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Film Catalogue (18/35)
LONG GOODBYE, THE
2010 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: PG) 55 min
THE LONG GOODBYE follows the journeys of three families living with dementia as they struggle to maintain the identity and dignity of those they love. Filmed over a 3 year period, the documentary celebrates the capacity of the human spirit to search for meaning and hope when the end is known and inescapable. 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
LONG SHADOWS: Stories From A Jewish Home
2002 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: PG) 56 min
Jewishcare (Montefiore Homes), is the largest Jewish aged care facility in Victoria, Australia. Most of its residents are survivors of the Holocaust. Stories of Montefiore residents rekindle horrific memories of a collective tragedy. more
LOOKING FOR LIGHT
2014 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 83 min
Jane Bown (1925-2014) was one of the most celebrated of British portrait photographers, renowned for her highly individualistic portraits of the famous. Some of these portraits are now accepted as classics of the genre - Samuel Beckett, Queen Elizabeth, the Beatles, Mick Jagger, Margaret Thatcher and countless more. more
LORANG'S WAY
1979 (G) 69 min
Part 2: TURKANA CONVERSATIONS - A multifaceted portrait of Lorang, the head of the homestead. more
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LORE OF LOVE, THE [from the CAAMA Collection]
2005 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: PG) 25 min
An 18 year old Aboriginal girl learns the lore of love from her outgoing and mischievous grandmothers. more
LOUSY LITTLE SIXPENCE
1983 (G) 54 min
DIGITALLY RESTORED! In NSW, in 1909, the Aborigines Protection Board planned to break up Aboriginal communities by forcibly removing their children and hiring them out as servants to white employers. The title of this powerful documentary comes from the wages that were to be paid to the children. Many never saw that lousy... more
LOVE MARKET, THE
2009 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: PG) 52 min
Four young girls, aged 8 to 18, from hill tribes in North Vietnam, survive by selling artefacts to tourists and living in the hope of an escape to a brighter and better life outside Vietnam. A film by Shalom Almond, director of MY LONG NECK, also about the impact of tourism on traditional life styles. more
LOYAL TO MY IMAGE
1992 (PG) 21 min
LOYAL TO MY IMAGE is a powerful documentary about adoption, mothering and personal identity. more
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LURUGU [from the AIATSIS Collection]
1973 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: PG) 56 min
The revival of an initiation ceremony for young men on Mornington Island in north Queensland. more
LURUJARRI DREAMING
2013 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 28 min
An animated exploration of Goolarabooloo history and culture, focusing on a nine-day Lurujarri Heritage Trail walk led by Elders from the community, north from Broome along the Dampier Peninsula in north-western Australia. more
MACDOUGALL TAPES, THE
2017 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 261 min
Extended conversations with David and Judith MacDougall about their years with the Film Unit of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, Canberra, 1975-1987. During this time, the MacDougalls made a series of eleven documentary films that were acknowledged world-wide as landmark achievements in ethnographic cinema. more
MAGIC HARVEST
2011 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 26 min
Feeding the world's ever-expanding population is a growing global concern. Where is the land that once grew food? It's at your own back door! This documentary tells the story of a backyard revolution - new food-growing gardens, one square metre at a time. more
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MAKE IT RIGHT! [from the AIATSIS Collection]
1988 (G) 21 min
MAKE IT RIGHT! is a unique record of the landmark 1988 Barunga Festival of Aboriginal Sport and Culture at which Prime Minister Bob Hawke made commitments (unfulfilled) to negotiate a treaty with Aboriginal people. more
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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
MAKING A MARK
2018 (PG) 56 min
A chronicle of creative trailblazing - exploring one of the most personally challenging and financially tenuous of vocations, to live and work in the competitive world of the visual arts in Australia. A superb film about inspiration, aspiration and the hard facts of life. more
MAKING TRAPS
1994 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 27 min
MAKING TRAPS follows Pauline Chan's first journey to Vietnam, since leaving with her family in 1972, to make her debut feature film, TRAPS. more
MAKING VENUS
2002 (MA) 70 min
MAKING VENUS is an hilarious and revealing portrait of the terrors and excitement of making a low-budget feature film, from fundraising to final test screenings. more
MALANGAN LABADAMA
1982 (G) 58 min
The story of three brothers and their tribute to deceased clansman, Buk-Buk. Their preparations, and the performances of the 'malangan' is vividly portrayed in this superbly photographed film. more