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1990s (continued)
The Good Woman of Bangkok 1991
At the time of the film’s release there was a lot of debate about filmmaker O’Rourke’s relationship with his subject – a prostitute – and the issues that raises.
Land of the Apocalypse 1991
The traditional custodians of Kakadu National Park battle to protect an important sacred site from mining exploitation.
Paper Trail, the Life and Times of a Woodchip 1991
A ‘paper trail’ from Japanese paper products back to Australia, examining whether the world’s demand for paper can coexist with protection of its forests.
Polska 1991
Polska looks at Poland in 1991 through the eyes of a journalist who visits different areas of her country talking to ordinary people about their lives.
Satellite Dreaming 1991
The creation of CAAMA was designed to produce media that would sustain a strong Indigenous identity with regional variations.
State of Shock 1991
Alcoholic Alwyn Peter traces the events in his life – dysfunction experienced by an Indigenous family within a frame of dispossession and loss of cultural practice.
Super 8 Soldiers 1991
A group of Australian conscripts took 8mm cameras with them to Vietnam. Super 8 Soldiers intercuts their footage with interviews with the men and their families in the early 1990s.
Track Record: The Story of Australia’s Railways - Tethered to the World 1991
This episode from a four-part series outlines the surviving tourist railways of Australia and looks at the problems presented by the legacies of the past.
Benny and the Dreamers 1992
Freddy West Tjakamarra, a member of the Pintubi people, thought that tinned food contained human flesh.
Bigger than Texas 1992
WA’s need for a hero and corporate excess created Alan Bond, who features heavily in this quite personal documentary.
Black Harvest 1992
When coffee prices plunged, it sparked drama of epic proportions in this, the third film in a celebrated trilogy set in PNG.
For All the World to See 1992
Fred Hollows, eye surgeon with a passion for medical reform, visits Aboriginal communities and Eritrea in Africa.
God’s Girls: Stories from an Australian Convent 1992
The Roman Catholic Sisters of Mercy give full access to the filmmakers to explore and question those who choose a religious life.
One Way Street: Fragments for Walter Benjamin 1992
One Way Street is a timely exploration of a figure who was on the way to being recognised among the great 20th century philosophers.
Shoalwater: Up For Grabs 1992
Shoalwater: Up for Grabs was instrumental in stopping sandmining in the Shoalwater area.
Sylvania Waters – Episode 5 1992
One of the first ‘fly on the wall’ reality TV shows, this co-production between the ABC and BBC was a hit here and in the UK.
Webs of Intrigue 1992
For this close-up look at the world of Australian spiders, cinematographer Jim Frazier patented a revolutionary lens now used throughout the world.
You Have No Secrets 1992
In any sophisticated society information is power’ – what of the accumulation of information in the digital age for use by governments, marketers and employers?
Angst 1993
Sandy Gutman, one of the comedians featured, released Australiana in 1983 and it is still the biggest-selling local comedy record.
Barred Wives 1993
Not all these stories of marrying prisoners end well: one woman was murdered by her bridegroom upon his release.
Beating About the Bush 1993
The filmmakers set out to record a music documentary with a happy ending but end up with coverage of a goodwill disaster.
Blood Brothers – Broken English 1993
Arrernte man Max Stuart was sentenced to death in 1959 for murder but, nearly 35 years later, he talks about the case on camera.
Blood Brothers – Freedom Ride 1993
This documentary about Indigenous campaigner Charlie Perkins was made by his daughter Rachel, giving it extra intimacy.
Blood Brothers – From Little Things Big Things Grow 1993
An exploration into the life of Kev Carmody, portraying the years he spent in an orphanage when forcibly removed from his family by Queensland authorities at ten years old.
Blood Brothers – Jardiwarnpa 1993
The orchestration of Warlpiri ceremonies in this film challenges the concept that indigenous culture is stagnant.
Cenotaph 1993
The documentary looks at the effect of the First World War on the New South Wales country town of Hay. Fourteen men and seven women revisit the Western Front after 70 years.
Fear or Favour 1993
Chequebook journalism is one of the topics put under the spotlight when Iain Gillespie points the camera at his own kind.
Homelands: View from the Edge 1993
In his first exploration of the migration experience, Zubrycki poses the question ‘When the fighting stops, how do you make choices about where you want to live?’.
The Ice Capped Jungle 1993
The five climbers of Puncak Jaya were led by author Lincoln Hall. Hall was left to die on Mt Everest in 2006 but was later found – hallucinating and frost-bitten, but alive.
The Joys of the Women 1993
As a teenager, singer–songwriter Kavisha Mazzella rejected her Italian heritage, but now wants to keep a dying music tradition alive by recording and performing it.
A Kid Called Troy 1993
This is the story of the last year of 8-year-old Troy’s life as he lives with AIDS and struggles to be brave in the face of pain and death.
The Last Circus? 1993
Produced in 1993, this rousing plea for the surivival of the circus offers an argument to counter the claims of animal liberationists that circus animals are cruelly treated.
The Last Husky 1993
Husky dog teams have served on the Mawson Base in the Antarctic for fifty years. The documentary records the last dogs to be used there and their journey to a new home in Minnesota in the USA.
The Last Man Hanged 1993
The story of Ronald Ryan, last man hanged in Australia, features some of Australia’s best-known actors and interviews with the real-life people involved.
The Life and Times of Margaret Whitlam 1993
Wife of former Prime Minister Gough Whitlam, Margaret Whitlam recalls the day that the Governor-General John Kerr sacked her husband on 11 November 1975.
Lowering the Tone: 45 Years of Robyn Archer 1993
Archer considered A Star is Torn a tribute to women who influenced her music: Patsy Cline, Bessie Smith, Janis Joplin and Marie Lloyd.
Midwives … Lullabies … and Mother Earth 1993
In Europe from the late 14th to the 17th centuries, many midwives were accused of being witches and burnt at the stake.
My Life as I Live It 1993
In this follow-up to My Survival as an Aboriginal (1978), also set in the Brewarrina Aboriginal community, 'Bush Queen’ Essie Coffey has nominated for the local council elections.
No Survivors: The Mysterious Loss of the HMAS Sydney 1993
The loss of HMAS Sydney, the worst naval disaster in Australian history, sparked allegations of a cover-up.
Pacifica: Tales from the South Seas – Episode 1 1993
Traditional stories, myths and legends from the Cook, Kiribati and Vanuatu Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
Pacifica: Tales from the South Seas – Episode 6 1993
Traditional stories, myths and legends from two Pacific Islands – Tahiti and Western Samoa.
Tim Storrier, ‘Lighting Fires’ 1993
Painter Tim Storrier journeys to the outback accompanied by his father and his son, and talks about his love of the desert and bush upbringing.
Warlpiri 1993
Elders teach children how to collect and prepare bush potato – a bush tucker favourite.
Arthur Boyd: Testament of a Painter 1994
Boyd’s habit of making people and objects float in his landscapes has earned him the title of an 'antipodean Marc Chagall’.
Boys and Balls 1994
Greig Pickhaver and John Doyle, aka 'Roy and HG’, are the commentators: of course the sport theme is tackled with humour.
Brisbane Dreaming 1994
Historical footage and re-enactments help tell stories about the Indigenous people who were displaced by Brisbane.
The Business of Making Saints 1994
This documentary explores what has to happen before someone is declared a saint, and notes that women don’t fare well in the system.
Concrete City 1994
The Pyrmont quarries Paradise, Purgatory and Hellhole, supplied the sandstone for many landmark buildings in Sydney.
Convictions 1994
Convictions honours those Australians who fought in The Korean War, a war that is all but forgotten in this country.
Deadly Hurt 1994
A filmmaker questions whether the National Committee on Violence Against Women’s 1992 national strategy was appropriate.
