Titles tagged with ‘Indigenous culture’
35 titles - sorted by title / by year
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The Alice (2004)
‘Action and adventure meet magic and romance in Alice Springs’, say the publicity notes for this telemovie, and it’s not a lie. A disparate group of people are ...
Beyond Sorry (2003)
When she was eight years old, Zita Wallace was removed from her families by the authorities. This is a documentary about the Stolen Generations, and the journey of ...
Blood Brothers – From Little Things Big Things Grow (1993)
A musical documentary that comments on the work of Kev Carmody, Indigenous songwriter and historian. An exploration into the life of Carmody, using music clips especially made for ...
Blood Brothers – Jardiwarnpa (1993)
Jardiwarnpa documents the ceremonial dances of the Walpiri over two weeks, with minimal intrusion by the film crew, who capture the unfolding ceremony. It is an observational style ...
Crook Hat and Camphoo (2005)
A documentary that shows two Alyawarr elders, Donald ‘Crook Hat’ Thompson Kemarre and Reggie ‘Camphoo’ Pwerl making spears and woomeras in the tradition of the old people, using ...
Desert Tracks (1997)
A film that speaks about the Pitjantjatjara people’s efforts to preserve vital cultural information in order to care for land by turning to tourism.
The Dream and the Dreaming (2003)
A documentary about the arrival of the Lutheran missionaries in 1877 in central Australia.
Dreamtime, Machinetime (1987)
An episodic documentary featuring distinguished Indigenous artists specialising in literary and visual art forms.
The Fringe Dwellers (1986)
A young Aboriginal girl dreams of life beyond the blacks’ camp that sits on the fringe of white society.
Hula Girls, Imagining Paradise (2005)
The 18th century discovery of Polynesia by both the British and French started a fantasy about island paradises and beautiful unrestrained women. This film traces the creation of ...
Jindabyne (2006)
In the Snowy Mountains, a farmer (Chris Haywood) murders a young woman and dumps her body in a river. Four men on a fishing trip find the body, ...
Karli Jalangu – Boomerang Today (2004)
An observational-style documentary about the making of a number seven boomerang by four senior traditional men from Central Australia. Karli Jalangu – Boomerang Today is part of the ...
The Last Wave (1977)
David Burton (Richard Chamberlain) is a successful Sydney tax lawyer who takes on the defence of five Aboriginal men charged with killing another Aboriginal man. As the city ...
Mad Dog Morgan (1976)
Daniel Morgan (Dennis Hopper) becomes a bushranger after hard times in prison and the Victorian goldfields. Saved by Billy, an Aboriginal outcast (David Gulpilil), the two men terrorise ...
Message Stick – Arafura Pearl (2003)
Cathleen Mills (nee McGuiness) is a respected Indigenous elder of Darwin, mother of eight, and mother to the singing group The Mills Sisters.
Message Stick – Babinda Boulders (2005)
Young men fall victim to a waterhole that, according to Aboriginal legend, is a sacred place where the spirit of an Aboriginal woman dwells.
Message Stick – Bill’s Wake (2001)
Bill Neidjie decided to have a wake while he was alive, rather than waiting until his death, to hear what everyone would say about him.
Message Stick – Child Artists of Carrolup (2003)
During the 1950s children from Carrolup mission in Western Australia, south of Perth, became artists under the instruction of Mr White, but after leaving the mission many of ...
Message Stick – Kurtal: Snake Spirit (2002)
Spider, an 80-year-old Indigenous elder and Wangkatjungka man, returns to the Great Sandy Desert of Western Australia to perform a cleansing ceremony at a sacred jila, a water ...
Message Stick – Scotty Martin, Rodeo Boy, Don’t Say Sorry (2005)
A story about songman Scotty Martin, who inherited the role of composer of songs. This episode also features rodeo boy Bowman Button, a four-year-old cowboy, and a short ...
Message Stick – Wathaurong Glass (2003)
The Wathaurong community of Geelong began a glass business in order to provide employment for their people.
Message Stick – Wayne’s World (2005)
An episode that introduces us to award-winning filmmaker and actor Wayne Blair.
Moodeitj Yorgas (1988)
Made during the 1980s, Moodeitj Yorgas is an experimental documentary by Tracey Moffatt on prominent Indigenous women. Moffatt uses her experience as a visual artist to make a ...
My Survival as an Aboriginal (1978)
A documentary about Indigenous woman Essie Coffey (1940–1998) and her life in the township of Brewarrina, or Dodge City, as it is also known.
Narbalek (2001)
An observational documentary about the Bordoh clan of Manmoyi, 200 km from Oenpelli, in Arnhem Land. Narbalek is part of the Nganampa Anwernekenhe series produced by Central Australian ...
Sammy Butcher, Out of the Shadows (2004)
A documentary about musician Sammy Butcher who once played with the Warumpi Band and now invests his energy in young musicians in his community, Papunya, 250 kilometres west ...
Satellite Dreaming (1991)
A documentary about the history of Indigenous media, including television production, in Australia, and the start of Indigenous media in the centre of Australia.
Strangers in Paradise (1989)
Set on the eve of Australia’s bicentennial celebrations, this observational documentary looks at Australian (Indigenous and non-Indigenous) culture through the eyes of a group of American and British ...
Ten Canoes (2006)
A narrator (David Gulpilil) instructs us to pay attention, because he is going to tell us a good story. The story takes place in two periods in the ...
Us Deadly Mob (2005)
Us Deadly Mob is a short documentary about an Indigenous family of surfers – a ‘surf family story’.
Warren H Williams, the stories, the songs (2004)
A documentary about Arrernte musician Warren H Williams, who shares the source of his musical inspiration and the role of family and culture in his personal and professional ...
We of the Never Never (1982)
In 1902, Jeannie Gunn (Angela Punch McGregor) and her new husband Aeneas (Arthur Dignam) arrive in the Northern Territory to take over management of Elsey Station, a huge ...
Whispering in Our Hearts (2001)
A documentary depicting the 1918 massacre of Aboriginal people at Mowla Bluff, Western Australia. The story of the massacre is told in interviews with surviving Nyikina, Mangala and ...
Willigan’s Fitzroy (2000)
A documentary about Fitzroy Crossing presented through the eyes of local characters. Willigan’s Fitzroy is part of the Nganampa Anwernekenhe series produced by Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association ...
