Documentary
82 articles
Creativity in Confinement: Artistic Expression as Redemption in Alex Siddons’ The Art of Incarceration
One Final Bow: An Actor Reflects in Molly Reynolds’ My Name Is Gulpilil
A Light in the Dark: Nel Minchin on Firestarter – The Story of Bangarra
The View from the Shore: Healing Through Songline in Steven McGregor’s Looky Looky Here Comes Cooky
Hip-hop of a Different Hue: Cultural Appreciation and Identification in Oscar Kightley’s Dawn Raid
Australian Spirit: Love and Country Music in Kriv Stenders’ Slim and I
Climate of Resignation: Unquiet Adolescence in Kathy Drayton’s The Weather Diaries
All at Sea: Confronting Exclusion in Ili Baré’s The Leadership
Bodies on the Line: Sally Ingleton’s Wild Things and Australian Environmental Documentary
Making Change: The Australian Women’s Liberation Movement in Catherine Dwyer’s Brazen Hussies
Judge, Jury and Executioner: Voyeurism and Vigilantism in Alex Roberts and Daniel Leclair’s The Meddler
Declaration of War: George Gittoes on Violence and Community Resilience in White Light
Sounds of Loss: Time and Displacement in Allison Chhorn’s The Plastic House
Forever Young: Music and Mystery in Sam Zubrycki’s Miguelito: Canto a Borinquen
Singing from the Rooftops: Art, Ambition and Hometown Pride in Liselle Mei’s Love Opera
Making Visible: Out Here, Love Bites and LGBTQIA+ Documentary on the Small Screen
Shoot First, Ask Questions Later: Selina Miles’ Martha: A Picture Story
Unfinished Business: Fame, Mythology and Kasimir Burgess’ The Leunig Fragments
The Artist at Work: Catherine Hunter on Quilty: Painting the shadows
Bodies in Tension: Movement and Friction in Rebecca Tansley’s The Heart Dances – The Journey of The Piano: the ballet
Remembering Resistance: Class Politics and Amanda King’s The Great Strike 1917
First, Do No Harm: The Treatment of Refugees in Against Our Oath
Loved Back to Life: Hope, Community and Policy Failures in Life After the Oasis
All Talked Out: Mental Health and Masculinity in Genevieve Bailey’s Happy Sad Man
Need for Speed: Risk and Reward in Dylan River’s Finke: There and Back
The Drive to Succeed: Outrunning the Legacy of Brabham
A Race to the Goal: Adam Goodes’ Story in The Final Quarter and The Australian Dream
History Is Never Finished: Trauma, Revolution and Reconciliation in Peter Hegedus’ Lili
Sexual Healing: Feminism, Porn and Self-acceptance in Morgana
Ghost in the Algorithm: Justin Krook’s Machine and Advancing AI
Everybody’s Still Kung-fu Fighting: Serge Ou’s Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks
Mother Tongue: She Who Must Be Obeyed Loved and Aboriginal Women’s Stories
Soaring with Her Own Wings: Em Baker on Marriage, Movie-making and I Am No Bird
Into the Void: Stop the Boats and Refugee Activism on Screen
The Winding Road Home: Kaye Harrison on Displacement, Detention andd Sanctuary
Same Old Tune: Mythologisation and the Music Documentary
Seeds of Change: Damon Gameau’s 2040 and Sustainable Futures
Destructive Pasts, Hopeful Possibilities: The Simulated Environment in Awavena and Did You Ask the River?
