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Cinema Jenin – A story of a Dream (English)

from Marcus Vetter (Filmperspektive) PRO on August 18, 2016 1 video

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Cinema Jenin follows an ambitious initiative to re-open a previously abandoned cinema in the West Bank city of Jenin. Founded in the 1960s, it was once the largest cinema in Palestine, today it stands as a hollow echo of its society. Re-building the cinema, Germans and Palestinians come together evoking…

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LURUGU [from the AIATSIS Collection]

from Ronin Films PRO on August 17, 2016 1 video

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Made at the request of the people of Mornington Island, this film was the first of five made by Curtis Levy for the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies (now AIATSIS). “Lurugu” is the name of an initiation ceremony that had almost died out on Mornington Island (in the Gulf of Carpentaria…

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LOUSY LITTLE SIXPENCE

from Ronin Films PRO on August 17, 2016 1 video

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A film by Alec Morgan and Gerry Bostock. DIGITALLY RESTORED by the National Film and Sound Archive as part of the NFSA RESTORES program, in association with AIATSIS. In the mid-1930s, the Aboriginal people began to organise, and to fight the Aborigines Protection Board. Through old newsreels, archive…

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LINK-UP DIARY [from the AIATSIS Collection]

from Ronin Films PRO on August 17, 2016 1 video

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LINK-UP DIARY explores the consequences of the New South Wales government’s long-term practice of taking Aboriginal children away from their parents and raising them in “white” environments. The film takes the form of a personal journey by the filmmaker, David MacDougall, as he spends…

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LINDSAY'S RESERVE

from Ronin Films PRO on August 17, 2016 1 video

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This superbly produced documentary, directed by Bob Weis and Catherine Reiser, celebrates the high end of Australian wine achievements through the story of the Paringa Estate Winery on the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria, a cool climate region, where according to some wine connoisseurs produces “some…

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LIGHT YEARS

from Ronin Films PRO on August 17, 2016 1 video

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A reflection on place, history, memory and photography - the work of Australian photographer, Olive Cotton. In the 1930s and 1940s, Olive Cotton successfully ran a studio in Sydney with renowned Australian photographer Max Dupain. Her work was exhibited both in Australia and overseas. At the end of…

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LIGHT FROM THE SHADOWS

from Ronin Films PRO on August 17, 2016 1 video

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Danny Eastwood is an influential and ground-breaking Australian Indigenous artist who has been working in the Blacktown community in western Sydney for over 30 years. At 68 years of age, he has retired 3 times – but unable to say no, Danny finds himself continuing at a tireless pace. He is a prolific…

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LIFE'S BURNING DESIRE

from Ronin Films PRO on August 17, 2016 1 video

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An insightful exploration of the creative genius of Paul Mercurio. The film explores Mercurio's vision and genius as a dancer through his experiences in the development and performance of "Contact", a new dance theatre piece conceived, choreographed and performed by Mercurio with his…

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LEMPAD OF BALI

from Ronin Films PRO on August 17, 2016 1 video

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An acclaimed documentary classic by John Darling - A film about the life and death of the 116-year-old Balinese Master-Artist. In April 1978, in a village situated in the fertile central hills of Bali, the island's greatest living artist died at the age of 116. Lempad's longevity was cause…

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Afghanistan: The Fight for a Way of Life

from CEM Productions PRO on August 17, 2016 1 video

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This film explores the historical, religious and cultural background that led to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in December, 1979. It documents the 3 million Afghan refugees in Pakistan and their struggle to maintain their cultural traditions and way of life. Produced & Directed by Stephen Olsson

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Last Images of War

from CEM Productions PRO on August 17, 2016 1 video

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LAST IMAGES OF WAR is the compelling and tragic story of four photojournalists who covered the Afghan-Soviet war, felt an intense commitment to provide the world with the dramatic images it so craved, and who were ultimately consumed by the story and the conflict they were reporting on. This unforgettable,…

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Our House in Havana

from CEM Productions PRO on August 17, 2016 1 video

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OUR HOUSE IN HAVANA follows the emotionally charged return trip of Silvia Morini, a vivacious 68 year old Cuban, who after 38 years living in the U.S.A., decides to return to Cuba to search for the house, the neighborhood and the faded remains of her once-opulent, privileged life. Silvia's pilgrimage…

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