Survivors of conversion “therapy” tell their stories in hopes of exposing the industry’s deadly practices.
In 1995 Chicago was hit by an extreme, record-breaking heat wave, so hot that roads melted, rail lines warped, and the lives of 739 residents were lost in a single week; mostly poor, African-American, and elderly residents. Using this tragedy as a springboard, this searing, offbeat doc connects the dots…
In her signature serious-yet-quirky connect-the-dots style, Peabody Award-winning filmmaker Judith Helfand takes audiences from the deadly 1995 Chicago heat disaster deep into one of our nation’s biggest growth industries - Disaster Preparedness. Along the way she forges inextricable links between…
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…
In the Aboriginal community of Mt Liebig, about 300km west of Alice Springs, a group of young women talk about the importance of bush food in their culture and its relationship to good health. In contrast, they associate sickness with “takeaway shop food” and describe Alice Springs as a “takeaway…
"Fear has been ruling the environmental debate...Global warming is real – it is man-made and it is an important problem. But it is not the end of the world." With the implementation of a carbon tax hovering overhead – Cool It is a bold and refreshing look at the bigger picture.…
This half day conference in-person and live streamed, considered the outcomes, implications and debates the next steps after the summit.
This half day conference in-person and live streamed, considered the outcomes, implications and debates the next steps after the summit.
A film-based training package aimed at raising awareness of those problems experienced by people with AIDS, and to portray their reactions and responses to the illness, and also to the health care and support they are offered. In producing this programme, people with AIDS were given total freedom to…
Many kinds of physical loss are examined. This film which is presented by Dr Colin Murray Parkes, deals with a wide range of losses, exemplifying a wider range of experience. It shows the effects of losses on patients, families, carers and health care professionals. Examples of loss from AIDS, amputation,…
21 short sequences of potentially violent situations based on real incidents act as triggers. A series of twenty-one short sequences of potentially violent situations based on real incidents shot from the point of view of staff coming on to the scene. Designed to act as triggers to role play and/or…
A Film by Terry Sanders Produced by Freida Lee Mock & Terry Sanders 28 Minutes Aaran Copland is considered by many to be America's premier composer. His musical works range from ballet and orchestra to choral music and movie scores. "Copland Portrait" is a rare intimate portrait…
