Movies: Indigenous australians
- 2019
Between Two Lines (2019)
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When two First World War enemy soldiers become stranded in no man’s land, an unlikely bond is formed. Will they still be able to pull the trigger if the time comes?...
- 1949
Crocodile Hunters (1949)
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In the estuaries and lagoons of the Northern Territory, freshwater and saltwater crocodile are hunted for their hides by both Indigenous and non-Indigenous hunters. This film shows Aboriginal people using age-old hunting techniques to land crocs eith...
- 1979
My Survival as an Aboriginal (1979)
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Essie Coffey gives the children lessons on Aboriginal culture. She speaks of the importance of teaching these kids about their traditions. Aboriginal kids are forgetting about their Aboriginal heritage because they are being taught white culture inst...
- 1973
Basically Black (1973)
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Adapted from the stage production of the same name, 'Basically Black' is a sketch comedy TV pilot that aired in 1973, and due to the provocative racial content, ABC never produced another episode. It stands as a historical milestone, the first televi...
- 1992
Terra Nullius (1992)
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Loosely based on the filmmaker's personal experience, "Terra Nullius" is an impressionistic account of an eight year old Koori girl, Alice, growing up in a white adoptive family which denies her Aboriginality. The film examines how unacknowledged sha...
- 2011
Fantome Island (2011)
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In 1945, at the age of seven, a young Joe Eggmolesse was diagnosed with Leprosy. He was immediately removed from his family and home and transported under police escort over a thousand kilometres to be confined on an island for the treatment of the d...
- 2002
Gulpilil: One Red Blood (2002)
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An hour-long documentary on the life and career of actor David Gulpilil....
- 2023
Audrey Napanangka (2023)
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The story of a Warlpiri woman, Audrey, and her Sicilian partner Santo as they navigate through colonial systems to keep the children they care for together. Audrey Napanangka was born at a time when the world was changing for the people in the Centr...
- 2019
The Final Quarter (2019)
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Australian documentary filmmaker Ian Darling re-examines the incidents that marked the final 3 years of Indigenous footballer Adam Goodes' playing career. Made entirely from archival footage, photos and interviews sourced from television, radio and n...
- 2008
Island Home Country (2008)
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A poetic cine-essay about race and Australia’s colonised history and how it impacts into the present offering insights into how various individuals deal with the traumatic legacies of British colonialism and its race-based policies. The film’s consul...
- 2006
Crocodile Dreaming (2006)
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Crocodile Dreaming is a modern day supernatural myth about two estranged brothers, played by iconic Indigenous actors David Gulpill and Tom E. Lewis. Separated at birth, they have different fathers. One is readily accepted as a full-fledged member of...
- 2005
Green Bush (2005)
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An Australian Aboriginal DJ realizes that his job at the country radio station is about more than just playing music....
- 2020
Looky Looky Here Comes Cooky (2020)
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A new songline for 21st century Australia - a fresh look at the Cook legend from a First Nations' perspective - the songline tells of connection to country, resistance and survival and features the cheeky, acerbic and heartfelt showman - Steven Olive...
- 2017
Namatjira Project (2017)
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From the remote Australian desert to the opulence of Buckingham Palace - Namatjira Project is the iconic story of the Namatjira family, tracing their quest for justice....
- 2017
We Don't Need a Map (2017)
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Filmmaker Warwick Thornton investigates our relationship to the Southern Cross, in this fun and thought provoking ride through Australia's cultural and political landscape....
- 2018
Etched in Bone (2018)
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Drawing on original footage from National Geographic, Etched in Bone explores the impact of one notorious bone theft by a member of the 1948 American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land. Hundred of bones were stolen and deposited in the S...
- 2019
Shed (2019)
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An Aboriginal girl held captive and at the mercy of the station’s stockmen makes an unlikely friend and finds the courage to set herself free....
- 1997
Cracks in the Mask (1997)
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A century ago the Torres Strait Island were the subjects of the famous Cambridge Anthropological Expedition - the resulting depletion of their cultural artifacts left them with nothing but a history of remembered loss. The only people in the Pacific ...
- 1978
Journey to the Valley of the Emu (1978)
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A First Nations boy in the Australian outback adopts an injured dingo. The two of them set off on a quest to find an emu....
- 1989
Too Many Captain Cooks (1989)
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For both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australians, Captain James Cook is a figure of great historical significance....