A film directed by Michael Cordell, and produced by Ian Collie. Annette Kellerman (1887 - 1975) was an Australian who became one of the most famous women of her day around the world, but who is now largely forgotten by history. She conquered rickets as a child by learning to swim, and then kept…
Fatherless America: The Drunken Peasants Edition We Explore The World of Tommy Sotomayor.
The delightful story of the journey of an injured otter as she prepares to regain her independence and former ability. Naia (meaning water spirit) was bitten on her spine as a baby in the wild. The Tikki Hywood Trust, (a rescue center for small wild animals), took Naia in and found she had lost the…
An inspiring film directed by Chris Bamford and produced by Michael Tear, ONE PLACE is the portrait of a unique Islamic Cultural Centre: a place of worship and of study, a library and a centre of learning, it is also a building where families gather, an integral part of a community that speaks more than…
A film by Lawrence Johnston. For over 75 years the town of Grafton on the mighty Clarence River in northern New South Wales still celebrates its rich history by the crowning of the Jacaranda Queen. In the 1880s Henry Volckers, a German migrant, planted the seeds of the Jacaranda tree which he imported…
Dr Susan West was trained as a music educator in Australia, Hungary and New York. For 5 years she was a principal flautist with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. She currently teaches music in Canberra at various levels from kindergarten to university. OH, BEETHOVEN! is a collection of the composer's…
A documentary directed by Robyn Hughan, and produced by Robyn Hughan and Veronica Sive. A Nun's New Habit follows the story of Sister Carmel Wauchope, a sister of the Good Samaritans who resides in the outback town of Whyalla, not far from the recently closed Baxter detention centre. Sister Carmel…
A film by Margaret Anne Smith. The people of Australia’s deep north have lived in a multiracial frontier society, long before the south accepted non-Anglo migrants. The tropical north has different ancestors, architecture, music, fashions, food, vegetation and work ethics and has cultural ties…
Andy Tjilari and Rupert Peters show how they, as employees of the Ngaanyatjarra Pitjantjatara Yankunytjatjara Women’s Council, go about using traditional healing methods in contemporary Anungu life. As Andy and Rupert travel the dirt roads of the vast central western desert, we learn about how…
January 30th 2015 marked what would have been the 80th birthday of Edward Brian Hayes, known to the world of jazz as Tubby. A professional jazz musician at just fifteen, by his untimely death at thirty-eight, he had left behind a body of work, that has both stood the test of time and has proven to be…
PARENTS TRANSGENRES est un documentaire qui parle de l’amour, de la vie et des enfants après une transition de genre. Le film partage les difficultés et les forces de plusieurs femmes et hommes transgenres naviguant différents stades de leur vie parentale: de la grossesse à…
Ethical questions raised by 'test tube babies'. Developments have made it possible for previously infertile women to bear children by the extraction of ova which are then implanted - the so-called test tube babies. This raises many ethical questions. Several of the women explain how much…
