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Tourism
A selection of high quality independent documentaries about the impact of tourism, and strategies for sustainable eco-tourism, especially in Asian countries, but also world-wide.
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
FORGOTTEN DISTRICT, THE
2009 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 52 min
Toledo is "the Forgotten District" of Belize in Central America - an area of dense rainforest and minimal economic development. For the last 20 years, the Maya people have been promoting their own eco-tourism programme in order to protect their natural resources and traditions. more
LINDSAY'S RESERVE
2008 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 49 min
Four seasons in one of Australia's most successful boutique wineries - Paringa Estate Winery on the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria. 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
MY LONG NECK
2013 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: PG) 53 min
Maja is proud of the 16 coils of brass around her neck that distinguish her as a Long Neck Kayan woman from Burma. But after 20 years of living on display and constantly being photographed in a tourist village in northern Thailand, the rings are becoming more of a trap than a source of pride. more