Shop for a film
Search Results (1/2)
You searched for: child's OR eye. Did you mean "child's eye"?
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
BALANDA AND THE BARK CANOES, THE
2006 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 52 min
This lively and eye-opening documentary is a companion film to TEN CANOES, the landmark feature film which Rolf de Heer made with the people of the Arafura Swamp in Central Arnhem Land. (TEN CANOES and its compilation sequel, TWELVE CANOES, are both available from Ronin Films). 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
BLACKBIRD
2016 (PG) 13 min
Blackbird is a short narrative drama which sheds light on a little known part of history - Australia's notorious "blackbirding" era when some 60,000 Pacific Islanders were brought to Australia, often by force and kidnapping, between 1863 and 1904 to work on sugar cane farms of Queensland. more
![CAMELS & THE PITJANTJARA [from the AIATSIS Collection]](/images/small/9706.jpg)
CAMELS & THE PITJANTJARA [from the AIATSIS Collection]
1969 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: PG) 45 min
A classic documentary from 1969 which records the Pitjantjara people's use of feral camels in central Australia, capturing and taming them, and using them as pack animals. more
CHIFLEYS OF BUSBY STREET, THE
2008 (G) 72 min
The Chifleys of Busby Street is an eloquent portrait of Australia's best-loved Prime Minister Ben Chifley, his wife Elizabeth, and their cherished spirit kept alive in Bathurst for the five decades since his death. Friends and colleagues share anecdotes and memories of the Chifleys in this charming documentary. more
CLOSE TO THE BONE
2022 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: PG) 28 min
In this remarkable film, First Nations people and European settler descendants come together to confront legacies of violence from Australia's pastoral frontier. Can the scars of past atrocities be reconciled and healed through the act of truth-telling? more
DARK TO LIGHT
2010 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: PG) 25 min
Stretched to their limits, Burma's eye surgeons are trying their best - but for every one person's sight that is saved, three others go blind. more
FOR ALL THE WORLD TO SEE
1992 (PG) 73 min
A portrait of Professor Fred Hollows whose eye health programs in Eritrea, Nepal and outback Australia offer a model for Third World countries where millions suffer from curable blindness. A bold, wry, intimate and ultimately very moving tribute to an extraordinary life more
GIORGIO MANGIAMELE COLLECTION, THE
(M) 282 min
Five provocative works from an Italian filmmaker in post-war Australia. This 2-DVD set includes a 28-page booklet, 70 minutes of interviews with film historians as well as the following five films: IL CONTRATTO, THE SPAG [unreleased], THE SPAG [released], NINETY NINE PER CENT and CLAY. more
GOD'S GIRLS: Stories from an Australian Convent
1992 (PG) 49 min
GOD'S GIRLS describes life in a Sisters of Mercy convent in country New South Wales from the 1940s to the present day. This courageous and clever film investigates the subtle complexities of change within a society that has been surrounded by mystery for hundreds of years. more
HOPE ROAD
2017 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: PG) 103 min
Filmed over a 5-year period, HOPE ROAD is a film by Tom Zubrycki which follows an ambitious project undertaken by a Sudanese refugee in Australia, Zacharia Machiek, to build a much-needed school back in his home village, now part of the new nation of South Sudan. But life disrupts his best-laid plans ... more
HOW FAR IS HEAVEN
2013 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: PG) 99 min
The Sisters of Compassion have lived in the remote village of Jerusalem/Hiruharama on the Whanganui River in New Zealand for 120 years. Today, only three nuns remain - their legacy on the river is coming to an end. This is a complex world of powerful dualities; Maori and Christian spirituality, parties and prayers, pig... more
I REMEMBER 1948
2005 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 24 min
Palestinian elders share memories of the year they became refugees. Personal memories of the tumultuous days of Al Nakba, 'the catastrophe', May 15th 1948, when 750,000 Palestinians were expelled from their homes. more
KIDNAPPED!
2006 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: PG) 52 min
The extraordinary story of a group of Japanese citizens who were abducted by North Korean spies in the 1970s and 1980s and the subsequent struggle of their families to have their loved ones returned. more
KULKA: The Life and Times of Gordon Briscoe
2010 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 52 min
The inspirational story of Dr. Gordon Briscoe's life - from his work with legendary eye doctor Fred Hollows, to his days as an activist travelling Australia and telling traditional land owners about their land rights, and everything in between. more
LANGUAGE OF LIGHT, THE
2023 (M) 171 min
Intimate portraits of seven ground-breaking Australian photographers, each with a significant body of work and each with a different photographic style. more
LONG NIGHT'S JOURNEY INTO DAY
2000 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: M) 94 min
This documentary studies South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), set up by the post-apartheid, democratic government to consider amnesty for perpetrators of crimes committed under apartheid's reign. more
![MAKING A BARK CANOE [from the AIATSIS Collection]](/images/small/10114.jpg)
MAKING A BARK CANOE [from the AIATSIS Collection]
1969 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 16 min
Two men make a bark canoe in the swamps of coastal Arnhem Land – a process simply observed by filmmaker Roger Sandall. more