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

ONE NIGHT THE MOON
original soundtrack featuring music by Paul Kelly and Kev Carmody

A musical drama set in the Australian outback in 1932. Featuring Paul Kelly, Kaarin Fairfax, Ruby Hunter and Kelton Pell. Entranced by the moon, a young girl steps out of her bedroom window. When her parents check on her, she is gone. The police suggest Aborginal tracker Albert Yang lead the search, but the father revolts - insisting there's to be "No blacks on my land". Instead he gathers as many white men as he can find and conducts a line search across the desolate plains, Albert watches helplessly as every trace of the child is stamped to dust. Sometime later, with her daughter still missing, the mother makes a decision to act against the will of her husband anbd reconcile the loss of her child. She goes to find Albert...
21 track audio CD

$40.00

I LIKE IT
by Zennith

From Kuranda in North Queensland has emerged a sound that fuses skankin' rainforest reggae with funky hip-hop. Zennith is a core group of four young Kuranda musicians, Aden Brim, Isaac Crowley, Robert Donahue and Lindsay Snider with backing by Willie and Astro Brim. With their high-energy rhythms and rhymes they have built up hyped local support in North Queensland and are now getting broader recognition after supporting Boney M and Ash Grumwald and festival appearances, including the 2008 Dreaming Festival. Zennith are the new future of roots and Indigenous music, kickin' stereo types and rockin' dance floors.

8 track audio CD, running time 34.35 minutes

$30.00

HOME MADE BISCUITS
by Dan Sultan

Dan Sultan is a great new talent that has emerged as one of this country's greatest performers with multi instrumental skills and great songwriting skills. Dan and Scott Wilson worked together to produce this great debut album. John Butler supported the production of Homemade Biscuits through his JB Seed Program, and Dave Graney's band supported the album launch. Xavier Rudd is another fan who has taken Dan on the road in Australia supporting his shows. Dan was also asked by Paul Kelly to record a song on the Kev Carmody tribute album with other artists including Bernard Fanning, The Waifs, and Tex Perkins amongst others. The band is Dan Sultan (guitar, vocals) Scott Wilson (guitar, vocals) Lazare Agneskis on drums and Jarrod Ross on Bass. At some shows they use a horn section and keyboard, taking them to a seven piece band. They are an absolute treat with their cool style of country soul edged songs with strong vocal harmonies and great playing.

12 track audio CD

$35.00

GURRUMUL
by Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu

Blind from birth, Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu is a powerhouse of musical creativity. Geoffrey, or Gudjuk as he is also called, is from North East Arnhemland. A former member of Yothu Yindi, now with Saltwater Band, Gurrumul solo excursions highlight his amazing talent as a singer/songwriter/musician, his beautiful voice singing the songs of his Gumatj country will never leave you. His solo performances are a rare treat and should not be missed.

12 track audio CD with 22 page booklet

$40.00

EYE 2 EYE
by Casey Donovan

Casey Donovan is best known for winning the Australian Idol competition at the age of 16 in 2004. In 2007 her contract with Karma Management expired and her latest CD has been produced by her own managament company.

Four track EP, audio CD

$20.00

BORN TO SURVIVE
The Best of Troy Cassar-Daley

Troy has an incredible personal story, one that has borne itself through his songs. As a child of an Aboriginal mother and Maltese father, his childhood is the stuff of legend – growing up in Grafton, running away to live with his father in Surry Hills, teaching himself to play guitar, his mother’s work on the railways, his beloved grandmother…all are factors in the rich tapestry of his life which heavily influenced his songwriting. Troy has grown from these humble begins to become one of Australia’s most loved and recognizable performers. Born To Survive is a collection of 20 songs, tracing Troy’s career from his first major label recording Dream Out Loud, to his new single Everything Is Going To Be Alright. Included are duets with Jimmy Barnes, Paul Kelly and Slim Dusty.

CD and DVD with 10 page booklet

$35.00

CANNOT BUY MY SOUL
The Songs of Kev Carmondy

The first CD features some of Australia's finest singers/songwriters paying tribute to the highly respected andadmired Kev Carmody, and the second containing Carmody's original versions. The contributing artists include; Bernard Fanning, The Herd, Tex Perkins, The Waifs, Missy Higgins, Augie March, Clare Bowditch, The John Butler Trio, Dan Kelly, Archie Roach, Troy Cassar-Daley, Sara Storer, Dan Sultan and Scott Wilson, Steve Kilbey, The Drones, The Last Kinection and the Pigram Brothers. The high calabre of these artists is testament to the level of respect shared amongst the Australian musical community, and also the impact that Kev has had on Australian music. The album was put together and recorded throughout 2006 by Paul Kelly, who describes Kev Carmody's body of work as one of our "great cultural treasures, incorporating oral history, the ongoing hurt of dispossession and the healing power of nature...influential and highly regarded in all corners of the country".

Two audio CDs with 18 page booklet featuring lyrics of the songs

$40.00

THE JOURNEY
by Jessica Mauboy

Jessica Mauboy is the much loved and highly praised runner-up of the Australian Idol 2006 series. This CD and DVD set features her complete Australian Idol journey from Final 12 to Final 2 in one CD (Disc 1) and the DVD (Disc 2) includes film clips of her stage performances. Jessica has come a long way and this release is her first official release since signing to SonyBMG in late 2006, Jessica's vocal accomplishments are mapped out here on the aptly titled 'Journey'.

DVD and CD with 6 page booklet

$35.00

MIRRORS
by Kev Carmody

Australia's treatment of refugees, US President George W Bush and our reliance on technology has inspired this collection of songs by Kev Carmody. Some of the songs are a departure from the folk style songs he is famous for and could be described as a variety of techno/folk/punk/grunge.

Audio CD, featuring 12 songs

$35.00

DIDJ A TALE
by Adrian Burragubba

This DVD and CD set features 12 tracks of pure didjeridoo with three of the tracks on a bunus video DVD. Also featured are images of Adrian's homeland in Central Queensland.

DVD and CD set

$30.00

THE DIDJ IN US
by Adrian Burragubba

On this CD you hear the haunting sounds of the didjeridoo played by Adrian Burragubba, one of Australia's most prominent cultural educators and perfomers. A major part of his career has been spent with cultural education programs and didjeridoo performances in schools and universities. Adrian strives to break down the barriers between the different cultures, and to encourage everyone to learn to respect the need for all Aboriginal people to continue to learn and practice their culture.
Audio CD, 6 tracks

$15.00

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

$50.00

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

ONE NIGHT THE MOON
directed by Rachel Perkins

A musical drama set in the Australian outback in 1932. Featuring Paul Kelly, Kaarin Fairfax, Ruby Hunter and Kelton Pell. Entranced by the moon, a young girl steps out of her bedroom window. When her parents check on her, she is gone. The police suggest Aborginal tracker Albert Yang lead the search, but the father revolts - insisting there's to be "No blacks on my land". Instead he gathers as many white men as he can find and conducts a line search across the desolate plains, Albert watches helplessly as every trace of the child is stamped to dust. Sometime later, with her daughter still missing, the mother makes a decision to act against the will of her husband anbd reconcile the loss of her child. She goes to find Albert...

DVD, running time 57minutes, also features music clips, cast and crew interviews and the making of the film

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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

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

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

LIVING IN JAGERA COUNTRY
A compilation of Brisbane Indigenous Artists

This album was recorded in the 4 Triple A studios - a compilation album of Indigenous artists living in the Brisbane area - each performing there own original material. With such variety of musical styles on this CD it presents a snapshot of the wealth of talent within the Indigenous community.

Audio CD

$20.00

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

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