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Recommended Films
We Don’t Need A Map (2017)
Warwick Thornton’s documentary
about the southern cross – an image
synonymous with Australia that has
triggered heated discussion on race
relations in in recent years. Thornton
explores the ancient relationship between
Indigenous people and the constellation
in light of its more recent use. Winner,
Digital History Prize, NSW Premier’s
History Awards, 2018.
Mystery Road (2013)
Aboriginal detective Jay Swan returns to
his home town and his first case is the
murder of an Aboriginal teenager whose
body is found under the highway trucking
route outside of the local community.
Swan is alienated from both the white
dominated police force and the Aboriginal
community, as he begins to uncover a
complex web of crime that has been
plaguing the community. This is an
outback noir film that echoes the modern
day response to the deaths of young
Aboriginal people.
Here I Am (2010)
A moving story of the strength and
resilience of three generations of
Aboriginal women who are pushed back
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together when Karen, the daughter is
released from prison and is reunited
with her mother. Karen’s mother, Lois
has been looking after Karen’s young
daughter who has no intentions of
letting Karen’s daughter back into her
life. Karen embarks on a journey of
betterment and self discovery, whilst
living in a women’s shelter, hoping to
prove to her unforgiving mother that
she has changed and her dark past is
behind her.
Sweet Country (2017)
Inspired by real events, Sweet Country
is set in the 1920s in the outback,
Northern Territory. Sam, an Aboriginal
stockman in his middle-ages works for
Fred the charitable Preacher. Harry
Marsh a caustic war veteran takes over
the appointment as the new station
Operator. His relationship with Sam
deteriorates culminating a violent
shootout as Sam defends himself. Sam
flees the station with his pregnant wife
in tow as a hunting party tries to track
them down. Eventually, Sam turns
himself over to the authorities and a
trial for the charge of murder begins.
Special Jury Prize – Venice Film
Festival
One Night the Moon (2001)
A young girl’s parents discover that their
daughter as gone missing in the Australian
outback. After his involvement in the search
is refused by the girl’s racist father, an
Aboriginal tracker watches as every trace
of the missing girl is stamped to dust by the
white men involved in the search. As the
search remains unsuccessful the mother
makes a decision to take matters into her
own hands…
Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002)
Based on the Doris Pilkington novel,
Garimara, this film is the story of three
girls who are stolen from their families and
escape to follow a 2400km wire fence
back home.
The Sapphires (2012)
The Sapphires tells the true story of an all-
female Aboriginal Australian singing group
who are discovered by an Irish talent scout
and travel to Vietnam during the war to
entertain the troops.
Servant or Slave (2016)
Five Aboriginal women invite viewers to
walk with them as they share some of
their earliest memories as little girls that
were forcibly taken from their families and