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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
BEACH, THE
2000 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: PG) 56 min
An examination of what the beach in Australian art, what it means both to Australians and to those who come from other countries to enjoy it. more
BENNY AND THE DREAMERS [from the CAAMA Collection]
1992 (G) 54 min
The extraordinary story of the Pintupi peoples' first meeting with the white world. more
BERKELEY IN THE SIXTIES
1990 (PG) 113 min
The 1960s alumni of the Berkeley campus tell their stories about how the quiet school became the site of massive political activism on the part of students fighting for their right of political expression on campus and then against the Vietnam War. more
BETELNUT BISNIS
2004 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: PG) 52 min
An often humorous story of a "grass roots" family in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea, who make a precarious living by trading in betelnut, one of the world's most widely used narcotics. The film presents us with a vivid portrait of present-day Papua New Guinea - not the "doom and gloom" stories that dominate the media,... more
BEYOND EL ROCCO
1990 (PG) 100 min
The story of the Australian modern jazz movement since the 1950s. Includes rare performance footage of Brian Brown, Stewie Peers and others, and interviews with today's jazz greats like Don Burrows and Paul Grabowsky. more
BEYOND SORRY [from the CAAMA Collection]
2003 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 53 min
An intimate portrait of two "half-caste" women: Zita Wallace who was taken from her Arrernte family at the age of eight; and Aggie Abbott, an Arrernte woman who was hidden from the Aboriginal Protector at the same time that Zita was taken. The film follows the friendship that has developed between the two women in their... more
BEYOND THE DREAMTIME
1994 (G) 54 min
BEYOND THE DREAMTIME is a film of visual beauty, bringing to life the haunting imagery of dozens of Ainslie Roberts' major works, weaving them into the artist's personal life and illuminating his love of the land. more
BEYOND THE ROYAL VEIL
2003 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 52 min
BEYOND THE ROYAL VEIL takes us on a surprising often humorous journey behind the lavish facade of Indian aristocracy into the lives of two men who have opened up their palaces to tourism, selling the 'royal experience'. But can they save their inheritances without sacrificing their dignity? more
BIG ALL AT ONCE
2004 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 52 min
What is it like to be leaving school and suddenly having to make crucial choices about your life? This documentary intimately follows three different 18-year-olds, as they are spat out of high school and struggle to piece together their adult identities in their own way. more
BIG BAD LOVE
2016 (M) 26 min
After discovering her best friend was violently abused by her partner, stand-up comedian Becky Lucas wants to know how you can spot an abusive relationship and what you can do about it. more
BIG BOSS
2012 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 25 min
The story of 95-year-old Baymarrwangga, affectionately known as "Big Boss", and her commitment to pass on the Yan-nhangu language and traditional knowledge to future generations on Murrungga Island at the top end of Arnhem Land. more
BIG GIRLS DON'T CRY (NIDF series 5)
2002 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: PG) 26 min
A heart-rending insight into the disease of end-stage renal failure in remote and rural communities. more
BIKPELA BAGARAP [Big Damage]
2011 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 43 min
Bikpela Bagarap reveals the human face of logging in Papua New Guinea. more
BILLAL
1996 (M) 86 min
Sixteen-year-old Lebanese-Australian Billal is struck by a car in the aftermath of fighting between Anglo–Australian and Lebanese youths on a state housing estate in south-west Sydney. Billal is hospitalised with permanent brain damage. The film follows Billal's long fight back to some sort of health, and the stresses... more
BLACK AND DUSTY [from the CAAMA Collection]
2005 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: PG) 43 min
Follows a group of First Nations competitors in the Finke Desert Race in Central Australia. more
BLACK ANGELS: A Widening Vision
1994 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 60 min
BLACK ANGELS centres on the life and work of young Brisbane artist, Gordon Bennett, who is one of this country's leading Indigenous artists. 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
BLACK MAGIC
1988 (G) 55 min
It is through the medium of sport that Aboriginal people have best been able to express themselves to white Australia. Australia's greatest Aboriginal footballers talk about the sources of their motivation, about their family experiences and their roots. more