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Peter Andrikidis, Rachel Ward, Rowan Woods
Set among the turquoise waters and lethal wildlife of Australia’s Far North Queensland and the Torres Strait, The Straits is an exotic, darkly humorous crime drama centred on a family of modern day smugglers.
The Montebellos transport drugs into…
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Tony Krawitz
The Tall Man is the story of Palm Island, a tropical paradise in Australia's Far North. It is the story of Cameron Doomadgee, who in 2004 was arrested for swearing at Senior Sergeant Chris Hurley - the 'tall man' of the title. 45 minutes later,…
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Catriona McKenzie
A blind woman and her neighbour discover a common bond after battling each other with sound. What starts as a war ends as an understanding.
Thanks to Anthony Linden Jones for pointing me to this film.
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Frances Calvert
The Torres Strait Islanders are Australia’s ‘other’ Indigenous minority, Melanesians living on islands north of Cape York and now scattered all across Australia.
This is a culture rich in customs, myth and legends. The Tombstone Opening is a joyous…
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Rolf de Heer
In 1922, the tracker has the job of tracking an Aboriginal suspected of murdering a white woman and leads a police office (the fanatic), his offsider (the follower) and a seconded assistant (the veteran) across the outback.
The journey descends…
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Warwick Thornton
Big World is one of the films in the anthology cinema event The Turning based on Tim Winton's acclaimed collection of short stories.
After flunking their exams and finishing high school, disillusioned best friends Lenny and Biggie flee up the…
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Kelli Cross
Jason's mother sends the 13-year-old on a vacation to his grandfather, the only role model for the boy she can think of.
Jason is very reluctant to part from his iPod and rap music, but eventually agrees to go on a fishing trip which will change…
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John Goldschmidt
In 1973 British filmmaker John Goldschmidt travelled to Australia to make a film for Associated Television UK. Having supported the American Civil Rights movement in the United States and People’s Democracy in Northern Ireland, Goldschmidt arrived…
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Adrian Wills, Beck Cole, Catriona McKenzie, Steven McGregor
The Warriors follows the once-great Warriors Football Club, which pins its hopes and dwindling reputation on three untested rookies and a jaded star.
Overnight the talented young athletes are thrown head first into the high-stakes world of…
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Wendy Friar, Richard Friar
Think About It is a documentary that explores peace activism and the roles that individuals can play to initiate social change
Interviewees include high profile activists, politicians, ex-public servants and cultural groups:an Indigenous actor…
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Michae Cordell
From urban communities to remote desert outposts, Australian Football League (AFL) is both an obsession and a tantalising escape route from boredom and poverty for many Indigenous teenagers. To run onto the field as an AFL player is to achieve…
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David MacDougall, Judith MacDougall
Three Horsemen is one of several films that the MacDougalls made in and around Aurukun in the far north of Queensland. It is a deeply moving portrait of 3 generations of Aboriginal stockmen at Ti-Tree station, 80km south of Aurukun, a former cattle…
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Various directors
Three Sisters: Women of High Degree is the result of 7 years of collaboration and filmed conversations between three Yimardoowarra Marninil, Nyikina women from the Fitzroy River, Lucy Marshall, Jeannie Wabi, and Anne Poelina, and French-Australian…
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Vera Hong
Through our Eyes features Aboriginal Elders and knowledge-holders from the Ngemba, Kamilaroi and Euahlayi language groups describing the land management practices and social, spiritual and cultural knowledge that enabled their people to care for the…
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Michael Hudson
Ties That Bind opens with Thomas, a sensitive mixed-race Aboriginal teen, who is being escorted home by police after an altercation which left him visibly injured.When he arrives, Thomas is confronted by his abusive and domineering mother Marlene,…
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Andree Reese Maddox
Tjintu Pakani: Sunrise Awakening charts the growth and awakened awareness of a group of Aborigines as they discover themselves at the Black Theatre Arts and Culture Centre in Redfern.
The first national Aboriginal performing arts workshop held at…
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Warwick Thornton
Tnorala is the Aboriginal name for Gosse’s Bluff, a dramatic meteorite impact crater set in a vast plain 175 kilometres west of Alice Springs.
This significant dreaming site for Western Arrernte people is steeped in mystery and tragedy. The story…
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Murray Lui
An observational documentary about the Torres Strait tradition of unveiling the tombstone of the deceased a year after death.
Tombstone Unveiling is part of the Nganampa Anwernekenhe series produced by Central Australian Aboriginal Media…
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Michael Longbottom
Ben comes home late one evening. He finds his wife acting as if he wasn't there and his son being more interested in watching TV. Nothing Ben tries to catch his wife's attention is successful.
It is not before he watches her have dinner with his…
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Dean Francis
Too Little Justice tells of "everyday" racism escalating into violence as an Indigenous school boy is forced to fight for dignity.
Too Little Justice was written as a response to the events and the media coverage of Sydney's "Redfern Riots" in…
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Sasha Sarago
Writer and director Sasha Sarago examines Australia’s perception of Aboriginal beauty through the statement: “You’re too pretty to be Aboriginal.”To try and understand the origins of this phenomena, Sasha interviews four Aboriginal women to find the…