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The Aboriginal Tent Embassy - 40 years on
NINGLA – A’NA
Hungry for our land
On the night of January 26th 1972 a small group of Aboriginal men drove from Sydney to begin the most significant protest for land rights and equity in the history of the indigenous struggle in Australia. In the darkness opposite parliament house they pitched a beach umbrella and hung a sign on it which read: Aboriginal Embassy.
Screenings of our films
Backroads and Ningla - A'Na
Screenings of these two landmark films to coincide with the 40th anniversary
of the establishment of the Aboriginal tent embassy in Canberra.
Hurley on the Mawson Expedition
January 12, 2012 is the centenary of Sir Douglas Mawson's Antarctic expedition reaching Antarctica. This expedition lead to Australia's claim over 42% of the frozen continent. One of our Heros, Frank Hurley, was the cinematographer on the expedition. He was gung ho in the most life threatening situations, he was an entrepreneur, and show biz through and through. He was also a scoundrel who sold several hundred percent of the copyright in his films to investors. Nothing was going to stop him and Australia is the richer for it. Check out some background on this extraordinary man.
Ghosts for sale
Ghosts Of The Civil Dead: We have a very limited number of DVD copies of this unique film for sale. Directed by John Hillcoat (The Proposition, The Road) and Produced by Evan English this is one of the most extraordinary films to come our of Australia. A rumination on French philosopher Michel Foucault's theories on the power of fear and violence to control groups of people.
There are now no authentic copies of Ghosts on the market; only pirates are available. We authored this extraordinary disc and these copies are from our personal supply. There will be no more made available once this supply is exhausted.
