GULPILIL-ONE RED BLOOD
a film by Darlene Johnson

A fascinating portrait of a great Australian actor. The film begins with David Gulpilil on the set of The Tracker, and follows him back to Ramingining in Arnhem Land, where the viewer gets a candid insight into his life and his responsibilites to his community. Along the way you hear from acclaimed directors Philip Noyce and Rolf De Heer, and many other of Gulpilil's closests colleagues, including Justine Saunders and Jack Thomson.

DVD, running time 80minutes, extra Walkabout documentary

$40.00

HOLD ME TIGHT
by Scott McPhie

Inspired by actual historical events Hold Me Tight tells the story of escaped convict Allan Cameron, who flees the brutal Moreton bay Penal Colony, only to find that life on the run is in many ways harder than he expected and that freedom really is a state of mind. A DVD featuring Scott McPhie, Bevan Lea, Jane FitzGerald, Renee Bowen, Nigel Bean, Rhett Brambleby and Donny Ross.
DVD, running time 32minutes, also features making of discussion (37minutes), out takes (7 minutes), alternative versions and DVD material

$40.00

SEPTEMBER
directed by Peter Carstairs

September is a film about two 16 year old boys whose friendship begins to fall apart against a turbulent and pivotal moment in Australia's recent past. Set in Western Australia in 1968, Ed and Paddy have been best friends for as long as they can remember, having grown up together. While Ed goes to school, Paddy works with his father, labouring without pay on the farm owned by Ed's father. Their two families maintain a friensdship while grappling with social and racial boundaries. At a time when the national Aboriginal Rights Movement is gathering momentum and when white farmers are finally forced to start paying wages to Aboriginal workers. The delicate, though unjust equilibrium of their relationship cannot be sustained and for the first time Paddy starts to see things as they really are.

DVD, running time 85 minutes, also features audio commentary, interviews with creative team and two short films from director

$40.00

THE FRINGE DWELLERS
directed by Bruce Beresford

A film featuring Kristina Nehm, Ernie Dingo, Bob Maza and Justine Saunders. The Fringe Dwellers is a story of a teenager living in a shantytown with her extended family. A quietly ambitious girl, Trilby Comeaway persuades her mother to move into a prosperous white neighborhood somewhat beyond their means but to Trilby's dismay, the entire extended family moves with them. With the white locals freely expressing their distaste for the new neighbors and Trilby's relationship with boyfriend resulting in an unwanted pregnancy, things are not turning out how she imagined.

DVD, running time 98 minutes, also features a profile of Ernie Dingo, photo montage, novel profile & theatrical trailer

$40.00

OUR BOAT
written and directed by Maureen Logan

This short film is ideal for primary school students interested in what life was like back when their grandparents where young. Through the eyes of Maureen as a young girl, Our Boat portrays Aboriginal family life in the northern New South Wales coastal community of Fingal in the 1940s. As her father grew weary from long days cycling to and from work, he saw the need to build a boat for his family to cross the river and shorten the trip to the nearby towns. With Maureen's help Arthur Foley built a boat that brought joy to a community and changed their lives.

DVD, running time 7 minutes 30 seconds

$30.00

SUSAN'S BIRTHDAY PARTY
written and directed by Maureen Logan

This short film is about a contemporary Aboriginal family living in northern New South Wales. With fair skin and red hair, six-year old Susan begins school and is not afraid to tell everyone that she is a Goori girl. She is teased and taunted by the other children as she is not the stereotypical Aboriginal, instead of acceptance; Susan has to defend herself continuously until one day she tells her mother. The family decides to hold a party for Susan's seventh birthday as a way of addressing these identity issues.

DVD, running time 5 minutes 35 seconds

$30.00

BIRRAJAKOO
Bush plants of Nyikina country, Western Australia

To the people of the West Kimberley their country abounds in plants that meet their every need. Whether it be nutritious food, treating skin disorders and ailments such as pain or athritis, making milk supliments for babies or stunning fish for an easy harvest. This CD rom introduces the English, scientific and language names of over 40 plants as well as a brief description of a use for each plant.

CD Rom, ISBN 978-9756-069-9

$25.00

KANYINI
Directed by Melanie Hogan and Presented by Bob Randall

Kanyini is a story told by Bob Randall, who lives beside the greatest monolith in the world, Uluru in Central Australia. Based on Bob's own personal journey and the wisdom he learnt from old people living in the bush, Bob poignantly explains why some from his community are struggling in a modern world and what needs to be done for them to move forward. A tale of Indigenous wisdom clashing against materialist notions of progress.

DVD, running time 53 minutes, also features channel 9 and SBS reviews

$40.00

STEPS IN TIME
MORNINGTON ISLAND DANCE CULTURE
filmed by George Fallon of Sandtraks

This education package is designed specifically for primary and early secondary students and anyone who wants the chance to journey inside Australian Aboriginal culture. This DVD delivers a complete learning experience, a stand alone DVD with high quality, unique footage, an entertaining and informative-packed narative and featuring the vibrant Aboriginal music and dance of Mornington Island in the Gulf of Carpentaria. Included are flexible teaching notes developed specifically to compliment the film.

DVD, running time 45 minutes, featuring 8 chapters

$120.00

SALT WATER AND SAND TRACKS
Vol. 1 COASTAL BUSH TICKER & TURTLE CONSERVATION
Vol. 2 BUSH MEDICINE, ARTS/CRAFTS & DREAMTIME STORY
filmed by George Fallon of Sandtraks

This double DVD set has been specially designed for use across a wide range of curriculum areas. These DVDs deliver a complete learning experience, with high quality, unique footage, an entertaining and informative-packed narative. These films don't just tell you about life in an Aboriginal community, they take you there: go head-to-head with a vicious mud crab; make a didgeridoo from scratch; hunt down a kangaroo in the desert; brave the rugged coast of Arnhem Land in search of mouth-watering seafood and much more! The producers know how to speak to children so they have filmed through the eyes of children and tell their stories. The teaching notes have been developed by experienced education officers.

Double DVD set, running time 90 minutes, featuring 15 chapters

$180.00

BACK ROADS
directed by Phillip Noyce

A tale of two outsiders, on the run. One white, one black. Heading for nowhere fast. Shot on location in north western NSW and features Bill Hunter in his earliest lead role and Gary Foley, the well known political activist. This 1977 cult classic is the first feature film by Phillip Noyce and also the first time Aborigines made a creative contribition, both as actors and in the development of a feature film.

DVD, running time 57minutes (frequent coarse language & adult concepts)

$30.00

TEN CANOES
a film by Rolf De Heer and the People of Ramingining

This ground breaking film is like no others. A parable of forbidden love from Australia's mythical past, with storytelling by David Gulpilil and starring his son Jamie. Ten Canoes is a glimpse into Aborginal life centuries before Europeans settlement. Shot in and around the Aurafura Wetlands of Central Arnhem Land, Rolf De Heer and the People of Raminging have created a magnificant and timeless tale.

DVD, running time 92, extras 120 minutes, interviews, feature slideshow, short documentaries

$40.00

BENEATH CLOUDS
a film by Ivan Sen

Lena (Danielle Hall) is a fair-skinned Aboriginal girl living in a small isolated country New South Wales town. She longs for the Irish father she never really knew. One day she decides to leave the town, hitting the road with little money, a backpack and a photo of her dad. Vaughn (Damian Pitt) is an Aboriginal teenage boy in a minimum-security prison. He is hardened by his anger at the world and spends his days woking in the prison pine plantation. He is disconnected from his family, but news of his mother's illness prompts him to break out of prison in the hope of reaching her before it is to late. Vaughn meets Lena at a truck stop on the road to Sydney. Initially both are suspicious and wary of each other, but their journey, mostly on foot and the odd lift, brings them closer to their search for purpose, identity and love.

DVD, running time 90minutes, also features scene selections and trailers

$40.00

THE TRACKER
directed by Rolf De Heer, featuring David Gulpilil

This film set in 1922 features the relentless pursuit of an Aboriginal man accused of murder. When an interrogation of a small group of Aborigines turns into a massacre, paranoia sets in, and the question becomes not will the fugitive be caught, but what is black and what is white... and who is leading whom?

2002, DVD, running time 98minutes, interviews, out-takes, Peter Coad featurette, awards & festivals footage, trailers, music clip, biographies, music performed by Archie Roach

$30.00

WALKABOUT
directed by Nicolas Roeg, featuring David Gulpilil

Nicolas' Roags mystical masterpiece chronicles the physical, spiritual, and emotional journal of a sister and brother abandoned in the harsh Australian outback. Joining a young Aboriginal man - these modern children pass from innocence into experience as they are thrust from the comforts of civilisation into the savagery of the natural world. One of the most individualistic and visually accomplished filmakers of our time, Nicolas Roeg perfectly captures the tragic conflict between natural instincts and civilised behaviour.

1971, DVD, running time 100 minutes, Jenny Agutter and Nicolas Roeg commentary, motion menas, cast bios, director bio, trailers

$30.00

RABBIT-PROOF FENCE
Film based on the novel by Doris Pilkington Garimara

In the 1930s, three young girls are snatched from their mothers' arms in Jigalong, Western Australia and sent to a remote settlement at Moore River, over 2,000 kilometres away from their home. Separated from their mothers and forced to adapt to a strange new world, the girls attempt the impossible and embark on a daring escape. They begin an epic journey across an unforgiving landscape that will test the girls' very will to survive. Their one hope is to follow the rabbit-proof fence that might just guide them home.

DVD (double disc set) approximate running time 94 minutes

$30.00

STORM BOY
based on a novel by Colin Thiele

A boy lives with his reclusive father on South Australia's lonely and beautiful coast. Here his free spirit roams with his pet pelican, Mr Percival and his secret Aboriginal friend, Fingerbone Bill. He knows no other world. Suddenly there are intruders, the local school teacher who wants him to take lessons, a resentful wildlife ranger, duck shooters and others. He is frorced between a life of isolation or a life dealing with the outside world.

DVD, running time 87 minutes, also features stills gallery

$30.00

LOOKING BACK MOVING FORWARD
Significant Dates in Indigenous History
produced by Ian Watson

This series feature subjects of interest to educators, students, researchers and the wider community. The series was produced by award-winning journalist Ian Watson with ABC journalist Tanya Denning, and freelance editor and writer Sandra Phillips.

Set of eight Audio CDs each with 2 half hour tracks

$175.00

OUR DREAMINGS
Ancient Traditional Indigenous Art and Culture of Australia
by Chrysalis Productions

An interactive CD Rom about the Warlpiri people of the central desert and discover art and culture which connects them to the earth. For students and anyone interest in Aboriginal art and culture. View over 70 paintings, watch a video of artists painting, hear the artists stories, explore desert art history and learn Warlpiri words.
Interactive CD Rom, (limited stock) ISBN 0-9580429-0-X

$60.00

CULCHA DISC
Australian Indigenous Images Vol 1

This CD Rom includes 447 original artowrks by sixdiverse Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists. Clip art with a difference, for the graphic artist or as an educational resource for students and teachers. The Culcha Disc can be utilised for developing projects and programmes on Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander culture, history and lifestyle. A wide group of exemptions exist for non-commercial use without royalty - for example personal use by individuals, use by libraries, educational institutions, child care centres and community information fliers for use in Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander communities.

Clip art CD Rom

$40.00

ABORIGINAL ART & CULTURE RESOURCE KIT
with Rick Roser

Rick Roser was born in 1955 and has taught Aboriginal art and culture at thousands of school workshops and events. Rick has a lifetime of experiences to share and fully understands the needs of professional educators, students and community organisations. This CD Rom will prove a valuable resource for anyone interested in traditional art, culture and Aboriginal Studies. Activities include an easy to print out and photocopy colouring-in book, cultural essays, three short movies that link to activities, such as stone axe making, ochre painting and basket making. The disc includes over 150 clip-art images. Create your own stationery including letterheads, posters, borders and backgrounds, perfect for school certificates or special presentations.
Clip-art CD Rom, Volume 1, 2004 (limited stock) ISBN 0-9581169-9-7

$125.00

THE ABORIGINAL ART OF OCHRE PAINTING
with Rick Roser

Ochre - Ancient pigments used from time immemorial to express dreams in art. In this video Rick Roser, Aboriginal artist shows us the ochre trail. From gathering the ochre in the mountains and rivers, preparing it, on to traditional stencil art, bark painting, hunting magic and beyond. This entertaining and enlightening journey is of enduring interest to students of art and people of all ages and nationalities.

DVD, 2003, running time 22 minutes. ISBN 0-9752460-8-9

$40.00

THE ABORIGINAL ART OF STRING MAKING
with Rick Roser

String, from nets and traps to clothing and blankets. So much of our lives depend upon a basic invention and yet without machines few people today can make a single strand of string. In this video Aboriginal artist Rick Roser shows material collection, processing and actual string making the traditional Aboriginal way.

DVD, running time 28 minutes, ISBN 978-0-9803233-1-3

$40.00

THE ABORIGINAL ART OF FIRE MAKING
with Rick Roser

Fire—the most important invention in the history of the human race and still the mainstay of our existence, yet the art of fire making without modern technology is all but lost. Aborigines, have kept this ancient art alive using only two sticks and a handful of tinder Rick Roser shows the entire process step by step. Rick was born in 1955. He has taught Aboriginal art and culture at thousands of school workshops and presented spectacular fire-making performances at festivals around the world.

DVD, running time 28 minutes, ISBN 978-0-9803323-30-6

$40.00