Arnaud Robert faithfully describes the adventures of a Benin musical combo – the irresistible Gangbé Brass Band. They depart in a bid to conquer the city of Lagos in Nigeria to perform with Femi Kuti at the Shrine. The famous club is a symbol of Afrobeat, created in the 1970s by Femi’s…
Es klingt nach einem grossen Versprechen in hektischen Zeiten: Weniger Stress, bessere Konzentrationsfähigkeit und das Erleben der Gegenwart in einer schnelllebigen Zeit. Kein Wunder hat die „Mindfulness Meditation“ einen globalen Siegeszug hinter sich – bis in die Chefetagen von…
Using a wealth of archival photographs, this documentary reconstructs the life of buffalo hunters in the remote wetlands of the Northern Territory in the 1930s – both the white hunters and the Aboriginal labour that supported their operations. Tom Cole was one of the hunters, now retired in…
A film directed by Trish FitzSimons, produced by Mitzi Goldman, about women, history and education. Sophia Whist is a character on a journey of enquiry. She discovers a magic book in the Public Library - an old leather bound volume called SNAKES AND LADDERS. In its pages she meets ten women between…
Directed and produced by Matthew Duffy and Stuart McArney. SHORT STORIES is comprised of four remarkable stories - all linked through their association with the NSW short statured basketball side - and follows the extraordinary and compelling life experiences of four memorable individuals. The…
THE REAL STORY OF P.L. TRAVERS, THE AUSTRALIAN AUTHOR OF MARY POPPINS without the spoonful of sugar ... Pamela Travers was the creator of the universally-loved fictional character, Mary Poppins. Yet the whimsical fantasies of the sugar and spice nanny bore no resemblance to Travers' real life childhood.…
A film by Marie Ferris. A Buddhist nun, a fashion designer, a student and a playwright – their paths have never crossed yet they have common experiences in their struggle for identity, maintaining a connection to their cultural roots and reconciling two worlds – Vietnam and Australia. Just…
SELLING SICKNESS looks at the growing global controversy around SSRI antidepressants and follows British psychiatrist, Dr David Healy, patients and their families as they rock the scientific establishment with accusations that aggressive drug marketing is blurring the boundaries between medical conditions…
Directed by Tom Zubrycki. Produced by David Max Brown and Sally Browning. "The calmness shown by those who lived and worked in such an explosive situation is riveting." - Virginia Addison, Daily Telegraph. "What the drivers and passengers of these overland trips say about their…
ROUGH RIDERS presents a view of country life that city folk are barely aware of and are unlikely ever to experience. The film provides an insight into an extraordinary world that lies beyond the highway. Every weekend, in hundreds of Australian country towns, young men risk their lives to ride for…
A film by Pat Fiske. NOW DIGITALLY REMASTERED by the National Film and Sound Archive as part of the NFSA Restores program. An outstanding historical account of the Green Bans first introduced by the New South Wales Builders Labourers Federation in the 1970s in response to community demand to preserve…
A film by Diane Perelsztejn. One of the most audacious espionage missions ever mounted: to steal the secret of tea from Imperial China. The man entrusted with the mission was a Scottish botanist and adventurer. By the mid-1800s, England and Europe had become totally enchanted with a heady new brew:…
