Titles tagged with ‘communities’
21 titles - sorted by title / by year
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Addison Road Drop-In (1977)
A ‘process video’ by Tom Zubrycki that looks at some of the marginalised young people who come to the Addison Road Drop-In Centre in Marrickville. Many of them ...
The Back of Beyond (1954)
Battling heat, dust, flood and sand, Royal Mail driver and everyman Tom Kruse completes the fortnightly run in his battered Leyland Badger, delivering mail, stores and supplies to ...
Collingwood Community School (1975)
This ‘process video’ made by Tom Zubrycki aspires to provide an insight into the day-to-day running of the Collingwood Community School and some of the issues involved for ...
Fig Street Fiasco (1974)
A ‘process video’ that filmmaker Tom Zubrycki made in collaboration with inner-city Sydney residents, this documentary voices the concerns of residents whose houses are tagged for demolition to ...
Footy The La Perouse Way (2006)
A documentary that uses historical photographs to talk about the history of rugby league in the Sydney suburb of La Perouse, and how football has helped build a ...
Going Tribal (1995)
The documentary observes the lifestyle and values of a group of ferals living in the Byron Bay area in northern New South Wales. The film includes interviews with ...
Green Bush (2005)
A short film about an Indigenous radio DJ who struggles to keep his community functioning. Kenny (David Page) does the nightshift at a remote radio station, and must ...
I Can Jump Puddles (1981)
This is the inspirational boyhood story of the author Alan Marshall, a victim of polio. Born in rural Victoria in the early 1900s, young Alan Marshall contracted the ...
The Inner City Tape (1974)
A collaborative community video made by Tom Zubrycki in conjunction with the Inner Sydney Resident Action Group. Through the eyes of its residents it tells the story of ...
Joe Leahy’s Neighbours (1988)
Joe Leahy’s Neighbours is the sequel to First Contact (1983) and is the second documentary in The Highlands Trilogy. This well-constructed film traces the fortunes of Joe Leahy, ...
Last Mail from Birdsville: The Story of Tom Kruse (2000)
The documentary follows the last mail run of octogenarian Tom Kruse, as he drives his restored truck from Birdsville in Centralia to Adelaide in 1998. From 1936 Tom ...
Message Stick – Koori Court (2005)
The Koori Court in Victoria was set up to reduce high imprisonment rates by combining Aboriginal beliefs with the white legal system.
Message Stick – Wathaurong Glass (2003)
The Wathaurong community of Geelong began a glass business in order to provide employment for their people.
Our Park (1998)
Filmmaker Gillian Leahy filmed the activities over one year of the residents and other users of a park in front of her house. The documentary is chaptered in ...
The Painters and Dockers Strike (1976)
A video made by filmmakers Tom Zubrycki and Russ Hermann, in collaboration with members of the Federated Ship Painters And Dockers Union of Australia, covering the strike over ...
Prahran 3181: Swimming in the Backyard (2001)
The film covers the construction and subsequent use of the suburban public swimming pool in Prahran, Melbourne. Jim has worked there as manager for 37 years. The pool ...
Raccolta D’Inverno, Winter’s Harvest (1979)
The documentary records the traditional Italian community event of slaughtering a pig, butchering it for the meat, making sausages and having a feast with dancing enjoyed by the ...
Return Home (1990)
After his divorce, Noel McKenzie (Dennis Coard) returns to Adelaide, where he grew up, to take stock. He is bored with his high-powered job in insurance, but unsure ...
Shifting Sands – Tears (1997)
A short drama from Ivan Sen about two teenagers Lena (Jamilla Frail) and Vaughn (Luke Carroll) who want to get off the ‘mish’ – or the mission.
We Have To Live With It (1974)
A community video made by Tom Zubrycki and the residents of Balmain and Rozelle that documents concerns held by residents and local businesses about the impact of an ...
