Australian Aboriginal Movies

  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1989
    Too Many Captain Cooks

    Too Many Captain Cooks

    Too Many Captain Cooks

    01989HD

    For both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australians, Captain James Cook is a figure of great historical significance.

    Too Many Captain Cooks
  • 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
  • 1986
    The Secret Country: The First Australians Fight Back

    The Secret Country: The First Australians Fight Back

    The Secret Country: The First Australians Fight Back

    91986HD

    The shameful history of persecution of the Aborigines in Australia. The secret history of Australia is a historical conspiracy of silence. Written...

    The Secret Country: The First Australians Fight Back
  • 1970
    Shadow Sister: a Film Biography of Australian Aboriginal Poet Kath Walker

    Shadow Sister: a Film Biography of Australian Aboriginal Poet Kath Walker

    Shadow Sister: a Film Biography of Australian Aboriginal Poet Kath Walker

    01970HD

    This documentary shows the well-known Aboriginal poet Oodgeroo Noonuccal (Kath Walker) living on Stradbroke Island, Queensland, the place that was...

    Shadow Sister: a Film Biography of Australian Aboriginal Poet Kath Walker
  • 1998
    Marluku Wirlinyi: The Kangaroo Hunters

    Marluku Wirlinyi: The Kangaroo Hunters

    Marluku Wirlinyi: The Kangaroo Hunters

    01998HD

    MARLUKU WIRLINYI is a tale of kangaroo hunting that weaves its way through Dreamtime, to the present and back again. A group of old Warlpiri men...

    Marluku Wirlinyi: The Kangaroo Hunters
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2023
    WINHANGANHA

    WINHANGANHA

    WINHANGANHA

    02023HD

    WINHANGANHA (Wiradjuri language: Remember, know, think) - is a lyrical journey of archival footage and sound, poetry and original composition. It is...

    WINHANGANHA
  • 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
    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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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?
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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