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FAMINE WITHIN, THE

FAMINE WITHIN, THE

1991 (G) 90 min

An exploration of the contemporary obsession with body size and shape among North American women. Under the coercive powers of consumerism and the mass media, women have come to view their bodies as marketable objects and to judge them according to the unrealistic standards of the beauty ideal. more

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FIFTY YEARS OF SILENCE

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

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FIRST MISSION

FIRST MISSION

1999 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: PG) 54 min

Each year the Australian Red Cross recruits new people for its overseas postings. This film follows three successful applicants from their training in Melbourne to their first missions in Africa – a refugee camp in Western Tanzania, a field hospital in north Kenya, dealing with wounded from the war in the Sudan. 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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FOLLOWING THE FENCELINE

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

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FOR LOVE OR MONEY: A History of Women and Work in Australia

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

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FOR LOVE OR MONEY: A pictorial history of women and work in Australia  (book)

FOR LOVE OR MONEY: A pictorial history of women and work in Australia (book)

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A book by Megan McMurchy, Margot Oliver & Jeni Thornley * Penguin Books 1983 * Paperback (large) * 186 pages A telling and passionate tribute to the unsung labors of Australian women, past and present. more

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FRIENDLY ENEMY ALIEN

FRIENDLY ENEMY ALIEN

2005 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 90 min

In June 1940, the HMT Dunera leaves Liverpool for Australia crammed with over 2,500 German, Austrian and Italian internees. We hear from the last survivors of the "Dunera Scandal," who tell the story of the 57-day long journey and what happened after they were interned by the British Government in an Australian Outback... 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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GIRLS' TALES: Women discuss experiences of schooling

GIRLS' TALES: Women discuss experiences of schooling

2015 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 87 min

"GIRLS' TALES: Women discuss experiences of schooling" consists of three thirty-minute episodes. The documentary is a compilation of interviews in which adult women recollect the experiences and opportunities of their secondary school education. more

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GOD'S GIRLS: Stories from an Australian Convent

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

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GOLDEN CORD, THE

GOLDEN CORD, THE

1996 (G) 55 min

THE GOLDEN CORD looks beyond the fascinating detail of the refined technical skills required by the art of batik, to aspects of the vivid spiritual and social traditions of Java and Aboriginal Australia: two distinct but strangely parallel contemporary cultures resting on timeless foundations. more

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GREAT STRIKE 1917, THE

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

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GREEN TEA AND CHERRY RIPE

GREEN TEA AND CHERRY RIPE

1989 (G) 56 min

NOW DIGITALLY REMASTERED. A fascinating portrait of Japanese women who came to Australia as war brides, and their survival in an alien land. 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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HANDMAIDENS AND BATTLEAXES

HANDMAIDENS AND BATTLEAXES

1989 (PG) 55 min

This remarkable award-winning documentary by the late Rosalind Gillespie (filmmaker and Registered Nurse) traces the role of nurses from pre-industrial times to the modern era. more

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HANGING AUSTRALIA

HANGING AUSTRALIA

2015 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 49 min

A major exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts in London, "Australia" was the largest collection of art ever to represent this country overseas. more

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HATOMA FILMS, THE

HATOMA FILMS, THE

1983 (G) 119 min

NOW DIGITALLY REMASTERED - A series of four films by Australian filmmaker Solrun Hoaas, about the tiny depopulated island of Hatoma, in Okinawa, Southern Japan. more

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HEALING OF BALI, THE

HEALING OF BALI, THE

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

The Balinese response to the terrorist bombing of October 2002: an intimate, personal story of grief, recovery and tolerance in an age of terrorism. 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

HOPE

2008 (M) 104 min

In 2001, 400 asylum seekers set out on a boat known as the Siev X. Only 7 made it to Australia. Amal Basry was one of them ... 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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I WANT TO MAKE A FILM ABOUT WOMEN

I WANT TO MAKE A FILM ABOUT WOMEN

2020 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: PG) 12 min

A queer, speculative, documentary love letter to Russian constructivist women. It asks what the revolutionary women artists of the 1920s said, what they did, and what they might have created had it not been for Stalin's suppression. A film by Karen Pearlman ASE. more

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IN THEIR NAME

IN THEIR NAME

2022 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: PG) 27 min

Decades after Latvian Jewish women and children were humiliated and killed by Nazi troops and their Latvian collaborators in 1941, their descendants continue to be haunted by the massacre. A film by Peter Hegedus. more

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KEEN AS MUSTARD

KEEN AS MUSTARD

1989 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: PG) 46 min

Re-release of an important documentary that explores little known experiments in chemical warfare conducted in Australia from 1942 to 1945. more

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KEEPER

KEEPER

2010 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 26 min

Growing up in a small town divided by mining disputes isn't easy, but for Aboriginal teenager Jacinta Haseldine it's a stark contrast to her grandmother's life at the same age growing up on a mission. 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 STAND AT NYMBOIDA

LAST STAND AT NYMBOIDA

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

The remarkable story of a worker rebellion that made international history. Bonus 35 minute extra feature includes interviews with ANDREW VICKERS, General Secretary, CFMEU Mining & Energy Chairman, Mineworkers Trust, and ALAN MURRAY, mining historian and author. more

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LEAPING OFF THE EDGE

LEAPING OFF THE EDGE

2001 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 26 min

A documentary about Melbourne's Women's Circus, a theatrical experience that has been inspiring, exciting and empowering audiences for over a decade. more

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LIFE OF THE TOWN

LIFE OF THE TOWN

2009 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: PG) 390 min

13 half hour episodes detailing the happy, sad, funny and dramatic endeavours of a community of battlers united through footy. Narrated by Dale Kickett, LIFE OF THE TOWN is a homage to grass roots football and is a window into the lives of the men, women and children who are passionate about their community. 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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LIONEL

LIONEL

2008 (M) 83 min

In 1968, a young Aboriginal boxer named Lionel Rose punched his way to history in Japan when he became the undisputed bantamweight champion of the world. This is his story, before and after he became a legend. more

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LOCKOUT

LOCKOUT

2007 (PG) 56 min

In 1929, 10,000 miners found themselves locked out of their Hunter Valley coal mines in a bitter industrial dispute over pay rates. What began as an undeclared war on industrial labour ended up overpowering a government, crippling an industry and besieging a community. more

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LONG NIGHT'S JOURNEY INTO DAY

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

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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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LURUJARRI DREAMING

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

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MEMORIES OF IWANY [from the CAAMA Collection]

MEMORIES OF IWANY [from the CAAMA Collection]

2004 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: PG) 28 min

Bardi Elder, Patsy Achoo, returns to her birthplace on Sunday Island (Iwany), north of Broome, WA, to find it deserted and the old mission settlement in ruins. WARNING: This film contains graphic scenes of killing and preparing turtles for cooking that may distress some viewers. 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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MESSAGE FROM MUNGO

MESSAGE FROM MUNGO

2014 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 70 min

WINNER! UNITED NATIONS ASSOCIATION OF VICTORIA MEDIA AWARDS in the Category of "Promotion of Indigenous Recognition". The story of the interaction between Scientists and the Custodians of Indigenous Heritage at Lake Mungo, one of the world's richest archaeological sites. more

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MIDWIVES, LULLABIES AND MOTHER EARTH

MIDWIVES, LULLABIES AND MOTHER EARTH

1993 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: PG) 53 min

Pioneer advocate of natural childbirth, Michel Odent is a French doctor who believes that separating the mother and baby at birth has a profound significance for them both and for society as a whole. Odent believes that "if we can transform the birth, we can transform the world". more

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MILLI MILLI

MILLI MILLI

1994 (G) 53 min

MILLI MILLI tells the story of the Kimberley people from their point of view. Using the Kimberley people's traditions of storytelling, painting, dancing and taking into account Aboriginal law and culture, the film records a cultural revival from within. more

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MORNING SUN

MORNING SUN

2004 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 117 min

A brilliant portrait of China's "Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution" of the 1960s and 70s. Another extraordinary film from the team that made the award-winning THE GATE OF HEAVENLY PEACE. more

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MOURNING FOR MANGATOPI [from the AIATSIS Collection]

MOURNING FOR MANGATOPI [from the AIATSIS Collection]

1974 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: PG) 53 min

An elaborate Tiwi mourning ceremony, performed as an affirmation of traditional culture. more

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MURIEL MATTERS

MURIEL MATTERS

2013 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 27 min

Adelaide-born actress and elocutionist Muriel Matters has been neglected by mainstream history, but in the early 1900s was a pivotal figure in the fight for women's rights in Britain and was renowned for her daring escapades to draw attention to the cause. more

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MY MOTHER'S VILLAGE and the Sri Lanka series

MY MOTHER'S VILLAGE and the Sri Lanka series

2014 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 256 min

In the late 1970s, anthropologist Sharon Bell and cinematographer Geoff Burton made three landmark documentaries about village life in Sri Lanka, observed over a two-year period, released in 1980. Decades later their son, Aaron Burton, reconnects with the communities to share experiences and aspirations with the next generation. more

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MY REMBETIKA BLUES (English version)

MY REMBETIKA BLUES (English version)

2021 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 83 min

Rembetika music or the Greek blues is a music born of exile and the streets. The film traces the roots of this music in the mass migration of people in the early twentieth century and in particular the journey of the filmmaker's own forebears from Smyrna in Turkey to Sydney, Australia. A universal story about love, life... more

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MY REMBETIKA BLUES (Greek version)

MY REMBETIKA BLUES (Greek version)

2021 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 83 min

Rembetika music or the Greek blues is a music born of exile and the streets. The film traces the roots of this music in the mass migration of people in the early twentieth century and in particular the journey of the filmmaker's own forebears from Smyrna in Turkey to Sydney, Australia. A universal story about love, life... more

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NGANGKARI (NIDF series 5)

NGANGKARI (NIDF series 5)

2002 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 26 min

The role of Ngangkari, Traditional Healer, still plays a vital role in the health and well-being of the Anangu people of Central Australia. Yet only two Ngangkari are employed in full-time positions. This film introduces these two renowned Ngangkari specialists. more

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NICE COLOURED GIRLS

NICE COLOURED GIRLS

1987 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: M) 17 min

NOW DIGITALLY RE-MASTERED! This stylistically daring film audaciously explores the history of exploitation between white men and Aboriginal women, juxtaposing the 'first encounter' between colonisers and native women with the attempts of modern urban Aboriginal women to reverse their fortunes. more

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NO BURQAS BEHIND BARS

NO BURQAS BEHIND BARS

2012 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: PG) 77 min

Inside an Afghan women's prison. Women are normally faceless in Afghanistan: outside the home, burqas cover them from head to toe. But in prison, they sometimes have more freedom and safety than outside. more

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NOT A BEDROOM WAR

NOT A BEDROOM WAR

1992 (G) 52 min

In 1992, four hundred of the world's most prominent women met in Dublin to discuss new visions of leadership. Hosted by Mary Robinson, Ireland's first woman president, NOT A BEDROOM WAR is the behind-the-scenes story of this historic and extraordinary gathering. more

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NOT JUST NUMBERS

NOT JUST NUMBERS

2019 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: PG) 53 min

Not Just Numbers is an inspiring documentary about the Tangentyere Women's Family Safety Group in Alice Springs. They believe in talking straight about the violence in their communities and are working on the front line in prevention. So often reduced to statistics, these heroes have banded together to fight for their... more

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NUN'S NEW HABIT, A

NUN'S NEW HABIT, A

2008 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: PG) 56 min

This documentary follows Sister Carmel, a sister of the Good Samaritans, in her fight for social justice. Along with many of her contemporaries, she is passionately involved with the plight of refugees who were incarcerated in detention for many years and the ongoing psychological trauma suffered after their release. more

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NYIRR-MARIE [from the CAAMA Collection]

NYIRR-MARIE [from the CAAMA Collection]

2010 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 24 min

Evelyn Hall (Nyirr-Marie), a leader of her community in the campaign for land rights, returns to her country to say goodbye for the last time. more

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OCCUPATION:  NATIVE

OCCUPATION: NATIVE

2017 (PG) 52 min

The Aboriginal story is often buried deep beneath the accepted 247-year Australian historical narrative. It's not that the Australian story is wrong, it's just that it's a wee bit one-sided. Aboriginal filmmaker Trisha Morton-Thomas, bites back at Australian history in this inspired satire. more

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ONCE A QUEEN

ONCE A QUEEN

2005 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 50 min

A universal story of a rural community with big aspirations ... Grafton in the Northern Rivers area of New South Wales, and its inspired annual celebration of its rich history. more

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ORIGINAL MERMAID, THE

ORIGINAL MERMAID, THE

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

From crippled child to the star of the biggest theatres in the world, the story of Annette Kellerman is truly without peer. Along the way she changed the face of swimming, fashion and dance and helped forge a new identity for women. more

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OTHER ZIONISTS, THE

OTHER ZIONISTS, THE

2004 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: PG) 52 min

An award-winning documentary by Canadian filmmaker, Eric Scott, focusing on an issue which he sees as emblematic of the whole Israeli-Palestinian conflict - the Israeli military checkpoints that line Israel's border and are scattered throughout the Occupied Territories. more

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