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A dramatised documentary series on the unique and astonishing history of the Torres Strait Islands.
A successful executive for a mining company that never likes to lose unfortunately loses his daughter to a terminal disease. Working extra hard in hopes he could save his daughter he is face to face with the defeat which forces him to venture out to his estranged father. When he drives out of the city and through the country, he abruptly pulls the car over and takes a moment to breath. His eyes start to swell but he quickly self-regulates before getting back into the car and driving off. Once with his father, he struggles to come to terms with the loss of his daughter, going through the experience trying to piece together what went wrong. His father, not too sure how to interact with his son, tries to soften the blow of the dead granddaughter by referring to the “way of life”. Not believing in hope or fate and more focussed on hard work and determination, he disagrees with his father sparking a feud the two have had for years and bringing it up to the surface. After going at each other back and forth, disagreeing with each other, the father manages to apologise. This leaves our hero vulnerable which then forces him to break down and eventually grieve. In doing this, the two forgive each other thus earning an embrace the two haven't had for years. As humans we tend to feel we are alone, but at the end of the day we aren’t. We will always have family there to help guide us.
Stretching from the spectacular red desert of Australia’s outback to the cool corridors of power in Canberra, THE CODE tells the story of two very different brothers who unearth information those at the highest levels of political power will kill to keep secret.
In the Snowy Mountains, Hell hath no fury like a mother scorned. A searing reimagining of Leah Purcell's play and Henry Lawson's classic short story.
A VR documentary telling the story of the people of Poruma, who are at risk of losing their homes, their livelihoods, their culture, and their connection to history and country. Poruma, a tiny island in the Torres Strait with a population of 200, is slowly being eroded and swallowed by the sea.
Indigenous Detective JAY SWAN arrives in an outback town on a missing persons enquiry. What seems like a simple 'light duties' investigation soon opens into a web of crime and corruption implicating the local Mayor, Mining Boss and Aboriginal Land Council. Jay must overcome personal differences with the young local policeman JOSH while he pulls his life together to dig deeper into the conspiracy. The two cops are led into a world of people trafficking and organised crime where the value of a life is pitted against big money and deep-rooted corruption.
1930s, North Australia, a remote corner of a wild country, two men are on a mission to prevent a bloody war. Travis is a bounty hunter with one last hope of ‘redemption’. Gutjuk is an Aboriginal boy trying to save the last of his family.
When Charlie's (Ryan Corr) best friend, Nate (Bob Morley), dies at just 38, Charlie is forced to face his grief in a way he could never have imagined, when the ghost of his dead friend begins ‘haunting’ him. There are no levitating tables or flying books, but confronting the spectre of loss is the scariest thing Charlie’s ever done. The only comfort is that he’s facing it with his charming, witty and garrulous best mate by his side – albeit in apparition form.
JASPER JONES is a riveting and moving Australian coming of age story about Charlie Bucktin, a bookish boy of 14. On the night that Jasper Jones, the town’s mixed race outcast shows him the dead body of young Laura Wiseheart, his life is changed forever. Entrusted with this secret, and believing Jasper to be innocent, Charlie embarks on a dangerous journey to find the killer. Set over the scorching summer holidays of 1965, Charlie defeats the local racists, faces the break up of his parents and falls head over heels in love as he discovers what it means to be truly courageous.
KANGAROO is a heart-warming family comedy about ex-tv personality, Chris Masterson, who becomes stranded in an Outback town after a car accident on his way to Broome. There, he teams up with 11-year-old Indigenous girl Charlie. The pair form an unlikely friendship and work together to rescue and rehabilitate orphaned joeys in the remote but stunning Outback community. An endeavour that proves to be life-changing for them both.
Sydney, 1961. The women who work in Goodes ladies wear face tumultuous lives navigating societal shifts and personal challenges amidst the fashion transformation of the sixties.
The world is crying out for a new model of leadership, but what is it? One woman thinks she has the answer. Self-described Australian 'CEO and Dreamer' Fabian Dattner, leads an international group of 76 female scientists on an Antarctic voyage designed to transform them "into the sort of leaders they want to be." Her hope is that once these women are primed to lead in science, they will be able to make meaningful change around the world. But on board, as the women's deeply personal stories of workplace gender biases and more are revealed, Dattner's own leadership style and philosophy is severely tested. Set against the planet’s last untouched wilderness, The Leadership unearths the profoundly troubling systemic obstacles to women's advancement in science and beyond.
Travis, a jaded detective, arrives in the remote outback town of Limbo to investigate the cold case murder of local Indigenous girl Charlotte Hayes 20 years ago. As truths about the murder begin to unfold, the detective gains a new insight into the unsolved case from the victim’s fractured family, the surviving witnesses and the reclusive brother of the chief suspect.
Detective Jay Swan is assigned to investigate the mysterious disappearance of two young farm hands on an outback cattle station. One is a local Indigenous footy hero, and the other a backpacker. Working with local cop Emma James, Jay’s investigation uncovers a past injustice that threatens the fabric of the whole community.
Detective Jay Swan (Aaron Pedersen) take on a grisly case in a new town in order to be closer to his family, but has he left it too late? Set in a small coastal community where the desert meets the ocean, secrets past and present run deep and dark. Jay must reconcile the law and deep lore and confront a dangerous enemy in a world where deception is king.
It's 1999, and Constable Jay Swan, a charismatic young officer arrives at his new station. Fresh from the city and tipped for big things, Jay might be the new copper, but he's not new to this town. His estranged father Jack lives here, as does the woman who will change his life forever, Mary.
Easter 2000. As a quarter of a million people prepare to march around the country in an unprecedented show of support for Reconciliation, Jay Swan and Mary Allen attempt to forge a new life together in a fading timber town still mired in racism and denial. With the trial of his father’s murderer now concluded, Jay has promised to put his pain behind him and join Mary on her mother’s Country as they care for Mary’s niece, Anya, and await the birth of their first child. It doesn’t take long, though, for the majesty of the surrounding forests and the deep lake that shimmers at the heart of the town, to take on gothic dimensions…
Hannah Howard is the managing director of packaging company Flinley Craddick. When she gets news from Head Office that they will be shutting down her branch and making everyone work from home, she goes into survival mode, making promises she can’t keep in order to keep her ‘work family’ together.
PARER'S WAR is the story of World War II frontline cameraman Damien Parer and his desperate efforts to reveal the savage truth of battle and the brutal truth of the heart
Khaled is an Iraqi-born Dutch-raised refugee whose personal traumas are exacerbated by a punitive immigration detention regime in Australia. Broken and without hope, Khaled waives his right to asylum in Australia and is returned to a warzone in Iraq where he begins the arduous journey back to Holland. With the love and support of Leon, a refugee volunteer he meets in Greece, Khaled manages to hang onto his sense of self and the dream of a free and peaceful future.
In 1810, emancipated English convict William Thornhill stakes a claim on 100 acres of land on the remote Hawkesbury River in New South Wales, only to find that a clan of Aboriginal people also lay claim to the land, as they have done since time immemorial.
A period western set on the Northern Territory frontier where justice is put on trial.
Father Rod Bower, controversial Anglican Priest from the Central Coast of NSW is famous for his church signs which regularly go viral around the world via social media. THE TROUBLESOME PRIEST explores the man behind the sign, revealing why this complex yet simple man lives on the fringe of his church and why he speaks out when so many others remain silent.
The beauty of Indigenous art and the sometimes-devious practices in the global art market take Detective Toni Alma on an epic hunt for a killer. Spanning her small Northern Territory community and art galleries across the globe, this is a murder mystery like no other, exploring culture, community and the very human pursuit of identity and belonging.
The Untold Australia series explores Australian communities that are often overlooked or unheard from, and this remarkable technology gives our audiences an opportunity to gain a greater understanding and insight into their world in season two
In 1930s Australia, a group of Aboriginal Kids escape their cruel white masters and journey across the sweet country of Central Australia to reunite with their estranged mother Pansy.
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