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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.
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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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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…
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Brit Arthur
In December 2005 Britt Arthur heard the news that her Uncle Robert was dead. No-one in the Arthur family had spoken about Robert in the preceding 30 years. He was the black sheep of the family, he would argue, he owed everyone money and before he…
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Ivan Sen
In his astonishing and mesmerising new film, Ivan Sen uses the conventions of the Western and the police procedural in a subtle examination of the social and political context of a small town in the Australian outback.
Aboriginal detective Jay Swan…
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Rachel Perkins
When Aboriginal Detective Jay Swan is assigned to investigate the disappearance of two young men from an outback cattle station, he clashes with local cop Emma James. Together their investigation will uncover a past injustice that threatens the…
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Wayne Blair, Warwick Thornton
A headless corpse is found drifting in the mangroves. The trail leads Detective Swan (a man of few words in a big cowboy hat), who has just arrived in the middle of nowhere, and his young colleague Fran, into the world of narcotics.
In addition,…
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Dylan River
Mystery Road: Origin explores how a tragic death, an epic love, and the brutal reality of life as a police officer straddling two worlds, form the mould out which Detective Jay Swan emerges.
It’s 1999 and the world is on the cusp of a new century.…
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Jub Clerc, Wayne Blair
Mystery Road: Origin Season 2 is set six months after Season 1. Detective Jay Swan heads to partner Mary’s hometown in the tall trees of the southern forests. There is murder, abduction and epic love, but it is the past, the ghosts of the Stolen…
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Kimberley West
A story from the Bugarregarre time (the Dreamtime) when the spirit beings came out of the ocean, and woke up the silent, barren land as they moved from Dabberdabbergun in the west to the land of the rising sun, creating life and importantly, water,…
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Billy McPherson
Nalingu: a story about belonging, even when you are dead.
After the death of his cousin, Bobby takes his family to Queensland for the funeral. He and his daughter Lucy-Ann decide to stay, but homesick and unemployed their home-away-from home in…
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Tim Mummery
Namarali charts artist Donny (Yorna) Woolagoodja's quest to rekindle deep connections with his traditional ancestral culture.
Yorna's spiritual beliefs revolve around the wandjina: creator beings whose images adorn the caves and rock ledges…
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Scott Rankin
Namatjira is a recording of a ground-breaking stage show about Aboriginal painter Albert Namatjira, performed live under the stars at Ntaria (Hermannsburg), Northern Territory. Spectacularly, it took place under the ghost gums next to the old…
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Sera Davies
From the remote Australian desert to the opulence of Buckingham Palace – Namatjira Project is the iconic story of the Namatjira family, tracing their quest for justice.
Albert Namatjira was the first Aboriginal person to be made a citizen by the…
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Dena Curtis
Nan, of Aboriginal and Irish descent, has kept an album of dead family members since the passing of her mother.
Nan meets trouble every time a new photo is taken, as her younger sister Aunty Min doesn’t share Nan or her granddaughter Fuzzy’s…
