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In 2001, one of the world's most accomplished climbers and adventurers, Jon Muir, began a 2,500 kilometre odyssey to cross Australia from the south to the north coast on foot. For 128 days, Jon and his dog Seraphine, survived entirely off the land - hunting and gathering along the way. Jon was taxed to the limit physically and emotionally. Often close to despair, he drew on his instinct for survival, his deep understanding of the land and his remarkable inner strength.
Australian documentary filmmaker Ian Darling re-examines the incidents that marked the final 3 years of Indigenous footballer Adam Goodes’ playing career. Made entirely from archival footage, photos and interviews sourced from television, radio and newspapers, the film reviews the national conversation that took place over this period, and places it in a wider historical context.
From a rehearsal room in Sydney through to opening night in New York, a company of actors reveals the magic and struggle of creating theatre.
Where are the lost kids of 2008’s confronting documentary The Oasis? This follow-up film revisits Sydney homeless teens whose chaotic lives shocked the nation.
Tough kids from tough backgrounds living dangerous lives - these are the young people of Oasis, a grimy brick youth refuge in inner-city Sydney. No story is too horrific, no circumstance too dire, no kid too damaged for its tireless director, Captain Paul Moulds. Father figure, counsellor, saviour and an orphan himself, Paul is nothing short of a legend amongst those who stumble in at breaking point, with nowhere left to go.
An intimate portrait of Paul Kelly, Australia’s foremost singer-songwriter. In a career spanning more than thirty years he has documented the history of our country, described its landscapes and cities, and captured the lives and loves of its citizens, none more so than himself.
A little girl's dream of a picnic in the park collides with the reality of her mother's dark world.
Meet Ken Depena, the 80 year old volunteer with bite! Piously devoted to The Salvation Army since 1949, Ken currently serves as the receptionist at Salvo youth refuge, Oasis, where his old world philosophy of hard labour and abstinence clashes dramatically with the daily reality of the centre's wayward teens. Transferred from suburbia to the Kings Cross corps as a chaste young man, he has circulated in Sydney's wildest area for most of his adult life brushing uniformed shoulders with the drug addicts, prostitutes and transvestites that make the area notorious. It was all in God's plan for him. These days Ken's march is more of a shuffle, but his dedication to the cause is as fiery as ever.
A shy young runaway finds himself forced into sex work at the 'Wall'. The boy's only respite is a quick break on board an outreach bus. The Youth Worker on the bus takes a genuine interest in the boy, even though his attempts to befriend him are continually rejected. As he watches the boy deteriorate over a series of weeks, the Youth Worker becomes ever more desperate to break through to him, before he spirals beyond the point of no return.
Each year the faithful make a pilgrimage to Omaha, Nebraska. Some 15,000 people descend on this unremarkable mid-western town, anxious to hear the wisdom of their humble guru. It is an event surrounded by ritual, adulation and a fair degree of cult worship. But this is not a religious sect, it is a shareholders' meeting. It's a billionaires' convention - probably the largest gathering of private wealth at any one time, anywhere in the world. Their guru, Warren Buffett, is an unassuming man in his late sixties. He also happens to be worth over $30 billion, making him the second richest man in the world.
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