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ART STAR AND THE SUDANESE TWINS, THE
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During a photo shoot of nude women in Sudan, conceptual artist Vanessa Beecroft became obsessed with adopting two orphaned babies despite the objection of her husband and Congolese authorities. The Art Star is Kiwi filmmaker Pietra Brettkelly's nonfiction account of Beecroft's trip back to Africa during a 16-month campaign to adopt the children. "Provocative result is not a straightforward artist's profile, political commentary or domestic drama, but a poetic fusion of the three" (Variety). Nominated for the Grand Jury Prize for World Cinema Documentary at Sundance.
Pietra Brettkelly---New Zealand---2007---98 mins.
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DREAMING UNIVERSE- WOLF
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Physicist Fred Wolf maintains that the world of dreams is ontologically real. This entertaining meditation on the nature of human consciousness explores the concept of "dreamtime" originated by Australian Aborigines. 60 mins.
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KURTAL: SNAKE SPIRIT
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Our Price: $195.00
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This unique documentary tells the story of Spider, a sprightly 80-year-old Aboriginal elder who travels from Fitzroy Crossing into the Great Sandy Desert of Western Australia to visit a jila--a sacred waterhole. Spider is one of the main custodians responsible for the practices that take place there. For the first time, he is taking his family and community elders back to his birthplace, where he will communicate with their ancestors through Kurtal, the Snake Spirit, in an ancient ritual. The film examines the ongoing change faced by a remote Aboriginal community and their determination to maintain their close links to birthplace and country. It shows the passing on of traditional knowledge from father to son and grandson, and the vital and sustained Nicole Ma/Michelle Mahrer---Australia---2003---28 mins.
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NOT QUITE HOLLYWOOD: THE WILD, UNTOLD STORY OF OZPLOITATION!
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In this socio-historical look back at Australian genre movies of the 70s and 80s, the "new wave" of exploitation filmmakers share their recollections of making films that pushed boundaries
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TWO LAWS
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"A breakthrough of major significance in ethnographic film" (Film Quarterly), Two Laws is the story of an Aboriginal community from th e remote Northern Territory of Australia told through their own eyes and throug h their own narrative traditions. With dramatic, sensual visuals and dreamlike pacing, the Aboriginal filmmakers trace the history of their struggle to reclaim their lands and the problems faced living under "Two Laws"--one a centuries-old Aboriginal code, the other the brutal rule of law imposed by European settlers. This approach offers a completely different logic to documenting history and culture, and the result is a fascinating film that not only pushes past the boundaries of documentary, but challenges the stilted style of ethnographic film typically found on television. In Aboriginal Carolyn Strachan/Alessandro Cavadini---Australia---1981---140 mins.
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