John Whitteron

1939년부터 1942년까지 2차 세계대전을 배경으로 오스트레일리아의 광활한 대륙에서 펼쳐지는 가슴 시린 로맨스와 모험을 그린 대서사시. 니콜 키드먼과 휴 잭맨의 감동적이고 아름다운 러브스토리는 물론, 수천마리의 소떼와 웅장한 규모의 오스트레일리아 평원의 아름다움, 그리고 2차 세계대전 중 감행된 일본군의 무자비한 호주 다윈 폭격(1942) 등 전쟁의 소용돌이 가운데 운명적으로 함께 할 수 밖에 없는 두 남녀의 이야기가 펼쳐진다. 2차 세계대전이 발발한 시기의 미개척 호주평원. 영국 귀족인 레이디 새러 애쉴리(니콜 키드먼)는 그녀의 남편을 찾아 편안하고 안전한 영국의 저택을 떠나 호주의 미개척지를 향한 긴 여행을 시작한다. 어렵사리 호주 대륙에 도착한 그녀는 곧 남편의 죽음을 알게 되고, 자신에게 벨기에 국토 만한 호주의 거대한 농장과 이천여 마리의 소떼가 남겨졌다는 걸 알게 된다. 남편의 죽음을 슬퍼할 겨를도 없이 애쉴리는 길들여지지 않은 야생마 같은 거친 농장 관리인(휴 잭맨)과 함께 그녀의 농장을 빼앗으려는 무리로부터 남편의 유산을 지켜내기 위해 함께 싸워나가야 하는 운명에 처하게 된다. 한편, 평화로운 호주의 대지는 진주만을 공격한 일본군의 연이은 폭격으로 쑥대밭이 될 위기에 처하고, 낯선 나라에서 홀로 재산뿐 아니라 자신의 목숨까지 지켜내야 하는 새러에게도 2차 세계대전의 전운은 찾아오고...

RODEO ROAD explores the unique cowboy culture of Australia's remote north west in the pursuit of the rodeo dream - eight seconds of bull riding glory. Each year cowboys from across the Kimberley load up their saddles, chaps and wranglers and go rough-riding. Some are born and bred in the saddle, while others are young ringers from over east who come to muster through the dry season. Come rodeo time they are chasing the dream, gripped by the rodeo fever of the wild north west.

Jørn Utzon, acclaimed architect of the Sydney Opera House, tells the story of the design and construction of his masterpiece.

A 1997 documentary which demonstrates the way in which art is central to the lives of Aboriginal people in maintaining their culture, expressing their laws and history and their connection to the land. Explains the effect the misuse of their artwork for commerce has on their communities. Discusses the problems with western copyright law when applied to Aboriginal art and the Aboriginal concept of ownership. Also looks at the issue of authenticity of Aboriginal art.

On June 3rd 1992, six months after Eddie "Koiki" Mabo's tragic death, the High Court upheld his claim that Murray Islanders held native title to land in the Torres Strait. The legal fiction that Australia was empty when first occupied by white people had been laid to rest. Mabo-Life of an Island Man tells the private and public stories of a man so passionate about family and home that he fought an entire nation and its legal system. Though his greatest victory was won only after his death, it has forever ensured his place - on Murray Island and in Australian history.

Philippines my Philippines (1989) is a feature length documentary about the situation in the Philippines two years after the notionally democratic Cory Aquino replaced the dictator Ferdinand Marcos in the ‘People Power’ revolution of 1986. Touching on the influence and interests of the United States and Australia, it examines the social context and dimensions of the violent conflict between government and big business on one hand and the rural and urban poor (led by the Communist Party of the Philippines and its New People Army) on the other.

During the height of the Cold War, the Waterside Workers' Federation Film Unit produced eleven (11) films for several trade unions on political and industrial issues. Independent film-makers worked with them to develop critical dialogue from one generation of concerned film-makers onto another. FILM-WORK looks at sequences from 4 of these films and interviews some of their makers, raising a diversity of issues pertinent to current debates in film, history and politics. The 4 films that are looked at are PENSIONS FOR VETERANS (1953, NSW Branch, WWF), THE HUNGRY MILES (1954, WWF), NOVEMBER VICTORY (1955, WWF), and HEWERS OF COAL (1953, Miners Federation). PENSIONS FOR VETERANS covers the issue of the need for pensions to be given to workers who have worked on the waterfront all their life. THE HUNGRY MILES shows the strength of the workers, the union and its democracy. HEWERS OF COAL is about the coal miners and their struggle to get better working conditions and pensions.

During the height of the Cold War, the Waterside Workers' Federation Film Unit produced eleven (11) films for several trade unions on political and industrial issues. Independent film-makers worked with them to develop critical dialogue from one generation of concerned film-makers onto another. FILM-WORK looks at sequences from 4 of these films and interviews some of their makers, raising a diversity of issues pertinent to current debates in film, history and politics. The 4 films that are looked at are PENSIONS FOR VETERANS (1953, NSW Branch, WWF), THE HUNGRY MILES (1954, WWF), NOVEMBER VICTORY (1955, WWF), and HEWERS OF COAL (1953, Miners Federation). PENSIONS FOR VETERANS covers the issue of the need for pensions to be given to workers who have worked on the waterfront all their life. THE HUNGRY MILES shows the strength of the workers, the union and its democracy. HEWERS OF COAL is about the coal miners and their struggle to get better working conditions and pensions.

A deliciously compelling look under the lei, and why the Hula Girl is one of the most potent and sexually alluring images in popular culture today.