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The Ballad
of Betty & Joe

Changing the Needle
Film for Discussion
I Remember 1948
My Survival as an Aboriginal
My Life as I Live It
Ordinary People
 

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> IN RELEASE   I Remember 1948 As seen on SBS TV

Personal memories of the tumultuous days of
Al Nakba, ‘the catastrophe’, May 15th 1948, when 750,000 Palestinians were expelled from their homes.
‘If I live one thousand years, you think I will forget that?"

24 mins digibeta/DVD • 2005

Director
Producers

Fadia Abboud
Martha Ansara,
Sohail Dahdal

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Essie Coffey's films - as seen on National Indigenous TV

> IN RELEASE   My Survival as an Aboriginal

Classic documentary - 1978. Singer and activist Essie Coffey, “"Bush Queen", takes us into the life of Dodge City, Brewarrina - far northwest New South Wales.

49 mins digibeta/video/DVD • Rated G 1978

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Editor:
Essie Coffey
Martha Ansara. Alec Morgan
Martha Ansara
Kit Guyatt
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> IN RELEASE    My Life as I Live It

Essie Coffey returns to her home in Dodge City to show what has happened in the 15 years since her last film. The Community Development Employment Program (CDEP) holds out hope.

55 mins digibeta/video/DVD • Rated G 1993

A film by: Essie Coffey • with Martha Ansara •and Kit Guyatt
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U> IN RELEASE   CTION The Ballad of Betty & Joe

Tony Barry and Alice Ansara in
The Ballad of Betty & Joe

Alone in the city, Betty t dreams of fame and fortune....

"Totally charming, inventive and delightful"
........................................................ - David Stratton

12 mins HD/Digibeta

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BACK CATALOGUE Changing the Needle

Classic Documentary • 1982
A rare look at Vietnam in the immediate post-war period, concentrating on a drug rehabilitation program using acupuncture and other traditional medicines.

53 mins Digibeta/DVD

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> BACK CATALOGUE Film For Discussion

Sydney Women's Film Group • 1973 Classic

with Jeni Thornley and John Brotherton

A docu-drama revolving around feminist issues of the early Australian Women’s Liberation Movement

24 mins 16mm/VHS/DVD

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> BACK CATALOGUE Ordinary People

Film Australia • 2002

One Nation, one woman - the two forces collide. Colene Hughes takes us into the heartland of Australia's One Nation Party as populist leader Pauline Hanson sweeps into parliament ...
and out again.

55 mins video/DVD

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