films
For the following films VIEWING COPIES & FOOTAGE SALES can be obtained through the National Film & Sound Archives.
Topics: Aboriginal Australia| Australian Women | Consequences of War | Australian Society
Titles: Always Was Always Will Be | My Survival as an Aboriginal | My Life as I Live It | The Ballad of Betty & Joe | Film for Discussion | Women of Steel | Ordinary People | Changing The Needle | I Remember 1948 | Number One Fan
Aboriginal Australia
Always Was
Always Will Be
As screened on NITV & SBS Television
Historic protest • Urban Sacred site
Perth trade unions and churches back the Aboriginal protest camp on the Sacred Grounds of the Waugul against development. Explains the sacred beliefs and historic struggle of urban Aboriginals.
My Survival as an Aboriginal
As Screened on ABC, NITV (SBS) and BBC Television
Classic documentary – 1979. Digital Restoration by the National Film & Sound Archive.
Singer and activist Essie Coffey, “Bush Queen”, takes us into the life of Dodge City, Brewarrina – far northwest New South Wales.
My Life as I Live It
As Screened on ABC and NITV (SBS) Television
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.
Australian Women
The Ballad of Betty & Joe
Delightful short film • Festival Favourite
With Tony Barry and Alice Ansara
Alone in the city, Betty dreams of fame and fortune…
“Totally charming, inventive and delightful” – David Stratton
Film for Discussion
1973 – historic early Women’s Liberation film
Docu-drama revolving around issues of the early Australian Women’s Liberation Movement – a historic filmmaking first.
Women of Steel
Finalist Documentary Award, Sydney Film Festival 2020
Winner, Applied History Award, History Council of NSW 2020
A rousing documentary following a group of determined local women in their 14-year fight for the right to work in Wollongong’s steel industry.
Ordinary People
As screened on ABC Television
One Nation, one woman – 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.
Consequences of War
Changing the Needle
As screened on ABC Television
Classic Documentary • 1982
One of the few Western films made in Vietnam in the immediate post-war period documents the struggles of a Ho Chi Minh City drug rehabilitation program using acupuncture and other traditional medicines
I Remember 1948
As screened on SBS Television
Music by Joseph Tawadros
Refugees’ 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?”
Australian Society
Number One Fan
Rugby League Classic
Short documentary memorialising the late Laurie Nichols, ‘Number One Fan’ of the Balmain Tigers. Features locals, Tigers identities and one very lucky cat.
“It was terrific. Great memories. Made me cry.”
– Arthur Beetson