A small group of Pintupi living in west Central Australia today can remember their first meeting with a white man, their first impressions of the white man's world and their expectations of what the white world had to offer. Benny and the Dreamers reveals for the first time on film the Australian Aboriginal peoples' version of their first contact with white culture which was to change their traditional way of life forever. Documentary Duration: 53min46secread more
Through seven short skits this DVD examines real and perceived communication breakdown between non-Aboriginal health care providers and Aboriginal clients. Duration: 10minsread more
Arrernte man Max Stuart was sentenced to death in 1959 for murder but, nearly 35 years later, he talks about the case on camera. Film Australia. Duration: 60 minsread more
A three-part historical series charting the development of European policy towards Australian Aborigines from 1788 to 1938. It makes extensive use of contemporary accounts, letters, diaries and reports. It is shot using historical locations and a wealth of Australian art and photography. Duration: 3 x 57 minsread more
Bob Randall, a member of Yankunytjatjara people and one of the listed traditional owners of Uluru, explains the principle of connectedness through caring and responsibility that informs all aspects of Aboriginal life. Duration: 53 minsread more
Documentary by singer songwriter Archie Roach, the late Pete Postlethwaite and Aboriginal elder Patrick Dodson. (Out of print but available from libraries) Duration: 70 minsread more
In 1909, the New South Wales Aborigines Protection Board planned to break up Aboriginal communities by forcibly removing children and hiring them out as servants to white ‘masters’. The children were paid sixpence for their services, but many never saw their lousy little sixpence. In the 1930s, Aboriginal people began to organise and to fight the Aborigines Protection Board. Through old film footage, photographs and the memories of Aboriginal elders, we are presented with an...read more
Tells the story of the rise of the Cherbourg State School from a situation of aimless despair and chaos to an institution with a sense of purpose, direction and unity. The film shows the turn-around in the school’s fortunes over the last 4 years, since the arrival of a dynamic new teaching staff led by Chris Sarra, the school’s first Aboriginal principal. Film & Television Discipline, Creative Industries, QUT Duration: 30minsread more
