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2007 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 59 min
Photography is known in China as the “art of regret.” In the rapidly changing city of Kunming, people are ambivalent about whether they want photography to be a medium of preservation and evidence, or of transformation and fantasy. more » Click for pricing information »
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1972 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 216 min
Four films by Michael Edols - Collector’s edition with accompanying book and a 40-minute interview with Edols recorded in Canberra in 2011. more » Click for pricing information »
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1981 (G) 21 min
An experimental film on the relationship between leading Australian poet Judith Wright and her bush environment. more » Click for pricing information »
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1990 (PG) 95 min
Aya arrives in Australia with her husband, an Australian soldier who was with the occupation forces in Japan. Aya forms a close bond with Mac, a close friend of Frank's, whose wartime experiences left him with a deep regard for Japanese culture. But Frank wants Aya to forget her Japanese past. Suffering cultural shock and domestic violence, Aya is faced with a life-changing decision. more » Click for pricing information »
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1988 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: PG) 174 min
Three one-hour documentaries that explore the history, culture and way of life of the people of Bali - Episode 1: BETWEEN THE MOUNTAIN AND THE SEA; Episode 2: THE PATH OF THE SOUL and Episode 3 DEMONS AND DEITIES. more » Click for pricing information »
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2000 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: PG) 52 min
An examination of what the beach means both to Australians and to those who come from other countries to enjoy it. more » Click for pricing information »
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1993 (PG) 90 min
A NEWLY RE-MASTERED DVD - Three tales of the supernatural from Indigenous visual artist, Tracey Moffatt, combined in one extraordinary feature film, rich in virtuosic design, drama and movement more » Click for pricing information »
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1994 (G) 55 min
BELOW THE WIND looks at the complexities of the trade relationship between Australia and Indonesia and the impact international border agreements have had on the maritime traditions of the fishing peoples of the Indonesian archipelago. more » Click for pricing information »
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2009 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: PG) 70 min
Australia's largest industrial disaster. A history of coal mining in the Illawarra. more » Click for pricing information »
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1993 (G) 54 min
The extraordinary story of the Pintupi peoples' first meeting with the white world. more » Click for pricing information »
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1990 (PG) 113 min
The 1960's alumni of the Berkeley campus tell their stories about how the quiet school became the site of massive political activism on the part of students fighting for their right of political expression on campus and then against the Vietnam War. more » Click for pricing information »
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2003 (PG) 52 min
This documentary traces the life of Ned Kelly; his Irish parents, his harsh and poverty stricken childhood, his crimes and struggles and the rise of the people's hero, willing to answer back to ruthless authorities. more » Click for pricing information »
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2004 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: PG) 52 min
BETELNUT BISNIS is an often humorous story of resilient people who have few material possessions but who face each new day with dignity and a quiet determination. The film presents us with a vivid portrait of present-day life in Papua New Guinea - not the "doom and gloom" stories that dominate the daily news in the Australian media, but the day-to-day realities of life for "grass roots" citizens. more » Click for pricing information »
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2006 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 25 min
Between the Oil & the Deep Blue Sea is a plea of a young African nation trying to stamp out corruption within the oil business and rescue their country from poverty. The story follows the fight of one man against an Australian oil giant. more » Click for pricing information »
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1990 (PG) 100 min
The story of the Australian modern jazz movement since the 1950s. Includes rare performance footage of Brian Brown, Stewie Peers and others, and interviews with today's jazz greats like Don Burrows and Paul Grabowsky. more » Click for pricing information »
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2003 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 53 min
An intimate portrait of two “half-caste” women: Zita Wallace who was taken from her Arrernte family at the age of eight; and Aggie Abbott, an Arrernte woman who was hidden from the Aboriginal Protector at the same time that Zita was taken. The film follows the friendship that has developed between the two women in their senior years. more » Click for pricing information »
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1994 (G) 54 min
BEYOND THE DREAMTIME is a film of visual beauty, bringing to life the haunting imagery of dozens of Ainslie Roberts' major works, weaving them into the artist's personal life and illuminating his love of the land. more » Click for pricing information »
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2003 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 52 min
BEYOND THE ROYAL VEIL takes us on a surprising often humorous journey behind the lavish facade of Indian aristocracy into the lives of two men who have opened up their palaces to tourism, selling the 'royal experience'. But can they save their inheritances without sacrificing their dignity? more » Click for pricing information »
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2004 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 52 min
What is it like to be leaving school and suddenly having to make crucial choices about your life? This documentary intimately follows three different 18-year-olds, as they are spat out of high school and struggle to piece together their adult identities in their own way. more » Click for pricing information »
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2010 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 120 min
An interactive concert for school children and the community exploring international song through the ages. Presented by the Music Education Program of the School of Music, Australian National University, Canberra, on 29 October 2010. more » Click for pricing information »
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