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Alvin Purple by Catharine Lumby
Category: Fiction | Series: Australian Screen Classics S.
One of the seminal films of the 1970s, "Alvin Purple" depicts Alvin's struggles with his irresistibility to women - from his school days and time as a waterbed salesman to his short-lived career as a sex therapist. The 'definitive ocker comedy', "Alvin Purple" survived a critical mauling and went on to ...Show more
Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith by Henry Reynolds
Category: Film & Tv | Series: Australian Screen Classics S.
Raised by missionaries, Jimmie Blacksmith, a young half-castle Aboriginal man, is poignantly caught between the ways of his black forefathers and those of the white society to which he aspires. Exploited by his boss and betrayed by his [white] wife, he declares war on his white employers and goes on a v ...Show more
Jedda by Jane Mills
Category: Fiction | Series: Australian Screen Classics S.
Filmed in 1955, Jedda was the first Australian feature film to use Aboriginal actors in lead roles, the first to be filmed in colour and the first to be shown at the Cannes film festival. It tells the tragic story of a young Aboriginal girl of the Arunte tribe, adopted by a white woman, Sarah McCann, as ...Show more
Puberty Blues by Nell Schofield
Category: Film & Tv | Series: Australian Screen Classics Ser.
Fish-faced moll', rooting machine', melting our tits off': with its raw, in-your-face dialogue, Bruce Beresford's film 'Puberty Blues' has become a cult classic. Based on the autobiographical novel by the outrageous Salami Sisters Kathy Lette and Gabrielle Carey, 'Puberty Blues' is a coming-of-age chick ...Show more
Rabbit-Proof Fence by Larissa Behrendt
Category: Fiction | Series: Australian Screen Classics S.
Three Aboriginal girls have been forcibly removed from their outback families in 1931 to be trained as domestic servants, as part of official government policy. They escape and begin a 1500-mile journey home using a rabbit-proof fence as a guide, with authorities chasing them all the way. Adapted fro m ...Show more
The Devil's Playground by Christos Tsiolkas
Category: Film & Tv | Series: Australian Screen Classics S.
Fred Schepisi's film, 'The Devil's Playground' is an intimate portrait of Tom, a thirteen-year-old struggling in spirit and body with the constraints of living in a Catholic seminary. It is also the story of the Brothers and how they cope with the demands of their faith. Made in 1976, this semi-autobiog ...Show more
The Piano by Gail Jones
Category: Film & Tv | Series: Australian Screen Classics Ser.
The Piano written and directed by Jane Campion, is one of the most honoured films of the new Australian cinema, and is considered, by many critics, a modern masterpiece. Campion won the Palme D'Or at Cannes in 1993 for the film, making her the first woman ever to win this prestigious award; it also won ...Show more
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