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A growing collection of films on mental health issues, ranging from case studies to the social context of mental health issues. The films are generally made by independent filmmakers and represent a body of work that expresses individual concerns and interests, rather than institutions and facilities.

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AFTER THE APOLOGY

AFTER THE APOLOGY

2017 (M) 82 min

In Larissa Behrendt's riveting documentary, four Aboriginal women each face their own battle to challenge government policies and bureaucracies to bring their grandchildren home. Their grassroots actions spearhead a national conversation to curb skyrocketing rates of child removal. more

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AGONY OF ECSTASY, THE

AGONY OF ECSTASY, THE

2014 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: PG) 31 min

Convinced that ecstasy use is behind her struggle with anxiety, depression and memory loss, 28-year old Lise sets out to discover how the 'Love Drug' is affecting her brain and those of the half a million Ecstasy users in Australia today. more

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ANGELS GATHER HERE

ANGELS GATHER HERE

2017 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: PG) 49 min

Angels Gather Here follows Jacki Trapman's journey back to her hometown of Brewarrina to celebrate her parents' 60th Wedding Anniversary. Going home is never easy, and for Jackie it means facing the traumas of her past. more

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ARLI (from the CAAMA Collection)

ARLI (from the CAAMA Collection)

2016 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: PG) 30 min

A moving story of rehabilitation and re-connection with family and community. Arlun McCormack, a young Arrernte man from Alice Springs, tells us the story of his fight with substance abuse, and his rehabilitation through writing and performing rap music. An award-winning film by Christopher Fitzpatrick. more

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BAULKHAM HILLS AFRICAN LADIES TROUPE, THE

BAULKHAM HILLS AFRICAN LADIES TROUPE, THE

2016 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: M) 81 min

The story of four charismatic and inspirational African women, now living in Australia, who, with the help of acclaimed theatre director Ros Horin, turned their harrowing stories of survival into a joyous theatre of humanity that has filled theatres from across their new country to the other side of the world. more

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BAXTER AND ME

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

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BIG BAD LOVE

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

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BILLAL

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

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BLISS

BLISS

1985/2022 (MA) 111 min

The celebrated debut feature by Ray Lawrence is a masterwork of bold ideas, gleefully surreal images, subversive farce and tenderness. From a Peter Carey screenplay and novel. Now re-mastered from the original film negatives by the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia. more

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BORDER POLITICS

BORDER POLITICS

2018 (PG) 90 min

In this film, leading Human Rights barrister, Julian Burnside AO, deconstructs harsh asylum seeker policies around the world, arguing that failure in political leadership is compromising human rights and destroying democratic principles in the West. more

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BULLYING CULTURES

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

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COMPLAINTS OF A DUTIFUL DAUGHTER

COMPLAINTS OF A DUTIFUL DAUGHTER

1994 (PG) 44 min

A loving and optimistic film which portrays a mother and daughter's battle with Alzheimer's Disease. more

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DRIVING WITH RICHARD

DRIVING WITH RICHARD

1992 (G) 50 min

DRIVING WITH RICHARD is the story of a remarkable friendship between two women - Deirdre Croft and Carley Pukallus. Deirdre and Carley have provided support for each other for over six years as they cope with the trauma, hardship and enormous challenge of caring for their handicapped children. more

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EXILE AND THE KINGDOM

EXILE AND THE KINGDOM

1993 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 110 min

The experiences of a community of Aboriginal people from pre-colonial times to the 1990s. The re-release of the award-winning feature documentary from 1993, made with the YINDJIBARNDI, NGARLUMA, BANYJIMA and GURRAMA people of Roebourne, Western Australia. more

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FREEDOM STORIES

FREEDOM STORIES

2015 (PG) 99 min

Explores the achievements of former 'boat people' who arrived from the Middle-East around the watershed year of 2001. Locked in remote detention centres and then placed on temporary protection visas, their limbo lasted for years. Now Australian citizens, they are building secure lives and contributing to their new country. more

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HABITS OF NEW NORCIA, THE

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

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HANDLING THE HEART

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

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HOME BY CHRISTMAS

HOME BY CHRISTMAS

2009 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: PG) 90 min

A dramatised documentary memoir based on filmmaker Gaylene Preston's interviews with her father about his World War II experiences, reconstructed with actor Tony Barry as Ed Preston. more

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HUNDREDTH ROOM, THE

HUNDREDTH ROOM, THE

2004 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: PG) 18 min

THE HUNDREDTH ROOM follows the personal journey undertaken by the filmmaker in the twelve months following her partner Caroline's death. We enter into the landscape of grief to discover what death says about life. more

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KINGS OF BAXTER

KINGS OF BAXTER

2017 (M) 66 min

A rare insight into life behind bars for juvenile inmates in one of the country's largest juvenile justice centres: two actors from the Bell Shakespeare company engage with young offenders in an attempt to stage a performance of Shakespeare's Macbeth for their families and fellow inmates. more

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