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Personal Development (1/5)

The personal development of children, adolescents and adults in a broad range of social, psychological and cultural contexts, in Australia and internationally. Films include both documentaries and selected feature films and short dramas.

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ACROSS THE PLATEAU

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

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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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ALL ABOUT OLIVE

ALL ABOUT OLIVE

2005 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: PG) 55 min

Olive is 107 years old. She has decided to go home and will make the journey back to Broken Hill where she was born. The trip will trigger memories of things long forgotten, fights, funny moments and events almost too sad to bear. more

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ALWAYS HAVE AND ALWAYS WILL [from the CAAMA Collection]

ALWAYS HAVE AND ALWAYS WILL [from the CAAMA Collection]

2006 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 24 min

This portrait of two feisty, strong-willed Elders, is a moving and beautifully filmed document of a vanishing way of life, with a strong message to respect the past, traditional culture and community values. 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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ANOTHER COUNTRY

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

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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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ARNAV AT SIX

ARNAV AT SIX

2014 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 28 min

A child's complex view of the world around him more

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ART OF HEALING, THE [from the CAAMA Collection]

ART OF HEALING, THE [from the CAAMA Collection]

2005 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 22 min

A story of inspiration and community spirit from central Australia. more

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AWARENESS

AWARENESS

2010 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 67 min

Filmed in South India at Rishi Valley School, founded by the 20th Century Indian thinker Jiddu Krishnamurti, Awareness explores the sensibilities of two groups of young Indian teen-agers - a group of girls in their dormitory, and a group of boys in theirs — as they live out their daily experiences at the school. 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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BLUEY

BLUEY

2016 (M) 14 min

A moving and powerful portrait of a young woman trapped in a cycle of violence, hopelessness and despair. She meets a mystery mentor who could change everything. more

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BRIDE FLIGHTS, THE (English version)

BRIDE FLIGHTS, THE (English version)

2022 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 58 min

The one-way ticket from Spain that changed Australian migration: about 700 Spanish women arrived in Australia during the early 1960s, supported by an informal agreement between the regime of Francisco Franco (1939-1975) and the Australian Government of that time. more

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BRIDE FLIGHTS, THE (Spanish version)

BRIDE FLIGHTS, THE (Spanish version)

2022 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G)

The one-way ticket from Spain that changed Australian migration: about 700 Spanish women arrived in Australia during the early 1960s, supported by an informal agreement between the regime of Francisco Franco (1939-1975) and the Australian Government of that time. more

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BRUCE & ME

BRUCE & ME

2006 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: PG) 82 min

Filmmaker Oren Siedler's personal exploration into her troubled and unusual relationship with her brilliant, charming, con-artist, white-collar criminal father takes us around the world, from Australia to USA and Cuba. 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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BUNGALUNG [from the CAAMA Collection]

BUNGALUNG [from the CAAMA Collection]

2007 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: PG) 22 min

An epic Dreaming story re-told by Anmatjere Elders, in which two young men challenge a clan of Demons. more

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