For migrant families in rural America, survival isn’t easy. For five young women in Mount Vernon, Washington, survival isn’t enough. In the berry fields of Washington State’s Skagit Valley, migrant teenage girls struggle to balance family and school with back-breaking agricultural…
A film documenting the story of Surf Church. A church plant based in Hossegor, France - the surf capital of Europe. Following the lives of its leaders and members as they learn what it means to live missionally in a secularised world. Un film qui raconte l'histoire de Surf Church, une église…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
A short documentary featuring the incredible Alejandra Santiago, an indigenous transwoman from Oaxaca whose life journey transcends multiple borders.
"Nagaland, the Last of the Head Hunters" is an exploration of the Nagaland Region, home of the Naga tribes which are based in North East India and Northern Burma. The intention of the documentary is to present this ancient tribal culture in its contemporary form. The rituals are where…
A film by Andrew Pike and Robin McLachlan. Ben Chifley (1885 – 1951) was a railway engine-driver who became Australia’s best-loved Prime Minister in 1945. He was a politician who lived by principles of compassion and concern for his fellow Australians. His philosophy and example have…
This rental is intended for educational use and is allowed to be streamed in classrooms, workshops, and small community settings. For theatrical or large community screenings, please e-mail info@mediaed.org for permission and fees. It has been 30 years since Title IX legislation granted women equal…
La Primavera Rosa es una serie documental global y multiplataforma que recoge la pluralidad geográfica y temática de los problemas de la comunidad LGTB en el mundo, adaptándose a la situación particular de cada país. Tomando como referencia los acontecimientos que surgieron…
