Current releases

Current additions to Ronin’s blue ribbon collection of films from Australia and overseas, specialising in high quality independently produced documentaries and selected feature films.

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	ANOTHER COUNTRY 2015 (G) 75 min Legendary Aboriginal actor David Gulpilil tells the story of what happened when his people’s way of life was interrupted. This film speaks eloquently of the havoc caused by the superimposition of a new culture over an old culture. more Click for pricing information »
	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 Click for pricing information »
	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 Click for pricing information »
	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 Click for pricing information »
	CHILD'S EYE, THE 2018 (G) 147 min 12 films (with introductions) by children in India arising from video workshops designed by ethnographic filmmaker, David MacDougall. The aim was to encourage children to explore their surroundings with cameras: they became active collaborators in creating new knowledge, often on subjects they knew better than adults. more Click for pricing information »
	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 Click for pricing information »
	COMMON PURPOSE, A 2011 (PG) 75 min Twenty-five people are convicted of the murder of one man, fourteen are sentenced to hang, one lawyer is assassinated and the other goes into exile. A Common Purpose is the dramatic story behind a notorious murder trial that marks South Africa’s transition from apartheid to democracy. more Click for pricing information »
	CREATING A MONSTER 2017 (PG) 20 min A documentary by Gena Lida Riess exploring how reality television is constructed and consumed, and the psychological impact that it has on participants. more Click for pricing information »
	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 Click for pricing information »
	FAIR GAME 2017 (G) 54 min Fair Game uncovers the personal and professional journey of sports hero, Heritier Lumumba, formerly known as Harry O’Brien, to understand his identity as a black man - a journey which led him to challenge racism and prejudice in sport. A moving and provocative film by Jeff Daniels. more Click for pricing information »
	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 Click for pricing information »
	MAKING A MARK 2017 (PG) 56 min A chronicle of creative trailblazing - exploring one of the most personally challenging and financially tenuous of vocations, to live and work in the competitive world of the visual arts in Australia. A superb film about inspiration, aspiration and the hard facts of life. more Click for pricing information »
	NIGHT PARROT STORIES 2016 (G) 89 min An exploration by filmmaker Rob Nugent of the science, mythology and rumours surrounding the elusive nocturnal bird, the Night Parrot, that supposedly disappeared In Australia at the end of the 19th Century. more Click for pricing information »
	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 Click for pricing information »
	ON RICHARD'S SIDE 2016 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: PG) 90 min Filmed over three decades, On Richard’s Side charts the life-story of Richard, a young man with a complex disability since birth. The film provides intimate and poignant insights into his parents’ determined quest to establish a quality life for their son and for themselves. more Click for pricing information »
	SHOCK ROOM 2016 (M) 72 min In the early 1960s American psychologist Stanley Milgram ran a series of controversial experiments on obedience. An authority orders you to inflict painful shocks on another person. Most us will obey, claimed Milgram. But will we? more Click for pricing information »
	TIME TO DRAW THE LINE 2016 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: PG) 52 min East Timor was born as a new nation in 2002 after 25 years of turmoil and war. Australia’s peace-keeping force, INTERFET, helped with the peaceful transition to nationhood. Now, a darker story of Australia’s relationship with this new nation is emerging. more Click for pricing information »
	WE DON'T NEED A MAP 2017 (M) 85 min A bold and provocative essay film by Warwick Thornton about the deeply spiritual meaning of the Southern Cross constellation for Aboriginal people. The film challenges us to consider the place of the Southern Cross in the psyche of all Australians. more Click for pricing information »
	WOMAN WITH AN EDITING BENCH 2016 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: PG) 15 min Inspired by the woman who edited Man with a Movie Camera (1929), Woman With An Editing Bench reveals the personal impact of Stalin’s censorship of cinema on a woman navigating politics, bureaucracy and the impetuous outbursts of collaborators to create something beautiful despite the odds. more Click for pricing information »