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OCHRE AND INK
2011 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 27 min
OCHRE AND INK tells the extraordinary story of artist Zhou Xiaoping and his inspiring 23 year collaboration with Indigenous artists in the Maningrida area in the heart of Arnhem Land, Northern Territory. A film by James Bradley, with co-producer Rachel Clements. more
OH, BEETHOVEN!
2009 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 25 min
Dr Susan West and children from Ainslie Primary School, Canberra, in a special performance of a work about Beethoven's life, followed by discussion about Dr West's innovative approach to music education. more
OK, LET'S TALK ABOUT ME
2005 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: PG) 26 min
Meet Eddie. He's a 17-year-old boy with Down Syndrome. He's stubborn and charming, funny and sometimes temperamental. Through the course of this documentary the viewer is invited to get to know Eddie - a rare treat - and journey with him as he turns 18 and prepares to leave school. more
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OLD MAN AND THE INLAND SEA, THE [from the CAAMA Collection]
2005 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 20 min
Norman Hayes Jagamarra gives us a unique Aboriginal perspective on greed, alcohol and the importance of maintaining your pride and self-sufficiency through a working life. more
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ON A FULL MOON [from HAND-DRAWN HISTORIES]
1997 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 17 min
Contemplative memories of childhood and family by animator Lee Whitmore, lovingly animated frame by frame by pencil and pastel on paper. more
ONCE A QUEEN
2005 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 50 min
A universal story of a rural community with big aspirations ... Grafton in the Northern Rivers area of New South Wales, and its inspired annual celebration of its rich history. more
ONCE MY MOTHER
2013 (PG) 75 min
Australian filmmaker Sophia Turkiewicz investigates the reasons why her Polish mother abandoned her in an orphanage as a child and uncovers the truth behind her mother's wartime escape from a Siberian gulag, leaving Sophia to confront her own capacity for forgiveness. more
ONE DAY IN FATULAI
2001 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 18 min
Through her medical work as a volunteer Dr Colette Livermore provides a glimpse of everyday life, health and education in a remote East Timorese village. more
ONE LAST CHANCE
2000 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: PG) 36 min
An award-winning film about justice and morality, by Rod Freedman (producer of ONCE MY MOTHER). more
ONE PLACE
2008 (G) 27 min
An inspiring film about 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 thirty languages, comes from more than forty countries and shares a single faith. more
ON RICHARD'S SIDE
2016 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: PG) 90 min
Filmed over three decades, On Richard's Side charts the life-story of Richard, a young man with a complex disability since birth. The film provides intimate and poignant insights into his parents' determined quest to establish a quality life for their son and for themselves. more
ON THE BANKS OF THE TIGRIS
2015 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 79 min
A musical odyssey that uncovers the hidden – and almost erased – story of Iraqi music. more
ON THE EDGE
2010 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: PG) 338 min
Over a two month period, a group of Indigenous teenagers take a physical, emotional and spiritual journey to discover who they are. It's an emotional roller-coaster ride with the group dynamics that constantly change. Featuring the work of mentor Fran Dobbie. more
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OONDOORRD: Married Turtle [from the CAAMA Collection]
2009 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: PG) 22 min
The hunt for the special Oondoorrd or female turtle in the mating season, in the ocean off the West Kimberley region of Western Australia. more
OPHIR
2020 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: PG) 97 min
Voiced entirely by the Indigenous people of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville in Papua New Guinea, Ophir observes the colonisation of the land and its people, who at the end of the 1980s were left with no choice but to revolt for their right to exist. more
ORIGINAL MERMAID, THE
2003 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 52 min
From crippled child to the star of the biggest theatres in the world, the story of Annette Kellerman is truly without peer. Along the way she changed the face of swimming, fashion and dance and helped forge a new identity for women. more
OTHER ZIONISTS, THE
2004 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: PG) 52 min
An award-winning documentary by Canadian filmmaker, Eric Scott, focusing on an issue which he sees as emblematic of the whole Israeli-Palestinian conflict - the Israeli military checkpoints that line Israel's border and are scattered throughout the Occupied Territories. more
OUR BOTANICAL BIOSPHERE
1990 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 240 min
This pioneering series of short documentaries, first released as UNDER SOUTHERN SKIES in 1990, is even more relevant today: there is now an ever-increasing urgency for us all to be informed about science, to liberate us from a dependence on politicians and corporations. more
OUR COMMUNITY
2006 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 24 min
An exploration of the concept of 'community' in the far northwest of NSW - an intimate expedition through the townships of WALGETT, LIGHTNING RIDGE and SHEEPYARD. more
OUR PARK
1998 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 52 min
OUR PARK was meant to be a nice quiet film about the filmmaker's local park but the it took an unexpected turn and became a film about the politics of a neighbourhood and the difficulties of grass roots democracy - how people interact, how they solve disputes - or how they don't. more