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Kim McKenzie
Djunawunya, Arnhem Land, east of the town of Maningrida, July 1978. Frank Gurrmanamana is responsible for preparing the final mortuary ceremonies for his brother who had died six years before. The brother had been buried in Maningrida, but now his…
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Bill Leimbach
This documentary is about David Gulpilil, an acclaimed Australian Aboriginal (Yolngu) actor, dancer and musician.
The film shows how Gulpilil is always working to bridge the gap between Aboriginal and Western worlds. He divides his time between a…
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Malcolm Douglas
Malcolm Douglas was one of the first to create outback adventure films in Australia. He had a deep connection with the Aboriginal people and has been documenting their traditional life since the early 1960s.
Following a 4-year journey through the…
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Angie Abdilla
Wanja: Warrior Dog is a documentary about an area in Redfern, Sydney, called 'The Block' viewed through the eyes of Auntie Barb and the life of Wanja her blue heeler dog, recently deceased.
The community on The Block's many and varied stories of…
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Larissa Behrendt
This feature documentary tracks 50 years of First Nations activism in Australia, shown through the lens of contemporary Australian First Nations artist Richard Bell.
Richard Bell is one of the most important contemporary artists in Australia and…
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Jason De Santolo
Scott McDinny, a young Garrwa song man, is devastated when Borroloola town camps are bombarded with water contamination notices. No one seems to be taking responsibility in the Northern Territory and with continued mining up river his family’s way…
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Philippa Bateman
Wash My Soul In The River’s Flow goes behind the scenes, and onto the stage, of a legendary concert to discover the story of Ruby Hunter and Archie Roach, told in song – a story that should be told to every Australian.
In 2004, one of Australia’s…
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Warwick Thornton
The Southern Cross is the most famous constellation in the southern hemisphere. Ever since colonisation, it’s been claimed, appropriated and hotly-contested for ownership by a range of Australian groups.But for Aboriginal people the meaning of this…
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Tracey Moffatt, Madeline McGrady
We Fight is a rare documentary about Aboriginal resistance to the Brisbane Commonwealth Games of 1982.
Hundreds of activists occupied Musgrave Park in South Brisbane as a campsite and performance area and fought against the Games and the government…
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Madeline McGrady
Welcome to Wee Waa is a documentary, but little information exists about it.
I assume McGrady documents Aboriginal protest following the death in custody of Eddie Murray in Wee Waa in 1981, and of Pat in 1983 along with rallies during the inquest…
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Ben Strunin
Westwind: Djalu's Legacy is an enlightening and powerful film which profiles internationally revered musician, craftsman and spiritual leader Djalu Gurriwiwi.
Yolngu warrior, shaman and father Djalu Gurruwiwi, with some help from global pop star…
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Rima Tamou
Colin, a white man, and political activist Joyce Clague met in 1964 and have had a mixed-race marriage that has been entwined in a forty-year journey of support, nurturing, devotion, commitment and love. They are the yin and yang of each other.
But…
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Adrian Wills, Albert Hartnett
On the Gordon Estate in Dubbo, the entire community has been given an eviction notice. Within three years, all of their homes will be demolished. This confronting documentary explores the experience of being black in a predominantly white…
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Karen Nobes
White Noise questions the absence of First Nations peoples' presence in commercial television drama and asks our top directors, producers, writers, casting agents and commentators: Why are our commercial Australian soap operas so white? Is the…
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Caroline Sherwood, Nicholas Adler
Malcolm Charles Smith was taken from his family as an 11-year-old boy, like many other Aboriginal children, and lived a life of institutionalisation and emotional and educational deprivation. He ended up in prison where he took his own life in…
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Taryne Laffar
The film Who Paintin' Dis Wandjina? examines the impact of hundreds of spray-painted images of Wandjinas (pronounced 'wannias') in Perth and surrounds.
Wandjinas symbolise the creator of fertility and rain for the Mowanjum Aboriginal peoples in the…
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Leah Purcell
Who We Are: Brave New Clan follows the lives of six exceptional young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, showing how they engage with their communities, history and cultures, in modern Australia.
As part of their contemporary lifestyles, these…
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Rick Cavaggion
Why me? is touted as one of the "most compelling" films on the subject of the Stolen Generations.
The film tells the stories of five stolen children who as adults are trying to get on with their lives. Powerful re-enactments of key moments from the…
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Dean Gibson
In 1996 The High Court of Australia granted native title co-existence rights to the Wik Peoples of Cape York.
The “Wik Decision” should have been a catalyst for positive change, but instead sparked a national cultural and political fallout.
With…
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Catriona McKenzie, Jacqueline Willinge
The path to becoming a prime minister in Australia is a difficult one, forged through a series of educational, political, and social sliding doors – many much easier to open than others.
But what are the odds of an Aboriginal Australian realising…
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Des Kootji Raymond
The family of a Gurindji woman work to have her remains returned to her traditional country after she was buried in Larrakia country.
Speedy McGinness negotiated with the authorities, as well as his family, to have the remains of his mother…