Through lyrical images, Manganinnie journeys across mountains towards the coast with Joanna, a white girl, in search of Manganinnie's vanished tribe. The poignancy of this film derives from the Aboriginal woman's gradual realization that her people and the tribal way of life are forever gone. It is the story of the Black Drive of 1830, the near-genocide of the Tasmanian Aborigines.
Aug 1980
The story of the genocide of the Tasmanian aborigine population by British settlers. Specifically Truganini, the last living full-blood aborigine.
Aug 1978
May 1982
A ragtag group of kids set out to save derelict steam ferry Lady Hope from destruction.
Dec 1981
Follows amateur botanist Antonius Moscal's raft journey down the Franklin River (Tasmania, Australia).
Jan 1980
Take a bird’s eye view of 1980s Tasmania, filmed from the window of a helicopter.
Jan 1981
After waiting for a bus at Fern Tree that never arrives, a clown takes refuge under the snowy rocks of Mount Wellington and frolics on the wintery beach at Kingston with a black dog. Throughout the film, the footage cuts to a psychedelic Hobart house party where the clown is both present and absent, joyful and sad.
Jan 1979
Discusses bush walking and camping safety procedures using humorous sketches and common sense sequences.
Jan 1978