Martha Ansara Movies

  • 1973
    A Film for Discussion

    A Film for Discussion

    A Film for Discussion

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    A docu-drama shot in 1970, but not completed until 1973, the film sought to encapsulate in an experimental form issues that were under discussion...

    A Film for Discussion
  • 2020
    Brazen Hussies

    Brazen Hussies

    Brazen Hussies

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    Reveals a revolutionary chapter in Australian history, the Women’s Liberation Movement (1965 -1975). Interweaves fresh archival footage,...

    Brazen Hussies
  • 1977
    Backroads

    Backroads

    Backroads

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    Two strangers – one white, one black – steal a car in western NSW and head for the coast. Jack is abrasive, cunning and disparaging about...

    Backroads
  • 1982
    Changing the Needle

    Changing the Needle

    Changing the Needle

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    A quarter of a million drug addicts —one of the most serious consequences of the Vietnam War. These addicts were the citizens of the South, and...

    Changing the Needle
  • 1979
    My Survival as an Aboriginal

    My Survival as an Aboriginal

    My Survival as an Aboriginal

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    Essie Coffey gives the children lessons on Aboriginal culture. She speaks of the importance of teaching these kids about their traditions. Aboriginal...

    My Survival as an Aboriginal
  • 1984
    On Guard

    On Guard

    On Guard

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    Set against the backdrop of modern-day Sydney, this heist-style thriller involves four politicised women from varying backgrounds, who conspire to...

    On Guard
  • 1978
    Third Person Plural

    Third Person Plural

    Third Person Plural

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    Four young people get to know each other by spending weekends on a yacht stationed in Sydney's Pittwater area.

    Third Person Plural
  • 2002
    Ordinary People

    Ordinary People

    Ordinary People

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    Far right and anti-immigration politics have been on the rise worldwide. In Australia, as in many other western countries, as Ordinary People was...

    Ordinary People
  • 1993
    My Life As I Live It

    My Life As I Live It

    My Life As I Live It

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    In her second film, MY LIFE AS I LIVE IT (1993), Essie Coffey returns to her home in Dodge City where she and the A-Team are running in the shire...

    My Life As I Live It
  • 2008
    The Ballad of Betty & Joe

    The Ballad of Betty & Joe

    The Ballad of Betty & Joe

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    Every morning Betty tramps alone through the big city to join her fellow buskers in the pedestrian tunnel below, trying to earn a living. But her...

    The Ballad of Betty & Joe
  • 1988
    The Pursuit of Happiness

    The Pursuit of Happiness

    The Pursuit of Happiness

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    A drama with strong documentary elements, set in the port city of Fremantle, WA, at a time of American nuclear fleet visits. The film traces the...

    The Pursuit of Happiness
  • 2020
    Women of Steel

    Women of Steel

    Women of Steel

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    Forty years ago, Wollongong’s Jobs for Women Campaign, with director Robynne Murphy among its...

    Women of Steel
  • 2006
    I Remember 1948

    I Remember 1948

    I Remember 1948

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    Speaking in Arabic and English, Soliman Al-Halawani, Dr. Mahmoud Hourani, Fouad Charida, Dib El Chami and Rafica El Chami Batach tell of their life...

    I Remember 1948
  • 1978
    Maidens

    Maidens

    Maidens

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    Maidens(1978) is an autobiographical essay film, using personal archives, still and moving image, from both domestic and other sources, lyrical...

    Maidens
  • 1989
    Always Was, Always Will Be

    Always Was, Always Will Be

    Always Was, Always Will Be

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    This is the account of the Aboriginal People of Perth on protest to protect the Ancestral First Grandmothers' and Grandfathers' Beliefs of the Sacred...

    Always Was, Always Will Be