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Wayne Barker
In Milli Milli Aboriginal director Wayne Barker takes the viewer on a cultural travelogue through the three regions of the Kimberley (West Australia): the coast, the rivers and tablelands, and the desert.
Storytellers talk of past and present…
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Wanta Jampijinpa
Initiated Warlpiri man, Steve Jampijinpa Patrick has been the creative director for the last seven years of the powerful Milpirri event, performed by the Warlpiri people of Lajamanu, a community on the edge of the Tanami Desert in the Northern…
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Warwick Thornton
At an auction of Aboriginal artefacts a white woman buys the painting of a fish and a Mimi sculpture. Mimis are stick-like spirits which live in rock cracks.
Shortly after bringing them home she discovers that the painting of the fish has changed…
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Erica Glynn
Minymaku Way celebrates the 20th anniversary of the formation of the Ngaanyatjarra Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Women’s Council.
In 1980 the Ngaanyatjarra Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (NPY) Women’s Council was formed as a response to the women…
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Victoria Wharfe McIntyre
When Miro returns from WWII he finds his land taken, his daughter stolen, his people relocated (a fate many Aboriginal soldiers returning from service faced) and his service record treated with contempt.
But the New Guinea battlefield has taught…
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Daniel King
Mirror Images looks at domestic violence and alcoholism in an Aboriginal family.
The film is a short drama that captures the story from the angle of the abuser then within this situation explores the emotion and reasoning behind why he abuses his…
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Imogen Thomas
Mixed Bag tells the story of a city woman who has ventured out west to be witness to the birth of her grandchild. On the last leg of her journey distraction sets in and she hits a kangaroo. She has to pull into the next township which happens to be…
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Nathan Maynard
Set on a remote Tasmanian island, a recently sober father tries to reconnect with his son through a traditional muttonbirding season, only to face cultural and personal crises that threaten their relationship and force them to confront their…
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Curtis Levy
Because of work commitments and the influence of Christian missions, traditional mourning ceremonies among the Tiwi people of Melville Island were becoming rare at the time of making this film (1974). The full, elaborate ceremony, called the…
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Stuart McDonald
Mr Electric is set in outback Queensland in 1956, in a time when people still used kerosene lamps for light.
Bill, an Aboriginal electrician employed to electrify the countryside, has no place, either in the white world in which he grew up, or in…
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Catriona McKenzie
The art of Papunya Tula, commonly known as “dot painting,” is internationally renowned. Mr. Patterns tells the story of Geoff Bardon who, together with the Papunya artists, was a catalyst for what many consider one of the greatest art movements of…
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Hart Cohen
T.G.H. (Theodor George Henry, or Ted) Strehlow was one of Australia's most eminent and controversial anthropologists. This fascinating documentary traces his life from his childhood at Hermannsburg (NT) as the son of Lutheran missionaries, to his…
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John Harvey
Mudskipper, about Martha, a Torres Strait Islander woman works tirelessly in a laundromat loading machines and folding washing, ready for the collection of her boss.
When a mysterious visitor arrives, Martha is reminded of the life she has left…
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Leonie Kelly
On the cusp of his initiation, a young Aboriginal boy, Mungo, has a chance encounter with James Ashton and his travelling circus in 1853.
Mungo is instantly spellbound by the magic of the circus, but is torn between the two worlds.
Does he do…
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Rhys Graham, Natasha Gadd
Murundak - Songs of freedom is a feature documentary that journeys into the heart of Aboriginal protest music following The Black Arm Band, a gathering of some of Australia's finest Indigenous musicians, as they take to the road with their songs of…
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Erica Glynn
In an isolated desert community, Della and Alvin are promised under the traditional laws of marriage. Their time has come. They move in together. One house, two swags, a guitar... no idea.
Director's notes
"In making My Bed Your Bed, I set out to…
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Steven McGregor
Aaron and Vinnie Pedersen are two brothers who have been each others shadow. Aaron, 35, has established a successful career as an actor, all the while being responsible for the care of Vinnie, 34, who has mild intellectual disabilities and cerebral…
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Dean Gibson
My Family Matters is a celebration of modern
Aboriginal families, and
the everyday role models that exist within them.
This heart-warming story captures everyday life,
shining a light on ordinary families doing
extraordinary things.
For…
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Trevor Almeida
My Home The Block is an intimate portrait of 83-year-old Aboriginal Elder Joyce Ingram, resident of the first inner-city land grant allocated to the Indigenous people that would become a symbol for Indigenous land rights—the infamous Redfern Block…
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Essie Coffey
My Live As I Live It is Essie's second film which returns to her home in 'Dodge City' fifteen years after her first film, My Survival as an Aboriginal.
Essie and the A-Team are nominating for the local Shire elections. The film incorporates some of…
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Molly Reynolds
Early in 2017, legendary Australian actor David Gulpilil was diagnosed with lung cancer. His doctors estimated six months for him but David, being David, was always likely to defy the odds. And he continues to do so with probably his last great…
