Jeni Thornley Movies

  • 1993
    Breathing Under Water

    Breathing Under Water

    Breathing Under Water

    6.21993HD

    BREATHING UNDER WATER is the story of a woman's journey into an imaginary underworld city. The birth of her daughter into an increasingly perilous...

    Breathing Under Water
  • 1996
    To The Other Shore

    To The Other Shore

    To The Other Shore

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    A deeply personal study of motherhood as a ‘rite of passage’. It interweaves moments from the filmmaker’s childhood, family life...

    To The Other Shore
  • 1983
    For Love or Money

    For Love or Money

    For Love or Money

    01983HD

    Using almost totally historical material, For Love or Money encompasses the role of Australian women in both paid and unpaid work, over a 200 year...

    For Love or Money
  • 1973
    A Film for Discussion

    A Film for Discussion

    A Film for Discussion

    01973HD

    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
  • 1988
    Thanks Girls and Goodbye

    Thanks Girls and Goodbye

    Thanks Girls and Goodbye

    01988HD

    Documentary using archival footage, newsreels and contemporary interviews with women of the WW2 Australian Women's Land Army.

    Thanks Girls and Goodbye
  • 2008
    Island Home Country

    Island Home Country

    Island Home Country

    52008HD

    A poetic cine-essay about race and Australia’s colonised history and how it impacts into the present offering insights into how various...

    Island Home Country
  • 2023
    Memory Film: A Filmmaker's Diary

    Memory Film: A Filmmaker's Diary

    Memory Film: A Filmmaker's Diary

    02023HD

    ‘memory film: a filmmaker’s diary’ is an immersive poetic documentary based on Jeni Thornley’s Super8 archive (1974-2003)...

    Memory Film: A Filmmaker's Diary
  • 1978
    Maidens

    Maidens

    Maidens

    01978HD

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

    Maidens
  • 1974
    Still Life

    Still Life

    Still Life

    01974HD

    A female life-model sits for a class of male artists.

    Still Life