Shop for a film
Search Results (2/8)
You searched for: freedom OR stories. Did you mean "freedom stories"?
BLOWN AWAY
2014 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: PG) 61 min
A powerful examination of the myths and facts of Cyclone Tracy, one of Australia's worst natural disasters which devastated the city of Darwin on Christmas Eve, 1974. The film especially explores previously unrecorded Indigenous responses to the crisis. more
BODYWORK
1989 (PG) 51 min
Morticians, embalmers and grave-diggers talk intimately about each stage of the journey from death to dirt, from expiry to exit. In a matter-of-fact, down-to-earth way, these ordinary people tell us all we ever wanted to know about dead bodies but which our conditioning and socialisation prevented us from asking. more
BREAD AND DRIPPING
1981 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 17 min
Restored from original film materials: a classic documentary from 1981, telling women's stories of the Great Depression in the 1930s in Australia. more
BRIDE FLIGHTS, THE (English version)
2022 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 58 min
The one-way ticket from Spain that changed Australian migration: about 700 Spanish women arrived in Australia during the early 1960s, supported by an informal agreement between the regime of Francisco Franco (1939-1975) and the Australian Government of that time. more
BRIDE FLIGHTS, THE (Spanish version)
2022 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G)
The one-way ticket from Spain that changed Australian migration: about 700 Spanish women arrived in Australia during the early 1960s, supported by an informal agreement between the regime of Francisco Franco (1939-1975) and the Australian Government of that time. more
BULLYING CULTURES
2017 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 65 min
Professor Valerie Braithwaite, renowned internationally for her studies of work-place and school-yard bullying, examines the social and psychological dynamics that contribute to a bullying culture and what must happen to break that culture. more
![BUNGALUNG [from the CAAMA Collection]](/images/small/4481.jpg)
BUNGALUNG [from the CAAMA Collection]
2007 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: PG) 22 min
An epic Dreaming story re-told by Anmatjere Elders, in which two young men challenge a clan of Demons. more
BUT WE ARE STRONG
2006 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 30 min
BUT WE ARE STRONG tells the untold stories of five young women who survived Sierra Leone's civil war. This documentary series highlights these young women's strength and their resilience to the horror and atrocities that took place in their home. more
CAR CRASH
1995 (M) 51 min
Twenty-six people speak to camera about their emotional relationship with their car and their experience of a car accident. The interviews are intercut with stylised close-ups of road signs, test dummy crashes and atmospheric photography. The music track gives the documentary a moody ambience. 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
CHINESE TAKE AWAY
2002 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 52 min
CHINESE TAKE AWAY is an adaptation of an acclaimed physical theatre show, uniquely blends poetic storytelling, drama and archival footage, to bring a true story to the screen. 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
COOLBAROO CLUB, THE
1996 (G) 55 min
A portrait of the Coolbaroo Club, an Aboriginal-run dance club which operated in Perth from 1946 - 1960. The film is delivered via the memories of those involved, stills, archive and extensive dramatisation. An award-winning documentary on post-war race relations in Australia. more
COWBOY AND MARIA IN TOWN
1991 (G) 59 min
Attracted by the myths of town life and the chance of work, people from villages all over Papua New Guinea have come to the towns. COWBOY AND MARIA IN TOWN tells the story of two such migrants living in the settlements that surround the capital, Port Moresby. more
CROCODILE DREAMING
2006 (M) 27 min
A stone holding the stories and songs of the ancestors has been stolen from its proper location and subsequently causes the death of two children. It must be found and brought back to restore the right order. The local Aboriginal mob cannot carry out this task alone and calls for Burrimmilla (David Gulpilil). more
![CROOKHAT AND THE KULUNADA [from the CAAMA Collection]](/images/small/4585.jpg)
CROOKHAT AND THE KULUNADA [from the CAAMA Collection]
2010 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 23 min
Stories of the water serpent, Kulunada, which inhabits a permanent waterhole in the arid desert country of central Australia. more
CROSS LIFE
2007 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: PG) 100 min
CROSS LIFE is the first feature film directed by Claire McCarthy, a rapidly emerging new star of Australian cinema. Her second feature is the acclaimed THE WAITING CITY, filmed in India and released nationally through Hopscotch Films. more
DANCE ON YOUR LAND
1991 (G) 28 min
In 1988 fifty Aboriginal people from Mornington Island and Borroloola made an 8000km journey to 15 communities in the remote Kimberley Region of WA over a 5 week period. The aim of the journey was to strengthen Aboriginal cultural identity through performances of dance and song which carry the stories that are unique to... more
DANCING WITH DICTATORS
2011 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: PG) 80 min
Witness the battle to run a newspaper in one of the most repressive countries in the world. Australian publisher, Ross Dunkley started Burma's leading newspaper The Myanmar Times. The paper comes out weekly in both Burmese and English and every edition is a tactical struggle against the censors to get the paper out. more
DEADLY YARNS 2
2006 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 33 min
A series of 5 short films made by Indigenous Western Australian filmmakers. [includes Special Features: A behind-the scenes documentary on each film] more
DEALING WITH THE DEMON
1996 (MA) 165 min
The story of the opiates in three chapters which gives a powerful insight into societies' epic struggle with all drugs of addiction. more
DOGS OF DEMOCRACY
2016 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: PG) 58 min
WINNER! Spirit of Activism Award, Nevada Women's Film Festival, March 2017. WINNER! Best Documentary Feature, 2017 Imagine This: Women's International Film Festival, Brooklyn, New York! A documentary about the stray dogs of Athens and the people who take care of them. In the on-going financial crises of the 2010s,... more
DYING SHAME, A
1997 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: PG) 53 min
A Dying Shame tells personal stories of families and individuals within the remote Aboriginal community in Borroloola and the struggles of these people and their families who have to cope with poor health and an ineffectual health system. more
DYING TO LEAVE
2004 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: PG) 104 min
A two-part series about the ever-growing industry of people smuggling and human trafficking in a globalised world. more
EDITOR'S ANTHOLOGY, AN
2016-2020 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: PG) 32 min
An anthology of three short films by Karen Pearlman ASE, about women and cinema: Woman with an editing bench, After the facts and I want to make a film about women. more
EMILY IN JAPAN - The Making of An Exhibition
2009 (PG) 82 min
Behind the scenes of the blockbuster exhibition of paintings by the Indigenous artist Emily Kame Kngwarreye which toured Japan attracting record crowds. more
FIERCE GREEN FIRE, A
2012 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: PG) 101 min
A FIERCE GREEN FIRE explores the history of the international environmental movement – grassroots and global activism spanning fifty years from conservation to climate change. Narrated by Robert Redford, Ashley Judd, Van Jones, Isabel Allende and Meryl Streep. more
FIFTY YEARS OF SILENCE
1994 (M) 57 min
50 YEARS OF SILENCE tells the story of Jan Ruff-O'Herne and her experience of enforced prostitution at the hands of the Japanese military during World War II. As the first European woman to go public on this issue Jan faced the difficult decision to reveal her secret to her family, her friends and her parish. more
![FIVE SEASONS [from the CAAMA Collection]](/images/small/742.jpg)
FIVE SEASONS [from the CAAMA Collection]
2004 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 52 min
In these fast and modern times, the Numurindi people are still guided by the seasons and stories of the Dreamtime. This observational documentary focuses on Moses Numamurdirdi and his families fight to hold onto their culture and ways in an ever-changing world. more
FOLLOWING THE FENCELINE
1996 (PG) 50 min
A documentary about breast cancer and an innovative approach to public awareness taken by 14 remarkable women. more
FOR LOVE OR MONEY: A History of Women and Work in Australia
1983 (G) 107 min
DIGITALLY RESTORED! An investigation and celebration of women's work from white settlement to the present, a story told by Aboriginal and migrant women, convict women and today's women. more
FORGOTTEN BIRD OF PARADISE
2009 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: PG) 27 min
A rare and moving insight into West Papua's struggle for freedom. more
FRONTIER CONVERSATION, A
2006 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 54 min
A fascinating journey through the Top End of Australia to explore what history means to the traditional landowners. more
![FULL CIRCLE [from the AIATSIS Collection]](/images/small/8893.jpg)
FULL CIRCLE [from the AIATSIS Collection]
1987 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 20 min
A story of Aboriginal stockmen at Robinson River Station on traditional Garawa land, in the Northern Territory. 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
GREAT STRIKE 1917, THE
2018 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 69 min
To this day, the Great Strike of 1917 is still Australia's largest industrial upheaval. The story of the Strike has long been dormant in archives, and is now re-told with original film footage from the era. OFFICIAL SELECTION! Antenna Documentary Film Festival. FINALIST! ATOM AWARDS, Documentary (History). more
GROWING CITIES
2013 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 92 min
From rooftop farmers to backyard beekeepers, Americans are growing food like never before. Growing Cities tells the inspiring stories of these intrepid urban farmers, innovators, and everyday city-dwellers who are challenging the way the USA grows and distributes its food. more
HABITS OF NEW NORCIA, THE
2000 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: PG) 53 min
Re-release of a remarkable documentary from 2000: the story of the Benedictine Aboriginal Mission at New Norcia, in Western Australia. Now a popular tourist destination north of Perth, the Mission holds harsh memories for the former Aboriginal "inmates" who were placed there during the 1920s through to the 1960s. more
HANDLING THE HEART
2022 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: PG) 27 min
An exploration of patient experiences following major heart surgery - how to understand them and live with them: a story of existential crises and transformative experiences, told by four ex-patients. Adapted from the feature-length documentary, PUMPHEAD. more