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The Last Prayer? Christians in the Middle East

from Java Films [Old] PRO on April 8, 2016 1 video

$1.99 - $3.99

As ISIS and other extremists threaten, enslave and kill Christians, is their history in the birthplace of their faith coming to an end? ‘There is a global war against Christianity’ states Timothy Radcliffe, former master of the order of preachers. According to a Vatican report, 100,000…

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EXILE IN SARAJEVO

from Ronin Films PRO on April 13, 2016 1 video

$3.99

A passionate, cinematically innovative story of the siege of Sarajevo from the viewpoint of Australian, Tahir Cambis and Sarajevan, Alma Sahbaz. Rich in imagery with a wonderful music score - Alma and Tahir take us on a kaleidoscopic adventure as they chart the soul of a city in exile. A tale of Multiculturalism…

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EFFACEMENT

from Ronin Films PRO on April 13, 2016 1 video

$4.00 - $17.50

DIGITALLY REMASTERED - a film by Solrun Hoaas. EFFACEMENT shows a Japanese Noh maskmaker, Taniguchi Akiko, at work on her masks in her Tokyo studio. She carves the mask, paints it and moves it in the pace of an actor's movements on the traditional Noh stage. The film emphasises the relationship…

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Art / Documentary

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DRIVING WITH RICHARD

from Ronin Films PRO on April 13, 2016 1 video

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A film by Andrew Wiseman. DRIVING WITH RICHARD is the story of a remarkable friendship between two women - Deirdre Croft and Carley Pukallus. Deirdre and Carley have provided support for each other for over six years as they cope with the trauma, hardship and enormous challenge of caring for their…

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DRIVEN TO DIFFRACTION

from Ronin Films PRO on April 13, 2016 1 video

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A film directed by RICHARD JASEK, produced by JAMES MOODY and LINDA COOPER. Driven to Diffraction tells the remarkable story of William Henry Bragg and his son William Lawrence Bragg. Part human interest story, part science lesson, part historical journey of discovery, this 55 minute documentary weaves…

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DRAMA SCHOOL

from Ronin Films PRO on April 13, 2016 1 video

$5.99 - $30.00

A NINE PART SERIES ON LIFE INSIDE AUSTRALIA'S MOST FAMOUS ACTING SCHOOL - NIDA [National Institute of Dramatic Arts]. Introduced by Mel Gibson, NIDA's most famous graduate: "I mean I loved NIDA and hated it ... at times it was very frustrating and hard and depressing and all this kind…

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DON'T CALL ME GIRLIE

from Ronin Films PRO on April 13, 2016 1 video

$6.00 - $32.00

Directed by ANDREE WRIGHT and STEWART YOUNG, and produced by HILARY FURLONG. From the birth of the cinema to World War II, DON'T CALL ME GIRLIE tells the untold story of Australia's movie heroines, on and off the screen. Discover the roles our women filmmakers really played - on screen as…

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DANCING WITH DICTATORS

from Ronin Films PRO on April 7, 2016 1 video

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A documentary directed by HUGH PIPER, and produced by HELEN BARROW. Ross Dunkley is a mix of pragmatism and idealism: he is a free speech warrior prepared to do business in a country dominated by the dead hand of the military dictatorship. Originally, influential liberals supported Dunkley’s…

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CROSSING THE LINE

from Ronin Films PRO on April 7, 2016 1 video

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Directed by KAYE HARRISON, produced by ROD FREEDMAN and KAYE HARRISON. When two young, non-Indigenous medical students go to work in a remote Aboriginal community, their professional precepts and personal ideas are deeply challenged. CROSSING THE LINE follows the journeys of two young medical students,…

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COOLBAROO CLUB, THE

from Ronin Films PRO on April 7, 2016 1 video

$5.00

A portrait of the Coolbaroo Club, an Aboriginal-run dance club which operated in Perth from 1946 - 1960. The story is told through the memories of those involved, stills, archival images and records and by extensive dramatisation. RESTORED in 2023 by, the NFSA RESTORES program of the NATIONAL FILM…

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CONISTON MUSTER [from the AIATSIS Collection]

from Ronin Films PRO on April 7, 2016 1 video

$4.00

The many films that Roger Sandall made for the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies in the 1960s and early 70s were primarily for archival purposes, and not for wide public release. CONISTON MUSTER is one of the few intended for a general audience. Superbly photographed over a relatively short…

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COLLUM CALLING CANBERRA [from the AIATSIS Collection]

from Ronin Films PRO on April 7, 2016 1 video

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Gordon Smith, head of the Collum Collum Aboriginal Co-operative which operates a cattle station in northern New South Wales, and Sunny Bancroft, the station manager, are negotiating with the Aboriginal Development Corporation in Canberra for a loan. Finance is needed to stock the property with breeding…

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