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ANOTHER COUNTRY
2015 (G) 75 min
Legendary Aboriginal actor David Gulpilil tells the story of what happened when his people's way of life was interrupted. This film speaks eloquently of the havoc caused by the superimposition of a new culture over an old culture. 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
ARLI (from the CAAMA Collection)
2016 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: PG) 30 min
A moving story of rehabilitation and re-connection with family and community. Arlun McCormack, a young Arrernte man from Alice Springs, tells us the story of his fight with substance abuse, and his rehabilitation through writing and performing rap music. An award-winning film by Christopher Fitzpatrick. more
ARNAV AT SIX
2014 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 28 min
A child's complex view of the world around him more
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
ARTISTS IN CYBERCULTURE
1993 (G) 55 min
ARTISTS IN CYBERCULTURE records Australian and International artists and their work at the Third International Symposium on Electronic Art [TISEA] held in Sydney, Australia in November 1992. The documentary presents a fascinating overview of the artists manipulating new technologies to create a wide variety of new and extraordinary... 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
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ART OF HEALING, THE [from the CAAMA Collection]
2005 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 22 min
A story of inspiration and community spirit from central Australia. more
ART OF REGRET, THE
2007 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 59 min
Photography is known in China as the "art of regret." In the rapidly changing city of Kunming, people are ambivalent about whether they want photography to be a medium of preservation and evidence, or of transformation and fantasy. more
ASPECTS OF A LIFE: Working with Indigenous Australians
1972 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 216 min
Four films by Michael Edols - Collector's edition with accompanying book and a 40-minute interview with Edols recorded in Canberra in 2011. more
AUSTRALIAN FILM 1900-1977: A guide to feature film production (book)
(G)
A book by Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper *Oxford University Press 1998 (second edition) *Paperback * 362 pages including index. A comprehensive guide to the feature films of the first eight decades of filmmaking in Australia. more
AWARENESS
2010 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 67 min
Filmed in South India at Rishi Valley School, founded by the 20th Century Indian thinker Jiddu Krishnamurti, Awareness explores the sensibilities of two groups of young Indian teen-agers - a group of girls in their dormitory, and a group of boys in theirs — as they live out their daily experiences at the school. more
AYA
1990 (PG) 95 min
Aya arrives in Australia with her husband, an Australian soldier who was with the occupation forces in Japan. Aya forms a close bond with Mac, a close friend of Frank's, whose wartime experiences left him with a deep regard for Japanese culture. But Frank wants Aya to forget her Japanese past. Suffering cultural shock and... more
BACH IN AUSCHWITZ (LA CHACONNE D'AUSCHWITZ)
2000 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: PG) 105 min
Members of a Jewish women's orchestra at the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp recall how their musical abilities allowed them to survive as prisoners of the Nazis. 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
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
BALI TRIPTYCH
1988 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: PG) 174 min
Three one-hour documentaries that explore the history, culture and way of life of the people of Bali - Episode 1: BETWEEN THE MOUNTAIN AND THE SEA; Episode 2: THE PATH OF THE SOUL and Episode 3 DEMONS AND DEITIES. more
BATTLE OF THE SITES
2013 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 111 min
A "melodrama" written by Ian Warden, using actual historic texts, exploring the vehement disputes surrounding the choosing of the site for the National Capital. The play was filmed live in a performance at the historic St John's Church, Reid, as part of Canberra's Centenary celebrations in 2013. 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