Haydn Keenan
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Christina Stead became one of the greatest writer's Australia has produced and one of the great writers of the twentieth century. Her books, especially The Man Who Loved Children (1940), have attracted admirers throughout the English-speaking world and have been translated into many other languages. Through her long life she cared nothing for publicity or reviews. In her long life, she only agreed to one filmed interview. This is it. Over two days...
Publisher
Smart Street Films
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Voted documentary series of the year by the Australian Film Critics Circle, PERSONS OF INTEREST lifts the lid on the Australian Intelligence & Security Organisation's (ASIO) secret war on dissent. In each episode a person of interest is given their previously secret intelligence file and asked to explain the allegations it contains. Using never before seen ASIO surveillance films, photographs and the actual files this is a unique insight into the...
Publisher
Smart Street Films
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
From the establishment of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy to the creation of the Black Panther Party of Australia Sam Watson has been one of the leading voices in the struggle for justice for black Australians. In this posthumous and exclusive record Sam looks back on the street fighting years under the iron grip of the right wing Government of Jo Bjelke-Petersen in Queensland. He and colleagues like Dennis Walker were watched 24/7 by the Queensland Police...
Publisher
Smart Street Films
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Episode 1: Roger Milliss - The Cold War & Beyond ASIO tracked the Milliss family for two generations as it was torn apart by politics. The family was divided, as father and son, both Communists, argued differing paths to Socialism. A tragic story played out against a backdrop of the great events of the 20th Century. The most personal details of his life were investigated in ASIO's hunt for communist spies. These are personal stories in a political...
Publisher
Smart Street Films
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Episode 3: Gary Foley - Australian Black Panther High profile Aboriginal activist Gary Foley was a member of the Black Panthers and a leader in the fight for land rights and social justice. ASIO saw this struggle as a front for violent world communism. Suspected of conspiring to commit acts of terror and subversion his extraordinary life was recorded in detail. Professor Foley gives us a hard hitting and at times hilarious analysis of his intelligence...
Publisher
Smart Street Films
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Episode 2: Michael Hyde - Student Revolution One of the most notorious student radicals of the 1960s Michael Hyde called for the violent overthrow of the State. Hyde and his comrades challenged the old guard supported the North Vietnamese and ASIO followed them every step of the way. A cat and mouse game of increasing pressure leads to conflict, paranoia and the rise of a unique generation.
Publisher
Smart Street Films
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Episode 4: Frank Hardy - But The Dead Are many Author Frank Hardy was the most outspoken and well known Communist in Australia. He was a gambler, larrikin and for 45 years a target for ASIO. His story is the story of the left itself as he struggles with misplaced faith. It's also the story of the Australian intelligence services and the future of surveillance.
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