A chronicle of Finnish-born photographer and Amber founding member Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen's return to her roots in Finland with her daughter Katja, after 23 years in Britain. It is a deeply personal and evocatively universal documentary: 'Perhaps the freedom I wanted most, was the freedom…
A gripping action documentary about what happens when young, war-weary troops, including a 9/11 first responder, take on a new mission -- healing their own wounds. They do it by pedaling their bicycles hundreds of miles through the tail end of a hurricane, encountering flooding, mountains, accidents,…
Horror Rock combines terrifying, heart stopping scenes from the most spine-tingling horror films ever made with some of the hottest classic indie rock music performed by the absolutely wickedest bands! This sizzling collection explodes with searing renditions from such cult classic bands like Del-Lords,…
True Grit: The incredible story of David Pocock, the international rugby star who defies all expectations Available on iTunes: https://geo.itunes.apple.com/gb/movie/true-grit-2016/id1131984615?mt=6 Available on Amazon Video: https://www.amazon.co.uk/True-Grit-David-Pocock/dp/B01KAPKQX0/ref=sr_1_2?s=instant-video&ie=UTF8&qid=1471512017&sr=1-2&keywords=true+grit Get…
Gustav Malbangka and his family lived at Hermansburg Mission in central Australia. Like many other people, they wish to leave the social problems of the congested settlement behind them and return to their traditional land at Gilbert Springs. The film depicts their attempt to carve out a more satisfactory…
The story of three brothers and their tribute to deceased clansman, Buk-Buk. Their preparations, and the performances of the 'malangan' is vividly portrayed in this superbly photographed film. For the people of the Mandak region of New Ireland, the most dramatic and complex ceremonial events…
This film is a fine example of the many films that Roger Sandall made for the Institute of Aboriginal Studies in which he recorded Aboriginal craft techniques and skills – in this case, the process by which two men, Djurkuwidi and Wangamaru, work together to make a bark canoe. Near the end of…
MAKE IT RIGHT! is a unique record of the landmark 1988 Barunga Festival of Aboriginal Sport and Culture at which Prime Minister Bob Hawke made commitments (unfulfilled) to negotiate a treaty with Aboriginal people. Barunga, in the Northern Territory, hosts an annual festival of Aboriginal sport and…
All over the world, new suburbs are being built on good agricultural soil. Global warming and suburban sprawl are causing water supply problems and a decline in soil nutrients. Feeding the world’s ever-expanding population is a growing global concern. Where is the land that once grew food? It’s…
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…
Four years in the making, this animated film documents the Song-cycle of the Goolarabooloo people, along the path of the Lurujarri Heritage Trail which was established in 1987 by Goolarabooloo Elder Paddy Roe, and stretching from Broome up through the Dampier Peninsula. Embellished with live action…
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…
