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CROSS LIFE

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

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CROSSING THE LINE

CROSSING THE LINE

2005 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 56 min

When two young, non-Indigenous medical students go to work in a remote Aboriginal community, their professional precepts and personal ideas are deeply challenged. more

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DEADLY YARNS 2

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

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DEADLY YARNS 3

DEADLY YARNS 3

2007 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 34 min

5 short films made by Indigenous Western Australian filmmakers for ABC TV's Message Stick series. [includes Special Features: A behind-the scenes documentary on each film] more

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DEADLY YARNS 4

DEADLY YARNS 4

2009 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 34 min

5 short films made by Indigenous Western Australians. [includes Special Features: A behind-the scenes documentary on each film]. more

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DEATH IN THE CITY

DEATH IN THE CITY

2022 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: PG) 72 min

An intimate portrayal of the sacred city of Varanasi, situated on the holy Ganges, 'the river of life'. The city is the revered destination for death for Hindus since time immemorial, with legendary funeral pyres burning non-stop for over three millennia on the river bank. more

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DELINQUENT ANGEL

DELINQUENT ANGEL

2001 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 48 min

A documentary about the famous Australian master painter, the late John Perceval. Tender and beautiful moments in the film reveal details about John's life, his loves and his relationships - with his minder/business manager, and other internationally renowned painters like Joy Hester, Sir Sidney Nolan and Arthur Boyd. more

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DIYA

DIYA

2001 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 55 min

DIYA examines the lively social life surrounding one object, a small terra cotta oil lamp called a "diya" used in India in religious ceremonies. It is central to the Hindu festival of Diwali, "the festival of lights" and the film begins in the increasingly frantic days before this major celebration. more

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DOGS OF DEMOCRACY

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

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DON'T CALL ME GIRLIE

DON'T CALL ME GIRLIE

1985 (G) 69 min

From the birth of the cinema to World War II, DON'T CALL ME GIRLIE tells the untold story of Australia's movie heroines, on and off the screen. Discover the roles our women filmmakers really played - on screen as stars, behind the cameras, as producers, writers, directors and publicists. more

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DOON SCHOOL CHRONICLES

DOON SCHOOL CHRONICLES

2000 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 140 min

Filmed over a two-year period by David MacDougall, this film looks at the life of Indian middle-class boys as they experience the effects of institutional, national, and global pressures during the transitional years from childhood to adulthood. more

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DREAM OF LOVE, THE

DREAM OF LOVE, THE

2005 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: PG) 26 min

An intensely personal story by filmmaker Lawrence Johnston about his parents' troubled 59-year mixed-race marriage and the effect of the relationship and domestic violence on the sons and daughters of the family. more

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DRIVEN TO DIFFRACTION

DRIVEN TO DIFFRACTION

2009 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 55 min

The remarkable story of William Henry Bragg and his son William Lawrence Bragg, two shy men who joined the ranks of the most important scientists of the twentieth century. "Ideally suited to whet the scientific appetites of teenagers" - Dr Michael Kindler, Principal, Stromlo High School, ACT more

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DVORAK AND AMERICA

DVORAK AND AMERICA

1999 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 56 min

On 26 September 1892 when the Czech composer, Antonin Dvorak, arrived in New York to direct the National Conservatory of Music of America, he was given the daunting task of creating a school of music for a young nation boundlessly confident in its resources, but still looking to Europe for a sense of identity. more

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ELLA

ELLA

2016 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 86 min

An intimate portrait of the first Indigenous dancer to be invited into The Australian Ballet in its 50 year history - Ella Havelka. more

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ESCHER:  JOURNEY INTO INFINITY

ESCHER: JOURNEY INTO INFINITY

2018 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: PG) 80 min

A portrait of one of the most influential and inspiring artists of the 20th century, M.C. Escher. Narrated by Stephen Fry, in Escher's own words. A superb film by highly regarded Dutch filmmaker, Robin Lutz. more

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EXILE IN SARAJEVO

EXILE IN SARAJEVO

1996 (M) 91 min

A passionate, cinematically innovative story of the siege of Sarajevo from the viewpoint of Australian, Tahir Cambis and Sarajevan, Alma Sahbaz. Rich in imagery with a wonderful music score - Alma and Tahir take us on a kaleidoscopic adventure as they chart the soul of a city in exile. more

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FACING THE DEMONS

FACING THE DEMONS

1999 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: PG) 57 min

A powerful documentary about restorative justice and conferencing. The story of a journey to bring the family and friends of a murdered boy together in one room with those convicted of his killing. more

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FIERCE GREEN FIRE, A

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

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FIRST FAGIN, THE

FIRST FAGIN, THE

2012 (PG) 87 min

From New York to Hobart, and from the darkest jails and prison ships of England to the penal colony of Port Arthur, THE FIRST FAGIN brings to life the passionate love and dramatic adventures of Ikey Solomon, family man, fence, and Charles Dickens' inspiration for the character of Fagin in Oliver Twist. more

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FLOWERS AND TROOPS (Hana to Heitai)

FLOWERS AND TROOPS (Hana to Heitai)

2009 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: PG) 106 min

Inspired by the documentaries of the great Imamura Shohei, under whom the filmmaker studied, this film explores the lives of Japanese soldiers who chose not to return to Japan when the war finished, but who stayed behind in south-east Asia to build new lives for themselves. more

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FROM UNDER THE RUBBLE

FROM UNDER THE RUBBLE

2018 (M) 76 min

The Samouni family story: a powerful civilian perspective on the violent clash between Palestinians and Israeli armed forces in Gaza. Australian filmmaker Anne Tsoulis has created an intimate and unflinching film about an appalling crisis. more

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GANDHI'S CHILDREN

GANDHI'S CHILDREN

2008 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: PG) 185 min

GANDHI'S CHILDREN is an award-winning film by David MacDougall about abandoned or orphaned boys living in a charitable Home in one of the poorer quarters of New Delhi, India, building a society of their own within the institutional environment. more

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GEOFF DIXON - PORTRAITS OF US

GEOFF DIXON - PORTRAITS OF US

2022 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: PG) 82 min

An intimate portrait of the life and work of iconoclastic New Zealand artist Geoff Dixon. more

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GROWING CITIES

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

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GULPILIL

GULPILIL

2002 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: PG) 56 min

A portrait of the legendary Australian actor - David Gulpilil Ridjimiraril Dalaithngu. more

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HAND-DRAWN HISTORIES: The Films of Lee Whitmore

HAND-DRAWN HISTORIES: The Films of Lee Whitmore

2011 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 61 min

NED WETHERED (11 mins), ON A FULL MOON (17 mins), ADA (7 mins) and THE SAFE HOUSE (26 mins). EXTRA FEATURES: Interview (23 mins), The Making of ... (42 mins) Plus slideshow of storyboards. DVD also includes a 28-page DVD booklet - Hand-drawn Histories THE FILMS OF LEE WHITMORE: the animator talks about her... more

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HERE'S MY HAND: A testimony to an Aboriginal Memorial

HERE'S MY HAND: A testimony to an Aboriginal Memorial

1988 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 27 min

A film by Michael Edols. Available on DVD and Vimeo-on-Demand as part of the ASPECTS OF A LIFE collection. more

HIGHER EDUCATION

HIGHER EDUCATION

2010 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 72 min

For some students, entering university can be the result of years of personal struggle and challenge. [DVD includes EXTRA FEATURE: Interview with the director, MILES ROSTON] more

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HISTORY BITES BACK

HISTORY BITES BACK

2021 (MA) 55 min

After the bold and brilliant Occupation: Native, Aboriginal filmmaker Trisha Morton-Thomas teams up again with Comedy Director-Writer, Craig Anderson to launch a rocket into 250 years of taboos, prejudice and ignorance. History Bites Back uses devastating satire to unpack the negative social bias of the history shared... more

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HOMELAND STORY

HOMELAND STORY

2019 (M) 84 min

An intimate portrait of Donydji, an Indigenous Homeland community in north-east Arnhem Land. The film charts their struggle from the 1960s to the present day to overcome the corrosive effects of government policy and pressure from mining interests, and to remain on their land. more

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HOPE ROAD

HOPE ROAD

2017 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: PG) 103 min

Filmed over a 5-year period, HOPE ROAD is a film by Tom Zubrycki which follows an ambitious project undertaken by a Sudanese refugee in Australia, Zacharia Machiek, to build a much-needed school back in his home village, now part of the new nation of South Sudan. But life disrupts his best-laid plans ... more

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HYBRID LIFE - group 1 of 3

HYBRID LIFE - group 1 of 3

2000 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: PG) 104 min

A series of programs which examine the lives of the children and the grandchildren of Australian migrants. This group from the series consists of 4 episodes: ISLANDS | FROM HERE TO ITHACA | MISSING VIETNAM | COSENZA VECCHIA. more

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HYBRID LIFE - group 3 of 3

HYBRID LIFE - group 3 of 3

2001 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: PG) 104 min

A series of programs which examine the lives of the children and the grandchildren of Australian migrants. This group from the series consists of 4 episodes: THE BRIDES OF KHAN | DEAR BERT | DELIVERY DAY | SPARKY D COMES TO TOWN. more

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I REMEMBER 1948

I REMEMBER 1948

2005 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 24 min

Palestinian elders share memories of the year they became refugees. Personal memories of the tumultuous days of Al Nakba, 'the catastrophe', May 15th 1948, when 750,000 Palestinians were expelled from their homes. more

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INHERITANCE, A FISHERMAN'S STORY

INHERITANCE, A FISHERMAN'S STORY

2003 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 52 min

Follows Balazs Meszaros' passionate struggle to gain compensation for his fellow fishermen for the loss of income and livelihood incurred by the cyanide spill that devastated the River Tisza in Hungary in January 2000. more

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IRAQ, MY COUNTRY

IRAQ, MY COUNTRY

2005 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: PG) 52 min

A journey into Iraq after the American invasion, as told by an Iraqi refugee returning to his homeland after 10 years in Australia. A film of raw power and immediacy, capturing images of Iraq that we will never see on the nightly news. more

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JAMMIN' IN THE MIDDLE E

JAMMIN' IN THE MIDDLE E

2005 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: PG) 49 min

An Arab-Australian comedy based on the true-life stories of young people growing up in the tough Western suburbs of Sydney. more

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JAPARTA - a Journey to the Gurindji Way

JAPARTA - a Journey to the Gurindji Way

2025 (G) 99 min

The story of a Japanese scholar, Minoru Hokari, who, before his death in 2004 at the age of 32, achieved work which today commands an ever-widening audience. It is a story of cross-cultural understanding, how Gurindji Elders in the Northern Territory tasked Minoru to relay stories from their culture to a wider world. A... more

JOHN FARROW:  HOLLYWOOD'S MAN IN THE SHADOWS

JOHN FARROW: HOLLYWOOD'S MAN IN THE SHADOWS

2021 (PG) 96 min

This award-winning documentary is the first ever made about one of Hollywood's most prolific yet forgotten filmmakers, John Villiers Farrow (1904-1963). Part mystery, part biography, part film noir, the documentary follows the stranger-than-fiction story of this Australian-born, Oscar-winning filmmaker. more

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JUDITH ANDERSON - AUSTRALIAN STAR, FIRST LADY OF THE AMERICAN THEATRE

JUDITH ANDERSON - AUSTRALIAN STAR, FIRST LADY OF THE AMERICAN THEATRE

2019 (G)

A book by Desley Deacon. Paperback, 461 pages plus chronology, filmography, bibliography and index. Kerr Publishing, Melbourne, 2019. This well-researched biography tells the story of Judith Anderson's life and the full range of her work on stage and screen. more

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KARAM IN JAIPUR

KARAM IN JAIPUR

2001 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 54 min

This third film in the Doon School Quintet follows the main protagonist of With Morning Hearts into the next phase of his life in Jaipur House, one of the five main houses of the school. more

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KIM & HARLEY & THE KIDS (Family Foibles)

KIM & HARLEY & THE KIDS (Family Foibles)

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

Kim and Harley and the Kids looks at how hard family life can be when resources are limited. Kim has four children including four-year-old twins. Her partner Harley is father to the youngest three kids and his heart is in the right place. They all live below the poverty line in a Ministry of Housing home in outer Melbourne. more

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KINDRED

KINDRED

2023 (M) 91 min

A journey into the emotional landscape of family, love and loss experienced by two close friends, both Aboriginal, who were adopted by white families and have connected back with their bloodline families. more

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LAKE OF SCARS, THE

LAKE OF SCARS, THE

2022 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 95 min

A documentary exploring the beautiful, mysterious scarred trees, middens and stone scatters at Lake Boort and surrounds in Victoria, and the story of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people, who are working against the clock to preserve and promote what they can. A film presented by the late, great Uncle Jack Charles, more

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LAND OF THE LITTLE KINGS

LAND OF THE LITTLE KINGS

2000 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 78 min

LAND OF THE LITTLE KINGS is a feature-length documentary which provides personal accounts of the forcible removal of Indigenous children from their families. Through these stories of survivors of the stolen generations, musician and performer Archie Roach reconstructs his own story. more

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LANGUAGE OF LIGHT, THE

LANGUAGE OF LIGHT, THE

2023 (M) 171 min

Intimate portraits of seven ground-breaking Australian photographers, each with a significant body of work and each with a different photographic style. more

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LAST WRIGHT, THE

LAST WRIGHT, THE

2008 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 52 min

An award-winning film about the architect Frank Lloyd Wright and the story of the last hotel he designed. In Mason City, Iowa, Wright was commissioned to design a city block encompassing a bank and hotel facing the city park. Soon scandal and tragedy ruined his career but the Park Inn Hotel still stands as one of his... more

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LEAST SAID, SOONEST MENDED

LEAST SAID, SOONEST MENDED

1999 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: PG) 52 min

The story of the filmmaker's twin sister: despatched at the age of 15 to an institution where she was hidden away and arrangements made for the adoption of her baby. She then lived for the next 25 years without knowing where her child was or whether she was alive or dead. more

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LIGHT FROM THE SHADOWS

LIGHT FROM THE SHADOWS

2012 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 29 min

The remarkable life and work of Aboriginal artist Danny Eastwood and his contribution to the well-being of his community in western Sydney, and to Reconciliation and Australian culture at large. more

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LIGHTING A CANDLE

LIGHTING A CANDLE

2010 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: PG) 56 min

Dr Catherine Hamlin's 50 year journey for the destitute women of Ethiopia. EXTRA FEATURES include 3 additional short films: A COMPASSIONATE VISION, HEAVEN SENT and LABOUR OF LOVE. more

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LILI  (English version)

LILI (English version)

2019 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: PG) 85 min

LILI is a powerful exploration of inter-generational trauma; a mother, Lili, abandons her two-year-old daughter as she flees from Hungary in 1956 when the Soviets quash the Hungarian revolution. The trauma sparks a history of abandonment that spans four generations of Lili's family. more

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LITTLE TOWNS, BIG VOICES

LITTLE TOWNS, BIG VOICES

2016 (M) 28 min

Taking a stand on domestic violence in regional, rural and remote communities: in this powerful short film by Fran Dobbie, this often hidden subject is brought to light by people willing to speak out about abuse to help create social change. more

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LOVE MARKET, THE

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

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LOYAL TO MY IMAGE

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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MAD MORRO

MAD MORRO

2008 (MA) 49 min

Debbie Morris has waited 13 years for her family to be reunited. Her son James has been behind bars for his entire adult life. In prison he has become a hardened survivor of the system - earning himself the nickname Mad Morro. Now he is only weeks away from release. more

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MAN WITHOUT PIGS

MAN WITHOUT PIGS

1990 (G) 59 min

MAN WITHOUT PIGS offers a rare insight into the dynamics of village life in Papua New Guinea. The film explores the antagonism aroused when conflict between traditional custom and Western values occurs in an isolated community. more

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MEMORY TREE

MEMORY TREE

2003 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 52 min

THE CONTROVERSIAL ART OF DAVID BOYD: MEMORY TREE has rare insights into the nature of enduring creativity and the power of the imagination. It tells of the passionate life journey of one of Australia's great living artists whose real stature has not always been recognised in the art world. more

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MEN DON'T CRY

MEN DON'T CRY

2015 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: PG) 26 min

A mother's concern for her son and his abuse of alcohol takes her on a journey of her own self-discovery. The film observes the pain and hardship of alcohol abuse on families, and the internal pain of a mother feeling 'useless' as she observes the self-destruction of her child as he tries to become 'a man'. more

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MERREPEN [from the CAAMA Collection]

MERREPEN [from the CAAMA Collection]

2005 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 23 min

The Merrepen palm tree is one of many plants that provide a life source for the people of the Daly River region in the top end of the Northern Territory. In this landscape lavished with natural beauty, we discover the many uses of the Merrepen Palm as well as some unforgettable characters. more

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