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Film Catalogue (19/24) |
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SINCE THE COMPANY CAME »2000 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 52 min A Solomon Islands community struggles with some unexpected consequences of a logging operation. The men of Rendova Island embrace the chance to be part of the modern economy; but the women are concerned for the forests and traditions that sustain their families. As Rendova's forest rapidly disappears, the loggers set their sights on a deserted island held sacred by the villagers. more » |
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SISTERS »2008 (M) 42 min SISTERS captures the experiences of a young Australian woman working amongst the Missionaries of Charity on the streets of Calcutta, tending to the poorest of the poor in a city of untouchables. more » |
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SIX DAYS IN AUGUST »2006 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: PG) 52 min This superb documentary juxtaposes an international AIDS Conference with the realities of "life on the ground" in South Africa. It depicts just how much can happen in a week, in the city of Durban, where 1 in 3 people are infected with AIDS, the government's solution is to urge its people to eat beetroot and garlic, and most people just wish the problem would go away on its own. more » |
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SLEEP OF REASON, THE »1993 (PG) 50 min A film about the end of the world: the myth that has been with us since the beginning of civilization, and the possibility made real at Hiroshima in 1945. The journey takes us from medieval paintings to 50s sci fi movies and leaves us better able to understand and deal with our destructive urges. more » |
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SMALL HAPPINESS »1984 (G) 58 min Part 2: THE LONG BOW TRILOGY - SMALL HAPPINESS: 'To give birth to a boy is considered a big happiness. To give birth to a girl is not exactly no happiness, but a small happiness.' more » |
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SMALL POPPIES, THE »2002 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 60 min A film about the staging of the play "Small Poppies" in which adult actors play 5 year olds on their first day of school. Featuring David Field, Julie Forsyth, Deborah Mailman, Rebecca Massey, Arky Michael, Geoffrey Rush more » |
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SNAKES AND LADDERS »1988 (PG) 59 min Drawing on interviews and a striking selection of archival footage, this film reveals the expectations and achievements of women who have struggled to gain a tertiary education - and the reality of discrimination. The film employs the unusual device of a whimsical investigator, Sophia Whist, who pieces together the elements of the film's story. more » |
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SOME ALIEN CREATURES »2005 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 74 min A film about the famous experimental, co-educational boarding school in South India, the Rishi Valley School, founded by the influential Indian thinker Krishnamurti. more » |
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SOMETHING CLOSE TO HELL »1989 (M) 55 min The pain of severe burn is said to be greater than that of any other injury. SOMETHING CLOSE TO HELL explores the stuggle of burns survivors during their physical and emotional recovery. more » |
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SPECIAL TREATMENT- Locking Up Aboriginal Children »1991 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 55 min Australia imprisons almost as many black children as they do in South Africa. Today 45% of all juveniles in NSW jails are Aborigines though they form less than 2% of the population. Made by a crew of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australians, this program asks why police are under-using alternative procedures to criminal charges, such as counselling, and why they target Aboriginal juveniles. more » |
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STEPPING OUT »1981 (G) 54 min In November 1979, forty extraordinary people took to the stage. Labelled by society as mentally handicapped, isolated and hidden away in institutions since early childhood, they came to the Sydney Opera House and gave a performance that held audiences spellbound. This film tells the story of that event. more » |
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STILL BREATHING »2002 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: PG) 26 min Rob Fraser was born with cystic fibrosis. He can see the end of his life clearly and he's considering a lung transplant. With Rob's intimate narration, he contemplates what he is prepared to risk. more » |
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STOLEN GENERATIONS »2000 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 52 min The removal of Aboriginal children in Australia was a deliberate government policy and forms part of the history of dispossession of the country's original inhabitants. Every Aboriginal family in Australia has directly or indirectly been affected and the effects have lasted over generations. Many have called this genocide. more » |
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STONE COUNTRY »2006 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 26 min Stone Country is a snapshot of a remote Indigenous community of Ngukurr in northern Australia. more » |
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STRANDED »2006 (M) 52 min Claudia is trying to start a new life for herself after the loss of her mother. She lives and fights with her loving but inept father and psychotic little sister. When two children are dumped on the family, Claudia moves into her mother's abandoned car in the driveway. She plans to fix it and take off - that's if she can sidestep the Christian do-gooders and avoid falling in love with the cute kleptomaniac from the local supermarket. more » |
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STRONG MEN OF NGUIU »2007 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 24 min The Strong Men of Nguiu have been striving to restore cultural traditions among the youth on the Tiwi Islands. Leading by example, they are steering the next generation away from substance abuse and crime to become leaders of tomorrow. more » |
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SUBURB 4 SALE »2006 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: PG) 52 min An observational documentary, filmed over two years, that follows what happens when a public housing estate goes under the hammer. It documents the lives of families desperate to buy in, and those desperate to get out, and the charismatic real estate agent whose job it is to turn a public housing estate into a viable property market. more » |
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SUNSET TO SUNRISE [from the CAAMA Collection] »2006 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 24 min By the light of a comforting campfire, Rupert Max Stuart, a 77-year old Arrernte Mat-utjarra Elder and a custodian of the Alice Springs area, offers poignant words of wisdom to a younger generation. more » |
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SURFING THE HEALING WAVE »1999 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 55 min In this documentary, Kyle Slabb, a young Aboriginal surfer, takes us to the annual indigenous surfing contest at Fingal on the Northern New South Wales coast. Along the way, he offers us insights into traditional ways, dances and ceremonies and an understanding of his struggle to preserve those values in his modern life. more » |
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SWING »2007 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: PG) 25 min Superbly produced and acted (by a cast including veteran Chris Haywood), this powerful short drama explores issues of war trauma and inter-racial and inter-generational understanding and acceptance. more » |
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