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The media in society, history, politics and advertising, specifically in Australia and Papua New Guinea, including the role of the media in specific case studies, new approaches to media studies, and the impact of new communication technologies.

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ADVERTISING MISSIONARIES

ADVERTISING MISSIONARIES

1996 (PG) 52 min

A look at the determination of advertising companies to reach the remote highlands of Papua New Guinea, where more than three quarters of the population cannot be reached by regular advertising. A small theatre group travels to the remote region, performing soap operas devised around advertising messages for a variety of... more

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ART FROM THE HEART

ART FROM THE HEART

1998 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 56 min

A confronting examination of the contemporary Indigenous painting business today - asking whether Indigenous painting is still being painted from the heart, or if market forces have altered its spirit irrevocably. more

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BOOT CAKE, THE

BOOT CAKE, THE

2009 (G) 74 min

A small desert town on the edge of western India's famous salt plains is the unlikely home of the world's largest population of Charlie Chaplin impersonators. The Charlie Circle of Adipur embraces businessmen, shopkeepers, a doctor who prescribes Chaplin movies for medicinal purposes, teachers, engineers, students and... more

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BORN TO SHOP

BORN TO SHOP

1991 (G) 53 min

Whether you love shopping or hate it, whether your favourite shop is David Jones, the local bookshop, an open-air market or a hardware store, BORN TO SHOP will make you think about an ordinary activity in a new way. This film does not induce guilt! more

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BYSTANDER STORY, THE

BYSTANDER STORY, THE

2021 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: PG) 30 min

Fusing studio re-enactments, interviews, archival, bodycam and CCTV footage to tell a radically new story about psychology's bystander experiments, The Bystander Story investigates how strangers come together to help strangers – culminating with the bystanders who tried to prevent the killing of George Floyd. more

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CHILD'S EYE, THE

CHILD'S EYE, THE

2018 (G) 147 min

AVAILABLE ONLY ON DVD! Through a series of workshops across India, documentary filmmaker David MacDougall sought to empower young filmmakers to engage directly with the world around them, using cameras to interrogate and explore what they saw, from their own unique child's perspective. more

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CREATING A MONSTER

CREATING A MONSTER

2017 (PG) 20 min

A documentary by Gena Lida Riess exploring the ethics of reality television, how it is constructed and consumed, and the psychological impact that it has on participants. more

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DON'T CALL ME GIRLIE

DON'T CALL ME GIRLIE

1985 (G) 69 min

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 stars, behind the cameras, as producers, writers, directors and publicists. more

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ELECTRIC SHADOWS: The Story of a Cinema

ELECTRIC SHADOWS: The Story of a Cinema

2009 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 50 min

Electric Shadows: The Story of a Cinema tracks the history of the cinema, through both the good times and the tough times, and looks at the cinema's emergence as something of an icon in the Canberra cultural scene. INCLUDES EXTRA FEATURES. more

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FAMINE WITHIN, THE

FAMINE WITHIN, THE

1991 (G) 90 min

An exploration of the contemporary obsession with body size and shape among North American women. Under the coercive powers of consumerism and the mass media, women have come to view their bodies as marketable objects and to judge them according to the unrealistic standards of the beauty ideal. more

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GREEN BUSH [from the CAAMA Collection]

GREEN BUSH [from the CAAMA Collection]

2005 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 26 min

NOW DIGITALLY RE-MASTERED FROM ORIGINAL FILM NEGATIVES! An Indigenous radio DJ does the nightshift at a remote community radio station, and must negotiate nightly dramas while still spinning the music. A film by Warwick Thornton. more

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HACKTIVISTS, THE

HACKTIVISTS, THE

2002 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: M) 52 min

A one hour documentary that explores the world of on-line activists. These are computer experts who are using the Internet and cyberspace as very effective new means of protest against global capitalism and the power of large transnational companies. more

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HIRED ASSASSINS

HIRED ASSASSINS

2003 (PG) 58 min

An incisive documentary about Australia's leading editorial cartoonists who grapple daily with the double-edged sword of humour and seriousness to reveal the heart of politics in Australia. more

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INTO THE SHADOWS

INTO THE SHADOWS

2009 (M) 90 min

Looking from afar, the Australian film industry appears glitzy and glamorous, robust and invincible. Into the Shadows challenges this notion and journeys beyond the glamour to meet the filmmakers, distributors and exhibitors who bring Australian films to the screen. more

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KILLING PRISCILLA

KILLING PRISCILLA

1999 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: PG) 55 min

A filmmaker with three films to his name, including one huge hit and one enormous flop, attempts to get his career back on track and direct a stylish thriller in this behind-the-scenes documentary by costume designer Lizzy Gardiner. more

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LOOKING FOR LIGHT

LOOKING FOR LIGHT

2014 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 83 min

Jane Bown (1925-2014) was one of the most celebrated of British portrait photographers, renowned for her highly individualistic portraits of the famous. Some of these portraits are now accepted as classics of the genre - Samuel Beckett, Queen Elizabeth, the Beatles, Mick Jagger, Margaret Thatcher and countless more. more

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MAKING VENUS

MAKING VENUS

2002 (MA) 70 min

MAKING VENUS is an hilarious and revealing portrait of the terrors and excitement of making a low-budget feature film, from fundraising to final test screenings. more

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RINGTONE

RINGTONE

2016 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 30 min

In the Yolngu community of Gapuwiyak in the Northern Territory, individual ringtones on mobiles reveal rich insights into lives and relationships. Ringtone features individuals talking directly to camera, revealing the stories behind their own ringtones as well as the pleasures and perils of their new connectivity. more

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SATELLITE DREAMING [from the CAAMA Collection]

SATELLITE DREAMING [from the CAAMA Collection]

1991 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: PG) 52 min

A film of considerable historic importance, this documentary narrates the emergence of Indigenous media in Australia, and discusses its role in preserving Indigenous languages and culture. more

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SMUT HOUNDS - Censorship in the Sixties

SMUT HOUNDS - Censorship in the Sixties

2015 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: M) 9 min

Seventy-seven seconds of celluloid that scandalised a government and transformed Australian cinema. more

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