40, which coincides with the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, highlights well-reasoned and secular arguments against abortion and investigates the effects of abortion in our nation over the last 40 years. 40 lets women speak for themselves through experience on the reasons for their firm convictions…
Un film d'Alexander Schellow / 2012 / France, Allemagne. Après des décennies de dictature, l’Albanie est à un moment-clé de son histoire. Pourtant, dans l'imaginaire collectif, "l'Albanie n'existe pas". Face à ce défaut…
Directed by Darlene Johnson. Produced by Tom Zubrycki. Between 1910 and 1970 in Australia, 1 in 3 children were removed from Aboriginal families and placed in institutions and foster homes. These children, in most cases, were never to see their family again. The film tells 3 stories of Aboriginal…
A film by David and Judith MacDougall. Constructed as a series of vignettes of station life, the film focuses particularly on the relationship between Sunny Bancroft, the station manager, and a 16-year-old trainee, Shane Gordon. The episodes are linked by Sunny’s reflections on learning the…
Rob Fraser always knew his life would be condensed. That's what comes with having cystic fibrosis. Rob calculates his age in dog years. He looks like a healthy bloke but now at 33, Rob's really an old man of 99. Rob can see the end of his life clearly and he’s deciding to place himself…
From Chris Noonan, director of BABE, one of the most honoured and distinguished documentaries in Australian film history. DIGITALLY RE-MASTERED! This superior 4K digital version, restored from original film negatives by Ray Argall, was supervised by Chris Noonan. In November 1979, forty extraordinary…
Australia imprisons almost as many black children as they do in South Africa. Today 45% of all juveniles in NSW jails are Aboriginal, though they form less than 2% of the population. Made by a crew of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australians, this documentary asks why police are under-using alternative…
Archaeologist Rhys Jones investigates unusual stone spear-points found in ancient sites in the Kakadu National Park, and which seem to have been traded south from Arnhem Land. Jones hears of two Elders in eastern Arnhem Land who remember how to make such spear-points and where to find the special stone…
“It's a striking and disturbing film, again, one that deserves a wider audience.” (The Australian). “Another excellent documentary, which hopefully might be shown on the ABC soon is ‘Sons of Namatjira” (Four Corners, ABC). “An excellent film… this…
“Papers" is the story of undocumented youth and the challenges they face as they turn 18 without legal status. Approximately 65,000 undocumented students graduate every year from high school without “papers.” Currently, there is no path to citizenship for most of these young people. The…
“Many people feel that bears are unpredictable. Well, I think that bears feel the same way about us, that we’re unpredictable.” Dr. Larry Van Daele, wildlife biologist with Alaska Fish and Game, has been studying Brown Bears for over 30 years. In this film series he shares with us his…
Polar explorers Sebastian Copeland and Eric McNair Landry set a Guinness world record kite skiing the 2300 km length of Greenland's south-north axis, braving storms, exhaustion and complete isolation. Starring Sebastian Copeland (Self), Eric McNair Landry (Self) Directed by Sebastian Copeland ©2016…
