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This collection celebrates the work of the McDonagh sisters. In the 1920s, they became the first women to own and operate a film production company in Australia.
Paulette (1901–1978) wrote and...
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Director Pat Fiske shares her story about the making of the landmark documentary Australia Daze.
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Ella Havelka, the first Indigenous dancer with the Australian Ballet, discusses the documentary Ella with director Douglas Watkin and the NFSA's Karina Libbey.
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Director Ian Darling, ex-footballer Michael O’Loughlin, and AFL Inclusion and Social Policy Manager Tanya Hosch discuss the Adam Goodes documentary The Final Quarter and racism in sport with ABC's...
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NFSA Restores: Eternity premieres at the Sydney Film Festival. The acclaimed 1994 documentary has been digitally restored 25 years after its release.
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Producer Joanna Buggy and highly acclaimed solo violinist Niki Vasilakis from Adelaide discussed the classical music documentary '4' with high school students in South Australia. Watch videos from...
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Courtesy of Storry Walton and Robin Hughes, we publish their eulogies for the late filmmaker Tom Manefield.
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In July 2019 the NFSA hosted a screening of director Ian Darling’s documentary The Final Quarter, about the events that provoked heated public debate and the retirement of champion AFL player Adam...
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On 7 February 2020, the NFSA hosted a screening and conversation with filmmaker Richard Lowenstein and film editor Taylor Martin about the making of the documentary, Mystify: Michael Hutchence (2019...
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This segment from SBS program The Movie Show (1986–2008) features a review of the documentary Australia Daze (1988) by Margaret Pomeranz and David Stratton.
Margaret and David, who hosted the long-...
