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WALBIRI FIRE CEREMONY, A - Ngatjakula [from the AIATSIS Collection]

from Ronin Films PRO on October 18, 2016

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Originally filmed as an archival record of a Warlpiri (Walbiri) ceremony in 1967 by Roger Sandall, the film footage was re-worked 10 years later by anthropologist Nicolas Peterson and filmmaker, Kim McKenzie, to make this short version for public viewing. Involving large numbers of both men and women,…

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WAITING FOR HARRY [from the AIATSIS Collection]

from Ronin Films PRO on October 18, 2016

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“Probably the best film I’ve ever seen about Aboriginal ritual and ceremony, because it’s not simply a record of the ritual itself, but it’s actually about the politics that underlie the staging of the ritual”. – David MacDougall. “Highly recommended for viewing…

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Testimony

from Concord Media PRO on October 18, 2016

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Recollections of life in the old asylums Few people remember what it was like for those who passed through the asylum doors as patients. In this programme people who spent significant periods of time in the old asylums talk about their lives from admission to discharge, including institutional life,…

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Prime Suspects

from Concord Media PRO on October 18, 2016

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Parents who kill their children often escape justice. An average of three children die each week at their hands of their parents, but in many cases the police cannot prosecute. The NSPCC are concerned about this situation. One case is followed as an example, where the father is responsible for the…

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The Cost of Construction

from CaveLight Films PRO on October 18, 2016

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The Cost of Construction investigates the string of controversial deaths in Las Vegas, Nevada during the construction of MGM's CityCenter, the most expensive private construction project in US history. The story unfolds to reveal a nationwide pattern of ineffective regulations, lax oversight,…

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Rape Culture

from Concord Media PRO on October 18, 2016

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Rape in our culture - the media, crisis workers and a prisoners' self-help group. Considers rape in our culture and examines popular films and advertising, and records the insights of rape crisis workers and prisoners working against rape. It establishes the connections between violence and 'normal'…

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Namibia - Tell the World

from Concord Media PRO on October 18, 2016

$3.44 - $13.77

Namibia under South African rule “Tell the world” they called out to the film crew as they left the black township of Windhoek, Namibia’s capital city. The crew had just filmed a police attack on a demonstration. It was the climax of several weeks secret filming in Africa’s…

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TRANSFER OF POWER, A [from the AIATSIS Collection]

from Ronin Films PRO on October 18, 2016

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This observational documentary follows an episode in the routine life on Collum Collum cattle-station in northern New South Wales. But, as the filmmaker notes, it’s a story that could have occurred anywhere. The film follows the attempts by Sunny Bancroft and other men in the Collum Collum Aboriginal…

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TOO MANY CAPTAIN COOKS

from Ronin Films PRO on October 18, 2016

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NEW UPGRADED FILE (2023) For both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australians, Captain James Cook is a figure of great historical significance. Non-Aboriginal histories of Australia generally regard Captain Cook as the person who discovered Australia, although historical records show that he was…

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TOMBSTONE OPENING, THE

from Ronin Films PRO on October 18, 2016

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"TOUCHING AND INFORMATIVE ... A FINE, ACCESSIBLE PRODUCTION THAT CLEARLY ILLUSTRATES THE COEXISTENCE OF THE PAST AND THE PRESENT, THE TRADITIONAL AND THE MODERN, THE INDIGENOUS AND THE INTRODUCED. ... IT SHOULD CONVINCE STUDENTS THAT INDIGENOUS PEOPLE STILL EXIST AND CONTINUE TO BE THEMSELVES, EVEN…

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TO GET THAT COUNTRY [from the AIATSIS Collection]

from Ronin Films PRO on October 18, 2016

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Without narration, and without identification of individual speakers, the film provides an invaluable record of two events which occurred in the final week of January 1977, and which marked “a turning point in legal recognition of Aboriginal rights to land”. The film documents discussions…

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