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China and the Chinese people, in China and overseas, their history and culture, including subjects as diverse as the AIDS crisis, bicycle trekking through north-west China and the Tibetan Plateau, the politics of the Tiananmen Square massacre of 1989, the Cultural Revolution, and the theft of tea plants by British colonialists in the 19th century.
ACROSS THE PLATEAU
2007 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 95 min
China used to be called "the Bicycle Kingdom". This is a bicycle story from China, about a group of friends in southern China who share cycling treks of epic scale. Their adventures are an expression of their sense of personal freedom in the new China, after a lifetime of political turmoil and personal struggle. more
ALL UNDER HEAVEN
1984 (G) 58 min
Part 1: The Long Bow Trilogy - ALL UNDER HEAVEN: An intimate look at daily life in Long Bow, a village 600 kilometres south-west of Beijing. more
ART OF REGRET, THE
2007 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 59 min
Photography is known in China as the "art of regret." In the rapidly changing city of Kunming, people are ambivalent about whether they want photography to be a medium of preservation and evidence, or of transformation and fantasy. more
CHINA'S 3 DREAMS
2014 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: PG) 84 min
Confused by the expurgated history they learned at school and the silence of their grandparents, China's young people are making their way with new dreams for the future - to make their country rich and powerful, and to find a better life and meaningful existence for themselves. more
CHINESE TAKE AWAY
2002 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 52 min
CHINESE TAKE AWAY is an adaptation of an acclaimed physical theatre show, uniquely blends poetic storytelling, drama and archival footage, to bring a true story to the screen. more
GATE OF HEAVENLY PEACE, THE
1996 (G) 190 min
During the northern spring of 1989, nightly news accounts filmed in Tiananmen Square alternately enthralled and horrified millions of viewers around the globe. THE GATE OF HEAVENLY PEACE revisits these events and explores the complex political process that eventually led to the Beijing Massacre of June 4th. more
GOODBYE REVOLUTION
2008 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 52 min
This beautiful and moving portrait of Chinese artist, Shen Jiawei, is a 'labour of love' from director Esben Storm. Shen moved to Australia at the time of the Tiananmen Square uprising. Now, 20 years later, Shen is taking us back to China. A journey of rediscovery and reflection, a journey through which we get to know the... more
LONG BOW TRILOGY
1984 (G) 174 min
All 3 parts sold separately. These three documentary films (ALL UNDER HEAVEN, SMALL HAPPINESS and TO TASTE 100 HERBS) offer extraordinary portraits of Chinese life in the early 1980s. Carma Hinton is uniquely qualified as an observer of China. Three one-hour films about the village of Long Bow in northern China. Pt 1: ALL... more
MAN ON THE RIM - DVD 2
1989 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: PG) 224 min
An 11 part film series which was first released in 1989 and represents one of the major achievements in the field of pre-history, archeology and anthropology. DVD 2 consists of 4 episodes: Changing the Menu | The Cutting Edge | The Powerhouse | Pure & Simple. more
MIRACLE OF THE LITTLE PRINCE, THE
2018 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 90 min
The story of how communities are keeping endangered languages alive with the help of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's Little Prince – from North Africa to Tibet, and the Arctic circle to Latin America. A feature documentary by Dutch filmmaker, Marjoleine Boonstra. more
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
NEW BEIJING
2009 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 52 min
Swinging from old to new, this documentary gives a panoramic view of the biggest construction boom in history and charts the modern face of Beijing and its newly iconic buildings. [DVD includes over an hour of extra features including extended interviews with participating architects]. more
NORTH OF CAPRICORN
2014 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 54 min
"Northern Australia is a profoundly important part of Australia. It's a third of Australia that's in the tropics. It the part of Australia least developed, it's very rich in resources, and its the part of Australia closest to our neighbours," Professor Henry Reynolds. more
OCHRE AND INK
2011 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 27 min
OCHRE AND INK tells the extraordinary story of artist Zhou Xiaoping and his inspiring 23 year collaboration with Indigenous artists in the Maningrida area in the heart of Arnhem Land, Northern Territory. A film by James Bradley, with co-producer Rachel Clements. more
ROBERT FORTUNE - THE TEA THIEF
2002 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 52 min
Behind the story of a simple cup of tea is a tale of espionage and intrigue captured in a documentary by Melbourne filmmaker Diane Perelsztein. The cup that cheers has a complex, often dark history. The story of tea is a tale of politics, economics and spirituality, of espionage, art and the drug trade. more
SMALL HAPPINESS
1984 (G) 58 min
Part 2: THE LONG BOW TRILOGY - SMALL HAPPINESS: 'To give birth to a boy is considered a big happiness. To give birth to a girl is not exactly no happiness, but a small happiness.' more
TO TASTE 100 HERBS
1984 (G) 58 min
Part 3: The Long Bow Trilogy - TO TASTE 100 HERBS: A rich portrait of a traditional Chinese doctor, and his special role in the community. more