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Fiona is 33 and desperate to have a baby. But her partner, Kelly, is a woman and sperm isn't part of the equation. Fiona has a solution: a gay friend from work who passionately wants to be a dad. Fiona and Kelly want their child to have a father. It seems perfect...but is it? 2 MUMS AND A DAD is the story of the rocky road of three-way parenting.
Marine scientists across the world are hunting for clues to one of the greatest environmental catastrophes facing our planet today. Ocean acidification. From the icy polar seas to the world’s most pristine coral reefs we will track the latest scientific research currently underway. Heading the investigation is Dr Katharina Fabricius from the Australian Institute of Marine Science. Nestled amongst Papua New Guinea's most diverse coral garden she has discovered a reef which may provide a window into the future.
In early 2011, Queensland is hit by floods on a scale of biblical proportions. A freak inland tsunami smashes through towns and cities bringing widespread destruction and claiming lives. Then cyclones batter the coastline wreaking even further devastation. This is the story of Australia’s greatest flood, caught on camera by those who lived through it.
Northern Territory filmmaker Sally Ingleton tells the story of Samran and Ervin Lapitz, tropical fruit growers who sell at the Darwin markets. Ervin who literally walked out of Hungary in the fifties, lured Samran away from her Thai family and brought her to the Territory. Together they have hunted buffalo, skinned crocodiles, trapped crabs, lived on the move and in the bush, raised a family, and in recent years worked their own land.
On one of the toughest beats in town, a cop lays down his gun and takes up a new style of policing. COMMUNITY COP follows Constable Andrew ‘AJ’ Allen working with the young African refugee community in the Flemington high-rise estate in inner city Melbourne.
In a real life 'Madagascar', a group of mollycoddled Tasmanian Devils are hauled from the five-star luxury of Australian zoos and cast away like convicts on a remote island to fend for themselves and, with a little luck, to save their species from extinction.
DOLPHIN MANIA looks at a small community just outside Melbourne, Australia, where a range of tour boat operators, all with differing philosophies, compete to run dolphin swim tours.
EYE FOR ARCHITECTURE will take us on a unique journey into the world of cutting edge architecture in Australia and the Asian region through the personal lens of architectural photographer John Gollings.
The Filipina women who come to marry and live in Australia are a misunderstood and often maligned group who are looking for a better life for themselves and their families. A profile of five women who have settled with Australian husbands in the Northern Territory.
As Aussie as meat pies and footy, the humble fly is Australia’s most annoying and enduring icon. Ever present at BBQs, they’ve even created a renowned Aussie salute. Our battle to zap them has spawned an entire pesticide industry and kept scientists busy for decades. The fly has influenced everything from fashion to farming and food, and legend has it, even the Aussie accent. But a closer look reveals the wretched Australian fly is more than just a pest. How has this fascinating and biologically complex creature helped shaped Australia and its people?
29-year-olds Dalvinder and Tarun are each looking for love. Both must balance the wishes of their traditional Indian parents with their own desire for a love-marriage but if they don’t get married by 30 they fear they will be seen as damaged goods and bring shame to their families. So each embarks on a frantic journey that takes them through the popular online dating world, to astrologers, matchmakers and even down the path of arranged marriage. INDIAN WEDDING RACE offers unique access to the world of Australia’s Indian community as it explores with pathos and humour the pressures young people face as they race to make it to the temple on time.
On New Year's Eve 1991, 56 Chinese refugees landed in a wooden boat, codenamed Isabella, on the shores of far north western Australia. After weeks in the desert all survived but were soon placed in detention at Port Hedland with more than 300 other Asian boat people - all waiting for refugee status. THE ISABELLAS follows Chen Xing Liang, one of the leaders, back to the Kimberley to tell his story.
For a little while, in the late 90s in Melbourne, nothing was cooler than heroin. JUSTIFY MY LOVE takes a look at the romance, protest and despair of the 'heroin years'.
KANGAROO MOB is an intimate look at the kangaroos taking over the suburbs of Canberra and the team of ecologists following their every move. Using the latest scientific technology we will uncover surprising new behaviour whilst delving into the controversial issues that arise when sharing your backyard with a large wild animal. KANGAROO MOB will be a highly entertaining look at what happens when habitat runs out and kangaroos and humans are forced to co-exist.
'Over parenting' is now endemic to middle Australia. We're madly pushing, polishing and protecting our kids. The result seems to be children who are at a loss when there's a half hour gap in their schedule and a generation of permanently frazzled parents. What happens when world-renowned advocate for changing the pace of parenting, Carl Honore, enters three Australian family homes where gadgets rule and fast is the only speed? He unplugs the kids and adults. He throws out their schedules and replaces the race with a journey.
For decades everyone in China wore navy blue 'Mao suits'. To wear anything different meant that you stood out. But China's door has opened and so have people's wardrobes... MAO'S NEW SUIT steps into the lives of two dynamic young female fashion designers who are about to launch their first designer collection on the Chinese market.
May Day, the international workers' holiday, is in danger of being lost in Australia through community disinterest. In an effort to bring people back to the union movement, and in particular back to the streets on May Day, the Northern Territory Trades and Labour Council has turned the First of May, traditionally a day of protest, into a day of celebration. The change, however, is not without opposition.
MOVING is an extraordinary vignette about Melbourne's inner city street dwellers that attempts to debunk the myths surrounding the city's disenfranchised inhabitants. Providing a voice for an often silent and discriminated against minority, MOVING explores the fears, passions and desires of Melbourne's unemployed and homeless who have long been relegated to the fringes of an increasingly intolerant society.
The Great Barrier Reef is dying. Global warming and outbreaks of crown-of-thorns starfish have put extraordinary pressure on the coral. Now scientists have identified another threat - agricultural run-off. Sugarcane farmers are reeling at the prospect that their land management practices may be part of the problem. Some locals are trying to bring all the parties together to develop a workable solution, but leading the way can be hard work. MUDDY WATERS is the story of a small community facing the challenges of responsibility and change. It asks what’s killing the reef and can anything be done to save one of the world’s greatest natural treasures?
In September 2006, Chinese soldiers shot a group of pilgrims as they fled Tibet. International mountain climbers filmed the shooting, helped rescue survivors and bravely broadcast their story to the world. Both sides risked their lives. Why?
PAINTING COUNTRY follows a journey back to the traditional country of ten Indigenous artists from the town of Balgo in North West Australia. Their art is famous for its hot bright colours, bright composition and creative brush techniques. Its origins lie in the traditional designs done in sand and body paintings. But in less than 20 years it has evolved into one of the most innovative movements of modern art in Australia. The film intimately portrays the life and humour of the artists. It reveals how white settlement forced them to leave their country and why their relationship with the land is still fundamental to their existence.
The world famous Little Penguins of Phillip Island, Australia, entertain half a million tourists each year with their sunset parade from the surf to their burrows. But what the public don’t know is that their private lives are even more interesting. Using the latest technology from underwater satellite tracking to ‘Big Brother’ video surveillance, a team of scientists lifts the lid on a rich world of secrets, conspiracy and intrigue.
In Australia everyone has a possum story. Forced out of their bushland habitats over the past decade these mischievous marsupials have swarmed into the cities. Each night countless possums scamper across power lines, rooftops, fences and trees in a never-ending quest for food and shelter. But have the possums of one inner-city park finally met their match? POSSUM WARS lifts the lid on the private world of Australia’s most unwanted marsupial and their battle to make it in the big city.
SEED HUNTER follows Australian scientist Dr Ken Street and a team of gene detectives on a quest through Central Asia to find rare plants whose genes may help save our food from the impact of climate change.
This view of the daily life of travelling show people is seen through the eyes of the Bell family. It retraces the early hisotry of Roy Bell's Touring Boxing Stadium through the memories of his existing family: Amy his wife, now 80-years-old; his two sons Arnold and Elwin; and his daughter Nita. SHOWMEN looks at how one show family has survived four generations of travelling on the road and has adapted to change in the industry. From the early tent side show days to the modern carnival of thrill rides and Knock 'em Down games, the Bells have endured the lot and now own 'ground space' at most of the major Australian country shows.
Explores the influences of women in Indonesia. How do they progress within the restrictions of a dominant political dictatorship and the rules of Islam? The film presents a very different and engaging view of contemporary Indonesian society - through a fascinating cross-section of women who reveal their current status in Indonesia.
Right now, everybody wants a piece of Simon Stone. He's only 28, but has already been called Australia's top theatre director. In 2012 he staged five acclaimed sellout productions. His production of Wild Duck won standing ovations at Norway's Ibsen Festival. With three more shows and a feature film next year, he's constantly asked for an opinion from Fassbinder to his favourite Sydney cafe. With the pressure on for Australia's hottest young writer/actor/director, just what is it like to walk in his shoes?
Night Patrol follows the lives of a team of women from the Tiwi Islands who work day and night making sure that the Island’s kids and families are safe.
Under the brutal regime of Pol Pot over 90 percent of Cambodia's artists were killed, including most of the classical dancers of the Royal Court Ballet. Only one in ten survived. This is the story of the tenth dancer. THE TENTH DANCER is an intimate portrait of the relationship between a teacher and her pupil set against the backdrop of war-torn Cambodia. The film weaves betwen the past and the present, memory and dream, to reveal a story of human dignity and survival.
Untold Australia is a new three-part SBS documentary series that goes inside three very different communities which exist within unique pockets of Australia, whose presence and way of life remain widely unknown to outsiders of these close-knit cultural groups. From young Indian-Australians trying to find love to the struggling government of Norfolk Island and the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community of Adass Israel, the personal and passionate stories revealed in this observational documentary series will surprise audiences as the untold stories from these subcultures are explored.
Set in the Victorian College of the Deaf, WELCOME 2 MY DEAF WORLD follows Scott and Bethany through their last few months of schooling. Their world is one of rich culture and human possibility, with its own language, rules, challenges and inspirations.
A feature documentary from Darwin-based 360 Degree Films about unfolding environmental campaigns across Australia, focusing on the crusaders who are standing up against coal mines, fracking and logging in Tasmania’s Tarkine rainforest.
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