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VACANT POSSESSION

1994 (M) 95 min

NOW RE-MASTERED FROM ORIGINAL FILM MATERIALS! A welcome re-release of the acclaimed dramatic feature film from 1994, written and directed by Margot Nash (director of The Silences, also available from Ronin). Following her mother's death, a young woman returns to the old family home, a dilapidated cottage in a coastal... more

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VEILED AMBITION

2006 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 26 min

An inspiring documentary about Frida,"a little Aussie battler in a scarf," and her dream to create a fashion empire. more

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VIRTUOSI

2012 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 76 min

A documentary about the drive to be an artist and the special nature of virtuosity in dance. Through exhilarating dance and stories from the heart, Virtuosi reveals intimate and outstanding portraits of eight New Zealand dance artists. more

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Vis a vis TECHNO TRIBAL

2004 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 52 min

A fascinating and emotional 4-day encounter. Ningali Lawford from the Kimberley in north-western Australia and James Luna from California meet through a satellite video link and embark on a journey into each other's world. The agenda for what would happen was entirely unknown. more

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WAITING FOR HARRY [from the AIATSIS Collection]

1980 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 56 min

Tensions behind the scenes of a ritual event in central Arnhem Land, Northern Territory. more

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WAITING FOR WATER

1981 (G) 27 min

Available only in the collection of four films made by Solrun Hoaas on Hatoma Island: THE HATOMA FILMS. more

WEDDING SARI SHOWDOWN - Part 2

2007 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 25 min

Three years after they defied their families by marrying secretly in a Melbourne registry office, Sikh-Australian Ramona and her Marwari husband, Anurag are expecting their first child. While Ramona is prepared to welcome her mother-in-law into her Melbourne home prior to the birth and accept advice, there is a limit to... more

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WESTERN DESERT WOOMERA: Fashioned With Stone Tools [from the AIATSIS Collection]

1981 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 11 min

A documentary about the making of a spear-thrower by two Pintupi men of the Lake McDonald area in the central west of the Northern Territory. The film demonstrates their use of stone tools. more

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WHO WE ARE - Brave New Clan [from the CAAMA Collection]

2015 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 47 min

Six young Australians share what Indigenous culture means to them today in contemporary urban Australia. From the bustling streets of Sydney to the aquamarine vistas of the Torres Strait, their stories span a diverse population across the country and yet share common themes of resilience, courage, optimism and success. more

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WILD HONEY: CARING FOR BEES IN A DIVIDED LAND

2019 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 30 min

For more than a century, the island of Timor has been divided by a colonial border. This border has displaced and separated the people of Lookeu, dividing their land, water and history. Timor's migratory wild honey bees challenge this division. more

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WILLABERTA JACK [from the CAAMA Collection]

2007 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 26 min

He survived an attempted killing. He survived an unjust legal system. But can he survive white "payback"? A true story from the Northern Territory, 1929, which inspired the feature film, SWEET COUNTRY. more

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WIRRIYA: Small Boy [from the CAAMA Collection]

2001 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 27 min

This moving documentary is a record of a few hours in the life of a small 7 year old boy, Ricco, from Hidden Valley, one of the many town camps on the outskirts of Alice Springs. more

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WOMEN OF THE SUN

1981 (PG) 240 min

Comprising of four stand-alone one-hour episodes, this ground-breaking series from 1982 depicts events in the lives of four Aboriginal women over more than 150 years. more

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WONDER BOY

2001 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: PG) 56 min

The follow-up documentary to the highly successful 1992 documentary DRIVING WITH RICHARD, the story of Richard Rook, a boy with special needs (physical and intellectual disabilities), and his parents Deirdre and Charlie. more

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WOODCUTTER'S SON, THE (Family Foibles)

2001 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: PG) 27 min

Jailed for 25 years for armed robbery, Allan Martin came out of jail 8 years ago as a published poet. He hopes to renew contact with his mother and sister after a long estrangement. more

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WRAP ME UP IN PAPERBARK

2007 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 28 min

This provocative documentary portrays the struggle faced by two indigenous Australians, Speedy McGinness, and his sister, Kathy Mills, to return their mother's remains from Darwin to her homelands, 600 kilometres south. more

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YEAR OF THE DOGS

1997 (M) 86 min

When the film was made in 1997, the "mighty" Bulldogs hadn't won a premiership since 1954. The film follows the 1996 season: it is the centenary year of the AFL and the whole of Victoria and the allied states are celebrating the meaning and tradition of Aussie Rules. more

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YELLOW FELLA [from the CAAMA Collection]

2004 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 25 min

A portrait of the late Balang Tom E. Lewis who as a young man in 1978 was chosen by director Fred Schepisi to star in THE CHANT OF JIMMY BLACKSMITH. The life of the character he played was hauntingly close to his own – a restless young man of mixed heritage, struggling between two cultures to find his own identity. more

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YORKY BILLY [from the AIATSIS Collection]

1980 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 17 min

A portrait of a disappearing way of life in the Northern Territory outback. more

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