Australian Aboriginal Movies

  • 2022
    We Were Just Little Boys

    We Were Just Little Boys

    We Were Just Little Boys

    02022HD

    Between 1924 to 1970, Kinchela Boys Home in Kempsey, New South Wales, saw an estimated 400 to 600 Aboriginal children exposed to routine acts of...

    We Were Just Little Boys
  • 1967
    Desert People

    Desert People

    Desert People

    51967HD

    Two Aboriginal families live like their ancestors have for centuries in this anthropological documentary. The gathering of food is the main focus as...

    Desert People
  • 1987
    How the West Was Lost

    How the West Was Lost

    How the West Was Lost

    01987HD

    The story of the 1946 Aboriginal Pastoral Workers' Strike. Eight hundred aboriginal station workers walked off sheep stations in the north west of...

    How the West Was Lost
  • 1981
    Collum Calling Canberra

    Collum Calling Canberra

    Collum Calling Canberra

    01981HD

    Gordon Smith, head of the Collum Collum Aboriginal Co-operative which operates a cattle station in northern New South Wales, and Sunny Bancroft, the...

    Collum Calling Canberra
  • 2009
    Intervention: Stories From the Inside

    Intervention: Stories From the Inside

    Intervention: Stories From the Inside

    02009HD

    On June 21 2007, the Howard Federal Government launched an intervention into Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory. It was one of the most...

    Intervention: Stories From the Inside
  • 2019
    Young Mob Questioning Treaty

    Young Mob Questioning Treaty

    Young Mob Questioning Treaty

    02019HD

    Young Aboriginal people who are traditional custodians in Victoria explore the Treaty process with questions, concerns and their opinions. Sharing...

    Young Mob Questioning Treaty
  • 2012
    Jack & Jones

    Jack & Jones

    Jack & Jones

    02012HD

    Two Warlpiri boys grow up together in a small remote indigenous community. They find strength in family and culture when troubles turn up on a trip...

    Jack & Jones
  • 2004
    Mr. Patterns

    Mr. Patterns

    Mr. Patterns

    72004HD

    Papunya Tula art, commonly known as dot painting, is world renowned. Mr Patterns tells the story of Geoff Bardon who, together with the Papunya...

    Mr. Patterns
  • 2019
    Out of Range

    Out of Range

    Out of Range

    02019HD

    A father's takes his estranged son on a fishing trip as a way of bonding, but when the car breaks down he realises it's not the only thing that needs...

    Out of Range
  • 2020
    The Moogai

    The Moogai

    The Moogai

    7.72020HD

    Moogai is Bundjalung for ‘ghost’, and it is precisely a moogai that intrudes on the quiet home life of Sarah, Fergus and their newborn...

    The Moogai
  • 1997
    A History of the Australian Aboriginal

    A History of the Australian Aboriginal

    A History of the Australian Aboriginal

    01997HD

    Colin Jones is of Aboriginal, Polynesian and English decent. The Aboriginal side of his family are from the Kalkadoon and Nunuckle tribal groups. ...

    A History of the Australian Aboriginal
  • 1970
    Inside Out: Aboriginal Imprisonment in Australia

    Inside Out: Aboriginal Imprisonment in Australia

    Inside Out: Aboriginal Imprisonment in Australia

    7.21970HD

    Filmed on the plains of north-western New South Wales, this documentary looks at one man's fight against the scourge of Indigenous imprisonment in...

    Inside Out: Aboriginal Imprisonment in Australia
  • 2023
    Healing Heart Feeling Country

    Healing Heart Feeling Country

    Healing Heart Feeling Country

    02023HD

    Witness country come alive as Mark Cora, proud Minjungbal man and cultural educator unveils the rich contexts that shape his evocative artwork, The...

    Healing Heart Feeling Country
  • 2018
    Wongar

    Wongar

    Wongar

    02018HD

    Australian writer Wongar lives a secluded life taking care of his 6 dingoes for which he believes embody the spirits of his tragically lost...

    Wongar
  • 2023
    Nyarrpararla Malaju?

    Nyarrpararla Malaju?

    Nyarrpararla Malaju?

    02023HD

    Mala are very important ancestors in Warlpiri people’s Jukurrpa. So what happens when there are no more Mala?

    Nyarrpararla Malaju?
  • 1970
    A Voice to be Heard: Indigenous Australians Elect Members to the National Aboriginal Consultative Committee

    A Voice to be Heard: Indigenous Australians Elect Members to the National Aboriginal Consultative Committee

    A Voice to be Heard: Indigenous Australians Elect Members to the National Aboriginal Consultative Committee

    01970HD

    In 1973, for the first time, Aboriginal people from across Australia directly elected members to the National Aboriginal Consultative Committee...

    A Voice to be Heard: Indigenous Australians Elect Members to the National Aboriginal Consultative Committee
  • 1970
    Walkatjurra: Our Actions Will Never Stop

    Walkatjurra: Our Actions Will Never Stop

    Walkatjurra: Our Actions Will Never Stop

    01970HD

    WORLD PREMIERE: It is the 70th anniversary of the first nuclear test in indigenous Australian territory and the aboriginal communities call on...

    Walkatjurra: Our Actions Will Never Stop
  • 2020
    Our Law

    Our Law

    Our Law

    102020HD

    At Western Australia’s first Indigenous-run police station, two officers learn language and culture to help them police one of the most remote...

    Our Law
  • 2023
    Mamirnikuwi

    Mamirnikuwi

    Mamirnikuwi

    02023HD

    After discovering that her home on the Tiwi Islands is at risk from a huge gas project, Antonia Burke mobilises her community creating the first ever...

    Mamirnikuwi
  • 2023
    Babanil

    Babanil

    Babanil

    02023HD

    Filmmaker Marlikka Perdrisat forms a dreamlike expression of her intergenerational connection to Country. A connection available to everyone who...

    Babanil