Martha Ansara Movies
- 1977
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...
- 2008
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...
- 1978
Third Person Plural
Third Person Plural01978HD
Four young people get to know each other by spending weekends on a yacht stationed in Sydney's Pittwater area.
- 2020
Brazen Hussies
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Reveals a revolutionary chapter in Australian history, the Women’s Liberation Movement (1965 -1975). Interweaves fresh archival footage,...
- 1979
My Survival as an Aboriginal
My Survival as an Aboriginal01979HD
Essie Coffey gives the children lessons on Aboriginal culture. She speaks of the importance of teaching these kids about their traditions. Aboriginal...
- 2002
Ordinary People
Ordinary People8.52002HD
Far right and anti-immigration politics have been on the rise worldwide. In Australia, as in many other western countries, as Ordinary People was...
- 1973
A Film for Discussion
A Film for Discussion01973HD
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...
- 2020
Women of Steel
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Forty years ago, Wollongong’s Jobs for Women Campaign, with director Robynne Murphy among its...
- 1988
The Pursuit of Happiness
The Pursuit of Happiness01988HD
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...
- 1993
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...
- 1982
Changing the Needle
Changing the Needle01982HD
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...
- 1978
Maidens
Maidens01978HD
Maidens(1978) is an autobiographical essay film, using personal archives, still and moving image, from both domestic and other sources, lyrical...
- 2006
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...
- 1984
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...
- 1989
Always Was, Always Will Be
Always Was, Always Will Be01989HD
This is the account of the Aboriginal People of Perth on protest to protect the Ancestral First Grandmothers' and Grandfathers' Beliefs of the Sacred...