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Show 'Mad Max' with reflections of politics, culture b- . i , UX jlZZ- J Strikers protest closing of their mine in "Kemira: Diary of a Strike." of the Building Laborers' Federation. Federa-tion. In the '40s, the union was thoroughly corrupt, but in the '60s, reformers took control and formed a coalition with liberals. Communists and independents. In the early '70s, with development develop-ment running rampant over Sydney, the union instituted "green bans," halts to development in the city's greenest and most historic areas. In this documentary by Pat Fiske. old footage shows the heated confrontations, con-frontations, with residents being evicted and bulldozers moving onto buildings Serious Undertakings This short film by Helen Grace examines ex-amines imagery to suggest the dif liculty ol showing "femininity" against the male macho myths about the creation of Australia. Singles Director Karl MePhee examines a .vorld where newly single people have been divorced a second or third time. The focus ol the film. Charles, is newly divorced, but has fallen in love again. A small group of women v ie for his attention, but his pursuit of affection is lonely and intense. Stations In a shoit film by .Jaekie McKim mie, Noni Hazelhurst stars as a Ireary shop assistant who finds romance briefly in a dance hall liaison. Reality intrudes again when she is pregnant, but her coping with I lie problem emerges as a tribute to Tins women the mothers of today's icnunists. A Street to Die Colonel Colin Turner a Vietnam war veteran, lives in ,i suburb of veterans' homes provided by the government- World War II vets on one side of the streeet. Vietnam vets on the other. When illness and death strike his side of the street, Turner 1 1 nds he is a victim of Agent Orange. The film, based on a true story, is lirected by Bill Bennett Chris I la v ward stars as Turner, the only man to be compensated for the el feels of Agent Orange Traps This is an esoteric film, but one that is understandable if you have seen the other films on Australian politics. The film by John Hughes follows an investigative reporter through several vignettes of Australian news events. We see the officer for a suspected CIA front predict, well before elections, that pro-United States Bob Hawke will be elected prime minister. Later, at a news conference for Prime Minister Hawke, the sound of a flash bulb is mistaken for a gun shot Unfinished Business Director Bob Ellis tell the story of middle-aged Geoff, who has just ended a failed marriage and a 15-year period as an American journalist. jour-nalist. Back in his native Australia, he meets old flame Maureen, who's married but childless. As part of rekindling the romance, Maureen suggsts he give her a child and they retreat to a seaside cottage to engender a luture taxpayer." Wrong Side of the Road Two real aborigine rock bands. No Fixed Address and Us Mob. star in a fictionalized account of two days on the road, which becomes a grim picture pic-ture of the treatment ol blacks in ustralia. The bands are hassled by white authority because of their color. Bookings are canceled. One band member carries around a "dog ticket," a pass that explains that, lespite her color, she is officially while because her lather was Caucasian Cauca-sian The film is directed by Ned I .a ndler. Wrong World A burned (Hit medical student returns to Australia after spending some time in South America and New York because there is no better place "to see out the end of the odd" The film, directed by Ian Pringle. is called "a hallucinogenic meditation medita-tion on disillusionment and hope." IJ.Jj. responded by using the area as a testing ground for atomic bombs. But the film's focus really falls on Ihe first hyrdogen bomb, "Bravo," in 1954. Fallout as thick as snow fell on . the populated islands of Rongelap, Utirik and Rongerik. And as the years passed, the natives died and mothers gave birth to children who looked like "the insides of a Untie, Un-tie, " in their words. Director Dennis o'Rourke assembles evidence to suggest the U.S. not only failed to evacuate the natives, but left them there intentionally inten-tionally to use as guinea pigs. Kemira: Diary of a Strike V In late 1982, the mammoth Australian corporation BMP announced an-nounced it was shutting down its mines in the New South Wales area of Wollongong as a cost-cutting necessity. But the workers, surveying BHP's yearly profit of $:soo,oon. suspected the action was taken to replace peo pie with new technology Thirty-one workers at the Kemira mine holed ip five kilometers underground as a protest. Director Tom Zubrycki and a crew working for deferred wages went underground to film the strike. Zubryck also observed the strains on ihe miner s wives above ground and Ihe strike's non-triumphant aftermath. after-math. ... I ion in the Doorway This film is described as "a crazed metaphysical Western in which a cowboy figure conjoins with Pierrot l.e Fou and Icarus to journey across the bizarre lunar landscapes of the ustralian bush." An enigma'' Perhaps, but German director Werner Herzog proclaimed, ' We must have this lilm!" It is directed by Prahubodha John Walker. The Man You Know "My voice means action." says political candidate Bob Proudfoot "Action for you in solving your problem." pro-blem." But for Bob's son, the cam- i paign triggers flashbacks in this short lilm dirccled by Steve Jacobs On the loose Three teenagers leave school to deal with the real world Eddie is crippled and feels like a failure. Nicole gels away from her pushy mother, but runs into .new trouble inking as a nurse for a lecherous dentist. Nick, who had a reputation as a school bully, learns the tricks of sur-Mval sur-Mval in the real world. The film is directed by Jane Oehr. Koi king Ihe Foundations This film lias as its hero a labor union - the New South Wales branch |
