, localism, belonging and loyalty in the Sydney beach suburb of Maroubra, presented by the 'Bra Boys’, in particular the Abberton brothers – Koby, Sunny and Jai. The documentary is filmed during the ... [read more]

Shifting Sands – My Colour, Your Kind (1998)

A young albino Aboriginal girl (Melissa Middleton) escapes from a convent to return to her mother, her story unfolding in flashback during this journey. [read more]

Big Girls Don’t Cry (2002)

A moving documentary about Indigenous women living with kidney disease. [read more]

BeDevil (1993)

BeDevil, a trilogy of ghost stories, uses myth interwoven with living memory to evoke a sense of place. Told in three parts – 'Mr Chuck’, 'Choo Choo Choo Choo’, and 'Lovin’ The Spin I’m In’ – BeDevil exposes the blurred ... [read more]

Roma Street Station (1899)

This actuality footage shows a train pulling up to Roma Street Station, Brisbane in 1899. Commuters, many of them wearing boaters and suits, disembark from the train and walk up the stairs towards the camera. [read more]

Idiot Box (1996)

Mick (Jeremy Sims) and Kev (Ben Mendelsohn) – bored, unemployed and aimless in the western suburbs of Sydney – decide to rob a bank, more or less for the fun of it. They’ve seen it done in countless movies and ... [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]

All About Olive (2004)

Filmmaker Mike Rubbo takes 105-year-old Olive Riley back to her childhood home in Broken Hill, western NSW, to talk about her life. Rubbo enlists Olive’s help to faithfully recreate scenes from Olive’s early life, using locals dressed in period ... [read more]

Give a Little Credit to your Dad; Lonesome for You, Mother Dear (1939)

Buddy Williams recorded six songs in his first recording session, on 7 September 1939 – the start of a career that would last 40 years and make him one of the foundation artists of Australian country music. Three of those ... [read more]

Mad Max 2 (1981)

After a disastrous war over oil, Max (Mel Gibson) has become a desert wanderer with few ties to the world. His family is dead; his only companion is a smart and ferocious blue heeler called ‘dog’. The desert is a ... [read more]

Redfern Beach (2001)

Max (Michael Tuahine), a worker in a fishmonger’s factory, falls in love with Dimitra (Phaedra Nicolaidis), the daughter of the factory owner (Nicholas Papademetriou). Dimitra’s father refuses to accept the relationship. [read more]

Chequerboard Revisited – Episode 5: You Can’t Have A Child That’s Ugly (2000)

In 1969, the ABC documentary program Chequerboard, made a program about child performers. Thirty-one years later, two of them agreed to be filmed for Chequerboard Revisited. [read more]

Lift Off – That’s Not Fair – Part A (1992)

This is Part A of the episode, That’s Not Fair, following the Lift Off format that mixes live action, animation, puppetry, music, documentary and fantasy. The main storyline is about the Lift Off kids, interspersed with the other elements. Nipper ... [read more]

Dig A Million, Make A Million (1968)

Australia’s richest iron ore deposit has been found by Lang Hancock and his partner, Peter Wright. The mining company Hamersley Iron is developing a huge mining infrastructure in Western Australia. [read more]

Beyond Tomorrow – Episode 51 (2006)

A fast-paced magazine-style program that explains tomorrow, today. This episode shows a device that can be inserted into your brain to prevent depression and a gadget to explain supernatural phenomena, while we see the future of the aeroplane, the car ... [read more]

Coming Up from Down Under (1983)

A documentary that reviews the re-emerging Australian film industry of the time. Even though the film refers to the Australian cinema prior to the mid ’70s, it concentrates on the period 1975-1983. The documentary features extracts from feature films and ... [read more]

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