FILMS

Rembetika music or the Greek blues is a music of the streets and a music of refugees. In this essay style documentary filmmaker Mary Zournazi explores the heart and soul of Rembetika music through peoples’ stories of love, loss and belonging, as well as her own. (Producer: Tom Zubrycki)

Opera singer Tiriki Onus sets out to uncover the mystery surrounding the life of his Indigenous grandfather, William Bill Onus – charismatic Aboriginal cultural leader, entrepreneur, theatre impresario and, probably, the first Indigenous filmmaker. (Directors: Alec Morgan and Tiriki Onus, Producer: Tom Zubrycki)

Sydney filmmaker Kathy Drayton muses on what the future holds for her musician daughter amidst the threats of climate change and mass extinction. (Producer: Tom Zubrycki)

Teach a Man to Fish is a warts-and-all autobiographical, lyrical, cinematic and comedic documentary, following Grant Saunders emotional journey from Aboriginal filmmaker, writer and musician to fisherman.

A profile of controversial football player, Heritier Lumumba, whose journey to understand his black identity collides with an AFL struggling with race issues. Through exclusive access, FAIR GAME uncovers the personal and professional life of an extraordinary Australian - a man who at the top of his game dares to hold a mirror to a nation that doesn’t like what it sees.

Joe Murray, a member of the stolen generation, was a chameleon. In his early years Joe was a part of a boxing tent troupe and was known as the ‘Black Panther’ in the ring because of his incredible speed and lightning punches.  This is a journey of discovery as the filmmaker, his grandson, unravels the background to his family identity. 

Big Boss documents the life story of Baymarrwangga, from her time as a young girl on the island, the coming of the mission in 1922, to being photographed by Donald Thomson in 1937, and to her current role as custodian and initiator of the Crocodile Rangers Program and the Yan-nhangu Dictionary project.

An intimate and informative insight into influential and ground-breaking Australian Indigenous artist Danny Eastwood who has been working in the Blacktown community in Sydney for over 30 years.

A record of the impact of the first year of The Emergency Intervention in the Northern Territory region of Katherine and the surrounding communities of Beswick, Barunga, Eva Valley and Binjari. The documentary was shot over a period of 8-months and features the lives of ordinary community residents as they experience the Intervention first hand, as well as the various government and business workers who came together to implement it.

A documentary about ‘The Block’, through the eyes of Auntie Barb and the life of Wanja her blue heeler dog, recently deceased. The Block’s many and varied stories of Wanja reflect on the issues affecting this indigenous community in the heart of Sydney.

The stories of Wanja tell us how the tension between the community and police escalated, why the housing has continued to deteriorate and largely been demolished, and why the strength of the community - it’s elders, moved on.

Prodigal Son is the moving story of a traditional Macedonian family’s ‘dilemma’ with having a queer son, now in his 40’s.

When Ted came out gay to his parents, his mother Ljubica insisted it was a passing phase, but his father Alexo went further and refused to speak to him. Fifteen years passed, with no communication between father and son. But now that serious illness has struck Alexo, his guard has begun to drop. Ted knows that this is his only chance to bring himself back into the family again. Alexo’s emotional vulnerability and physical deterioration has forced him to come to the realisation that time for him could be running out.

Gulpilil - One Red Blood is a portrait of a unique and fascinating Australian actor. David Gulpilil lives a spartan and demanding life in tribal Arnhem land. The film shows David at home in Ramingining in Australia’s Northern Territory and in his other life as a respected film actor.

Two cousins Jason and Julian decide it's time to change their lives and make a feature film The Venus Factory.

Making Venus documents their journey through pre-production, trouble with the unions, a script being rewritten only days before the shoot, and escalating costs. One disaster follows another. Creditors swarm in wanting their pound of flesh. Will the producers be able to attract a buyer for the film before it's too late?

An observational account of what happens when 15 white Australian strangers undertake a course of 8 weekly meetings to discuss, argue and hopefully learn about Aboriginal reconciliation. What goes on in a bland high school class room represents a fascinating microcosm of how white Australians are dealing (or not dealing) with the country’s indigenous past and present.