Australian Aboriginal Movies

  • 2009
    Intervention: Stories From the Inside

    Intervention: Stories From the Inside

    Intervention: Stories From the Inside

    02009HD

    On June 21 2007, the Howard Federal Government launched an intervention into Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory. It was one of the most...

    Intervention: Stories From the Inside
  • 1961
    Shadow of the Boomerang

    Shadow of the Boomerang

    Shadow of the Boomerang

    01961HD

    An American brother and sister move to Australia to manage a cattle station, but the brother's racist attitude causes problems. After hearing a...

    Shadow of the Boomerang
  • 1970
    Walkatjurra: Our Actions Will Never Stop

    Walkatjurra: Our Actions Will Never Stop

    Walkatjurra: Our Actions Will Never Stop

    01970HD

    WORLD PREMIERE: It is the 70th anniversary of the first nuclear test in indigenous Australian territory and the aboriginal communities call on...

    Walkatjurra: Our Actions Will Never Stop
  • 1973
    Basically Black

    Basically Black

    Basically Black

    01973HD

    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...

    Basically Black
  • 2004
    Mr. Patterns

    Mr. Patterns

    Mr. Patterns

    02004HD

    Papunya Tula art, commonly known as dot painting, is world renowned. Mr Patterns tells the story of Geoff Bardon who, together with the Papunya...

    Mr. Patterns
  • 1998
    My Colour, Your Kind

    My Colour, Your Kind

    My Colour, Your Kind

    01998HD

    A portrait of an albino Aboriginal teenager, her feelings of alienation while at a convent boarding school, and her dreams of escape.

    My Colour, Your Kind
  • 1987
    How the West Was Lost

    How the West Was Lost

    How the West Was Lost

    01987HD

    The story of the 1946 Aboriginal Pastoral Workers' Strike. Eight hundred aboriginal station workers walked off sheep stations in the north west of...

    How the West Was Lost
  • 1992
    Terra Nullius

    Terra Nullius

    Terra Nullius

    01992HD

    Loosely based on the filmmaker's personal experience, "Terra Nullius" is an impressionistic account of an eight year old Koori girl, Alice, growing...

    Terra Nullius
  • 1997
    Warm Strangers

    Warm Strangers

    Warm Strangers

    01997HD

    A man tries to reconnect with his father who works at a laundrette.

    Warm Strangers
  • 1979
    My Survival as an Aboriginal

    My Survival as an Aboriginal

    My Survival as an Aboriginal

    01979HD

    Essie Coffey gives the children lessons on Aboriginal culture. She speaks of the importance of teaching these kids about their traditions. Aboriginal...

    My Survival as an Aboriginal
  • 1986
    Short Changed

    Short Changed

    Short Changed

    01986HD

    Described as "an Aboriginal Kramer vs Kramer," this is the moving account of an Aboriginal political activist fighting his white ex-wife for joint...

    Short Changed