Key Case Studies

A selection of documentaries that have been funded partly or entirely by private funding. They offer a model of potential collaborations around shared issues and themes.

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An Evergreen Island

In 1989 the landowners of Central Bougainville closed one of the world's largest copper mines that was destroying their land. It remains closed to this day. In response, a blockade was imposed around...
Blackman's Houses

This film is a re-examination of Tasmanian history. In particular it explored the reasons for the deep divide, at the time, between the contemporary Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal communities on...
Frank Hurley – the Man Who Made History

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One of the last great imperial adventurers, Frank Hurley captured some of the earliest images of the world's most remote places. His pictures are amongst the most valuable ever taken, but it now...
Hatred

HATRED is a wide ranging documentary that travels from Berlin to Harlem to the Middle East and Australia to investigate the connection between hatred on a personal level and hatred within and between...
Hospitals Don't Burn Down

Fire breaks out after midnight in a multi-storey hospital, cutting the top floors off from escape. It spreads quickly, due to poor housekeeping. Despite the prompt action of the Fire Department,...
Hurt

HURT is a docu-drama like no other. 250 young Australians from rural areas and small towns have been given the opportunity to tell their own stories with their images in their words. Challenging,...
In The Company Of Actors

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“From a rehearsal room in Sydney through to opening night in New York, a company of actors reveals the magic and struggle of creating theatre.” Within the world of theatre the...
Land Mines - A Love Story

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Land Mines - A Love Story is the latest film from Dennis O'Rourke (Half Life, Cannibal Tours, The Good Woman of Bangkok, Cunnamulla). With compelling naturalness, the film tells the story of Habiba...
Least Said, Soonest Mended

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Through telling the story of my own family and that of my twin sister in particular, this film explored coercive policies towards 'unmarried mothers' in the 1950s, '60s and '70s, which were aimed at...
Legacy

This documentary follows one family, living in one of the oldest and most dangerous public housing projects in America – Chicago's Henry Horner Homes - over a five year period. They are a family...
Lets Get Real

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Let's Get Real explores the problem of bullying in middle schools in the US in a honest and thought-provoking way. The film allows both the bullied and the bullies to tell their own stories. The...
Losing Layla

LOSING LAYLA is a video diary documentary that bears witness to a loss that has often been unrecognized in our community- the loss of a baby. The impact of stillbirth or neonatal death is often seen...