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Stories That Work: Documentary as a powerful tool to spark social change

Contributor, Thursday, 12th September 2019 - In today’s fast-moving world, documentary stands-out as a unique and powerful tool to educate ourselves and spark social change.

Doco of the month: The Common Thread

Wendy Williams, Tuesday, 27th August 2019 - Everybody has a story to tell when it comes to mental health, and Byron Bay filmmaker Darius Devas is no exception. He talks to Wendy Williams about his struggle with anxiety and how the suicide of his friend led him to make The Common Thread, as par

Opinion

The refugee reality

Tim Costello, Tuesday, 30th July 2019 - In this extract from his new memoir, A Lot with A Little, activist Tim Costello reflects on the need for Australia to take our fair share of refugees and reject the language of the new authoritarianism and scapegoating.

Opinion

Australia’s podcast revolution

Mike Davis, Monday, 22nd July 2019 - Podcasts offer us a great way to harness and optimise idle time so that we might learn, connect and grow. Here podcast fanatic and producer Mike Davis shares his top five listens from Australia.

Let’s talk about racism

Wendy Williams, Wednesday, 17th July 2019 - How does race shape our lives? What does racism look like? What can we do to address it?

Michael Leunig drinking a cup of tea in his studio.

Doco of the month: The Leunig Fragments

Wendy Williams, Tuesday, 9th July 2019 - Who is Michael Leunig? Wendy Williams talks to Kasimir Burgess about his new film The Leunig Fragments and why despite being at the centre of the doco the famous cartoonist remains as elusive as ever, as part of a series profiling powerful documentar

Still from the doco 2040 showing Gameau planting a tree with his wife and daughter.

Doco of the Month: 2040

Wendy Williams, Tuesday, 11th June 2019 - What will the world look like in 2040? Director Damon Gameau talks to Wendy Williams about his vision for his daughter’s future and why we all need to join the regeneration, as part of a series profiling powerful documentaries in partnership with D

Jason King looking for ghosts in a tunnel

Doco of the month: Ghosthunter

Wendy Williams, Thursday, 18th April 2019 - The team behind the award-winning documentary Ghosthunter talk to Wendy Williams about the film’s impact and how a story about ghosts became an exploration of the impact of childhood trauma, as part of a new series profiling powerful documentaries

Feature

A still from the film The Hunting Ground

Expanding The Hunting Ground – A Conversation About Consent

Wendy Williams, Tuesday, 20th June 2017 - As many as one in five women and one in 20 men in Australia have experienced sexual violence since the age of 15.

Good Pitch Film Stirs Gay Marriage Debate

Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 2nd June 2015 - A film about the children of same-sex parents funded through social change event Good Pitch will have its Sydney premiere this week, as the Labor Party and the Coalition consider their positions on same-sex marriage.

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