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FREEDOM STORIES
2015 (PG) 99 min
Explores the achievements of former 'boat people' who arrived from the Middle-East around the watershed year of 2001. Locked in remote detention centres and then placed on temporary protection visas, their limbo lasted for years. Now Australian citizens, they are building secure lives and contributing to their new country. more
ACROSS THE PLATEAU
2007 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 95 min
China used to be called "the Bicycle Kingdom". This is a bicycle story from China, about a group of friends in southern China who share cycling treks of epic scale. Their adventures are an expression of their sense of personal freedom in the new China, after a lifetime of political turmoil and personal struggle. more
AFTER THE APOLOGY
2017 (M) 82 min
In Larissa Behrendt's riveting documentary, four Aboriginal women each face their own battle to challenge government policies and bureaucracies to bring their grandchildren home. Their grassroots actions spearhead a national conversation to curb skyrocketing rates of child removal. more
AFTER THE FACTS
2018 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 5 min
In the early years of cinema, editors were usually women. This short documentary by Karen Pearlman ASE looks at how they wielded power, and how their work was made invisible. more
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AGNES ABBOTT: Hard Worker [from the CAAMA Collection]
2007 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 22 min
Agnes Abbott is an Eastern Arrente woman who has witnessed the transformation of her Central Australian homeland - from her early days working in the cattle industry, to the damage caused by the introduction of alcohol. Her determination to care for her community has seen Agnes at the forefront of initiatives to drive out... more
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ALWAYS HAVE AND ALWAYS WILL [from the CAAMA Collection]
2006 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 24 min
This portrait of two feisty, strong-willed Elders, is a moving and beautifully filmed document of a vanishing way of life, with a strong message to respect the past, traditional culture and community values. more
APOLOGY, THE
2008 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 22 min
This short film documents the apology to the Stolen Generations by the Australian Government on 13 February 2008. A powerful and memorable moment for Indigenous and non-Indigenous people alike. more
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ARTISTS OF ALI CURUNG [from the CAAMA Collection]
2009 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 21 min
The Arlpwe Arts Centre and Gallery, in the town of Ali Curung, 350 km north of Alice Springs, provides a focus for the work of a diverse group of Indigenous artists. more
BACKS TO THE BLAST
1981 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: PG) 50 min
Re-release of a landmark documentary about the history of uranium mining in Australia and the two decades of British Atomic Bomb tests in outback South Australia. more
BAULKHAM HILLS AFRICAN LADIES TROUPE, THE
2016 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: M) 81 min
The story of four charismatic and inspirational African women, now living in Australia, who, with the help of acclaimed theatre director Ros Horin, turned their harrowing stories of survival into a joyous theatre of humanity that has filled theatres from across their new country to the other side of the world. more
BAXTER AND ME
2016 (PG) 83 min
One woman's life, with and without men, but always with dogs. This personal and inventive film by Gillian Leahy raises questions about how we relate to the 'wild' in dogs, and how we relate to other animals (and humans) in the world at large. more
BEACH, THE
2000 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: PG) 56 min
An examination of what the beach in Australian art, what it means both to Australians and to those who come from other countries to enjoy it. more
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BENNY AND THE DREAMERS [from the CAAMA Collection]
1992 (G) 54 min
The extraordinary story of the Pintupi peoples' first meeting with the white world. more
BERKELEY IN THE SIXTIES
1990 (PG) 113 min
The 1960s 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
BETELNUT BISNIS
2004 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: PG) 52 min
An often humorous story of a "grass roots" family in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea, who make a precarious living by trading in betelnut, one of the world's most widely used narcotics. The film presents us with a vivid portrait of present-day Papua New Guinea - not the "doom and gloom" stories that dominate the media,... more
BIG BAD LOVE
2016 (M) 26 min
After discovering her best friend was violently abused by her partner, stand-up comedian Becky Lucas wants to know how you can spot an abusive relationship and what you can do about it. more
BIG NAME, NO BLANKET
2013 (M) 58 min
The extraordinary story of George Rrurrambu, the former lead singer of the pioneering Warumpi Band of the 1980s. George was the charismatic frontman, who combined rock and roll, reggae, pop and traditional culture to spread the message about Indigenous contemporary issues, awakening the Australian consciousness of another... more
BLACK MAGIC
1988 (G) 55 min
It is through the medium of sport that Aboriginal people have best been able to express themselves to white Australia. Australia's greatest Aboriginal footballers talk about the sources of their motivation, about their family experiences and their roots. more
BLOOD ON THE COAL
2015 (PG) 103 min
Stories from the Queensland coalfields over the last 150 years, as told by mineworkers and their families: a rare and valuable contribution to the history of both Australian labour and the nation's mining industry. more