Drama

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The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1978)

The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1978)

Based on Literature · Drama

THE CHANT OF JIMMIE BLACKSMITH (1978), based on the novel by Thomas Keneally, is the shocking tale of an indigenous man driven to madness and revenge. Jimmie Blacksmith (Tommy Lewis) is a young Aboriginal half-caste raised in central New South Wales at the turn-of-the-century, a boy initiated by his…

The Daughter

The Daughter

Drama · World Cinema

Adapted from The Wild Duck by Henrik Ibsen, a man returns to his hometown and unearths a long-buried family secret. As he tries to right the wrongs of the past, his actions threaten to shatter the lives of those he left behind years before.

Jimpa

Jimpa

LGBTQ · Drama

In this moving and authentic portrait of a multigenerational queer family, filmmaker Hannah (Olivia Colman) takes her trans nonbinary teenager Frances (Aud Mason-Hyde) to Amsterdam to visit their gay grandfather, lovingly known as “Jimpa” (John Lithgow). When Frances decides to stay with…

Oranges and Sunshine

Oranges and Sunshine

History · Drama · Biography

Oranges and Sunshine tells the story of Margaret Humphreys, a social worker from Nottingham who uncovered one of the most significant social scandals of recent times: the deportation of thousands of children from the United Kingdom to Australia. 

The Quest (Special Edition) aka Frog Dreaming

The Quest (Special Edition) aka Frog Dreaming

Drama · Family · Mystery

A resourceful American orphan living in rural Australia and his girlfriend embark on a search that takes them into the shadow-land of mystery and to the edge of death.

Swerve

Swerve

Crime · Drama · Thriller

While driving cross-country to a job interview, Colin comes across a fatal car accident and a suitcase full of money.