Directed by ANDREE WRIGHT and STEWART YOUNG, and produced by HILARY FURLONG. From the birth of the cinema to World War II, DON'T CALL ME GIRLIE tells the untold story of Australia's movie heroines, on and off the screen. Discover the roles our women filmmakers really played - on screen as…
A documentary directed by HUGH PIPER, and produced by HELEN BARROW. Ross Dunkley is a mix of pragmatism and idealism: he is a free speech warrior prepared to do business in a country dominated by the dead hand of the military dictatorship. Originally, influential liberals supported Dunkley’s…
Directed by KAYE HARRISON, produced by ROD FREEDMAN and KAYE HARRISON. When two young, non-Indigenous medical students go to work in a remote Aboriginal community, their professional precepts and personal ideas are deeply challenged. CROSSING THE LINE follows the journeys of two young medical students,…
A portrait of the Coolbaroo Club, an Aboriginal-run dance club which operated in Perth from 1946 - 1960. The story is told through the memories of those involved, stills, archival images and records and by extensive dramatisation. RESTORED in 2023 by, the NFSA RESTORES program of the NATIONAL FILM…
The many films that Roger Sandall made for the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies in the 1960s and early 70s were primarily for archival purposes, and not for wide public release. CONISTON MUSTER is one of the few intended for a general audience. Superbly photographed over a relatively short…
Gordon Smith, head of the Collum Collum Aboriginal Co-operative which operates a cattle station in northern New South Wales, and Sunny Bancroft, the station manager, are negotiating with the Aboriginal Development Corporation in Canberra for a loan. Finance is needed to stock the property with breeding…
Tanzania is one of the largest gold producers in Africa. Multinational mining companies operate mines across the country. But as these companies turn greater profits and Tanzania becomes a major investment destination, hundreds of people are bearing the cost, at times with their lives. “In the…
"Pinkwashing" is a term activists have coined for when countries engaged in terrible human rights violations promote themselves as "gay friendly" to improve their public image. Israel is the country most famous for this strategy, having initiated it as part of a rebranding campaign…
It seems like it should be a simple equation. Economists, statespersons and policy wonks agree: GIRLS + EDUCATION = increased economic growth, improved well being of women, and extended life span. But where are faith groups on what Chernor Bah, Chairperson of the Youth Advocacy Group called "the…
A short documentary featuring the incredible Alejandra Santiago, an indigenous transwoman from Oaxaca whose life journey transcends multiple borders.
un film de Lova Nantenaina « Les Chinois fabriquent les objets, les Malgaches les réparent. » Il y a ceux qui font des chaussures à partir de pneus, ceux qui fabriquent des lampes à partir de boîtes de conserves, ceux qui fabriquent du savon et des médicaments…
Jason Becker: Not Dead Yet is a feature-length documentary film that tells the incredible story of a guitar legend who refuses to give up on his dream of being a musician despite the most incredible odds.
