Conspiracy An Investigation of Sydney’s 1978 Hotel Bombing

Film Art Media

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Australia was rocked in 1978 by the explosion of a massive bomb placed in a rubbish bin outside the Sydney Hilton Hotel. A dramatic reinvestigation of this unsolved crime. On the 13th of February 1978 at 12:40 am, a massive bomb which had been placed in the rubbish bin outside the Sydney Hilton Hotel exploded, devastating a whole city block. Three people were killed and seven seriously injured. The noise of the explosion could be heard as far way as Bondi Beach.

At the time, the Australian Prime Minister and eleven visiting heads of state were resident in the Hilton Hotel. Right from the beginning the police said it was a terrorist conspiracy. They claimed the Ananda Marga religious sect was responsible. But for ten years, no person or group claimed responsibility, and the police by their own admission could find no evidence -- not even enough to question anybody. At the same time, former police constable Terry Griffiths, a victim of the bomb blast, campaigned for a full and open inquiry. While recovering from his horrific injuries Griffiths received information which alleged it was the security forces themselves who were responsible for the blast, part of a sinister official conspiracy.

Through a series of stylised re-enactments and studio interviews Conspiracy tells the gripping and dramatic story of the Sydney Hilton Hotel bombing. A huge security operation had been mounted for what was the first Commonwealth Heads of Government Regional Meeting and yet the bombers somehow slipped through the cordon. Was the bomb itself made in a commonwealth government laboratory? Was a bomb disposal unit waiting nearby as part of a pre-arranged plan? Why were the Army bomb sniffer dogs called off just a few days before? Was there a police observation vehicle watching the hotel and did someone from that vehicle make the bomb warning call? Why were almost all of the bomb fragments simply swept up and thrown away? And why was a rubbish bin in a high security area left unchecked and unguarded? It is many years since these questions were first raised. Now they are being asked in Federal parliament.

Running Time

59 mins

Year

1994

Kanopy ID

1430430

Filmmakers

Daryl Dellora

Languages

English

Subjects

Documentaries > Politics & Current Affairs

Global Studies & Languages > Australian Studies

Social Sciences > Law & Criminal Justice

Social Sciences > Political Science

Documentaries

The Great White Hoax

Donald Trump and the Politics of Race and Class in America

Media Education Foundation

 

https://www.kanopy.com/product/great-white-hoax

 

Acclaimed anti-racist educator and author Tim Wise explores how Donald Trump expertly tapped into long-simmering racial tensions and rode an accelerating wave of white anxiety and grievance straight to the White House.

Rejecting the notion that Trump's racial appeals to white voters during the 2016 campaign somehow represented a break with business as usual, Wise shows how the politics of racial scapegoating have been operative in conservative and establishment Republican circles for decades. He also rejects the notion that the rise of Trump can be explained by the Democratic Party's failure to speak to the economic anxieties of white working-class voters, showing how it was cultural anxiety, more than anything else, that motivated Trump's white supporters.

THE GREAT WHITE HOAX offers a fascinating look at how conservative political leaders and strategists have been tapping into anxieties about cultural change to win the support of white Americans, especially white men, for decades. And it makes a powerful case for why Trumpism, and the politics of racial scapegoating, are destined to fail in the end.

 

 

CIA vs KGB- Battleground Berlin

Java Films

https://www.kanopy.com/product/cia-vs-kgb

For 50 years, Berlin was the symbol of the Cold War. The city at the heart of the intelligence war between the US and the Soviet bloc. Thousands of KGB or CIA agents observed each other, cogs in the biggest information war in history.

But the war between the secret services was one dimension of a much larger conflict. A confrontation that almost boiled over just under the surface of the cold war. Economic pressures, secret diplomacy and espionage were the hallmarks of this hidden war that never turn into armed conflict. An underground war between two institutions, without the knowledge of official diplomacy.

We hear from former CIA and KGB agents and discover the hidden face of the cold war.

Running Time

53 mins

Year

2015

Kanopy ID

1246623

Filmmakers

David Muntaner

Languages

English

Subjects

Documentaries > Politics & Current Affairs

Social Sciences > History - Modern

Social Sciences > Law & Criminal Justice

Documentaries > Historical Perspectives

Social Sciences > Political Science

Documentaries

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Timeline - World History Documentaries

Published on Oct 14, 2018

For 50 years, Berlin was the symbol of the Cold War. The city at the heart of the intelligence war between the US and the Soviet bloc. Thousands of KGB or CIA, agents observed each other, cogs in the biggest information war in history. But the war between the secret services was one dimension of a much larger conflict. A confrontation that almost boiled over just under the surface of the cold war. Economic pressures, secret diplomacy and espionage were the hallmarks of this hidden war that never turn into armed conflict. An underground war between two institutions, without the knowledge of official diplomacy. We hear from former CIA and KGB agents and discover the hidden face of the cold war. Content licensed from Java films. Any queries, please contact us at: realstories@littledotstudios.com

 

 

  Occupation- Native

 Biting Back at Australian History

  Ronin Films
    
   
  

https://www.kanopy.com/product/occupation-native

 

The Aboriginal story has been buried deep beneath the 247-year-old accepted Australian narrative. In OCCUPATION: NATIVE, Aboriginal filmmaker Trisha Morton-Thomas, bites back at Australian history.

Captain James Cook, a hero to most Australians but a thief to Aboriginal people, stole the continent with a British flag. Of course, the Aboriginal people had no idea what Cook was up to. They continued on with their lives, blissfully unaware that their 80,000 year kinship with their lands was about to be tested beyond their worst nightmares.

Aboriginal people fought back against white domination, but numbers and guns were against them. In a long, ugly war, brave men, women and children died in defense of their country, yet the European narrative buried their heroic stand and failed to mention their names and deeds.

But the voices of Black Australia would not be quieted. Their spirit and resilience became a contemporary political issue, and the concept of reconciliation became an ideological mantra. Achieving that goal became a political football for decades, and is still getting a good kick around the park today.

Running Time

53 mins

Year

2017

Kanopy ID

5468803

Filmmakers

Trisha Morton-Thomas

Features

Ian Meadows, Jeremy Ambrum, Justin Smith, Steven Oliver, Trisha Morton-Thomas

Languages

English

Subjects

Documentaries > Ethnicity & Identity

Documentaries > Politics & Current Affairs

Global Studies & Languages > Australian Studies

Social Sciences > History - Modern

Global Studies & Languages > Indigenous Studies

Documentaries > Historical Perspectives

Social Sciences > Political Science

Social Sciences > Race & Class Studies

Documentaries

 

The Highest Court Behind the Scenes at the High Court of Australia

Film Art Media

https://www.kanopy.com/product/highest-court-0

 

Most Australians know about the Mabo and Wik decisions, but few know much about the decision makers -- The High Court of Australia.

Having gained historic access, THE HIGHEST COURT shows first hand the characters and drama of the High Court of Australia, the pinnacle of legal and constitutional processes in Australia.

The role of the Court is explored as the film follows the handing down of two historic constitutional judgements, Kruger and Ha, and the appointment of two new Justices -- Hayne and Callinan. For the first time cases have been filmed as they actually happen in the Court culminating with the recent Hindmarsh Island Bridge challenge.

Running Time

57 mins

Year

1998

Kanopy ID

4670079

Filmmakers

Daryl Dellora

Languages

English

Subjects

Global Studies & Languages > Australian Studies

Social Sciences > History - Modern

Social Sciences > Law & Criminal Justice

Social Sciences > Political Science

Documentaries

Michael Kirby: Don't Forget the Justice Bit

Film Art Media

 

 

https://www.kanopy.com/product/michael-kirby-dont-forget-justice-bit

 

Michael Kirby was recently listed by the Bulletin magazine as one of the top ten creative minds, then again in the top 100 of the most influential Australians of all time and more recently Who Weekly put him as one of the top 25 of the most beautiful people - certainly a unique honour for a High Court Judge. But Michael Kirby is a unique man. In 36 years as a judge he repeatedly did the one thing that judges are not supposed to do - he spoke publicly on an enormous range of social, political, scientific, economic, religious and humanitarian issues.

He has spoken out again and again, to say he is prolific is a gross understatement. His web-site lists 2338 speeches, all written on top of a full-time job as a judge. Many in the legal profession and the wider community think he speaks too much. Some believe he was unable to keep his personal views out of the courtroom - that he dragged his own personal agendas onto the bench and that he was an "activist judge" trying to change the law rather than simply declaring it. But at different times Kirby's independent position has alienated radicals, progressives and conservatives alike.

Michael Kirby is a complicated man and difficult to characterize in simple terms. He has been described as a monarchist; too radical, too conservative; a parliamentary supremist, a populist; a nationalist, an internationalist; religious, a secularist; and a humanist. And although apparently contradictory he is all at once all these things. Michael Kirby reveals himself in this film through a long-form interview in a way he has never done before. Another contradiction for a man who has been so media friendly throughout his professional life is that, in many ways, he has been intensely private and guarded about his personal life. It was only nine years ago that, at the age of 61, he publicly revealed for the first time that he had been in a homosexual relationship since 1969 with partner Johan van Vloten. Even Kirby's closest colleagues and friends were shocked. Justice Michael McHugh who had known Kirby since the early 1970s and who sat with him on the High Court said "he had no idea there was a long term relationship". This film represents the first time Johan van Vloten has spoken publicly about their life together.

This film shows the public face of Michael Kirby on the High Court, the private face at home with his father Donald, his late mother Jean, his partner Johan and his siblings. It also reveals the spiritual side and his lasting connection to Anglicanism.

Running Time

55 mins

Year

2010

Kanopy ID

1083565

Languages

English

Subjects

Documentaries > Politics & Current Affairs

Global Studies & Languages > Australian Studies

Social Sciences > Law & Criminal Justice

Social Sciences > Political Science

Documentaries

 

  Father Roy: Inside the School of Assassins

 Mr Neal is Entitled to be an Agitato- A documentary film about the late High Court Judge Mr Justice Lionel Murphy

Film Art Media

 

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A documentary film about the late High Court Judge Mr Justice Lionel Murphy, concentrating in particular on the events and allegations of the last four years of his life -- allegations of his supposed misbehaviour.

Murphy was at the centre of an historic battle to retain his position on the High Court. This film uses the dramatic story of Lionel Murphy as a vehicle to consider more fundamental issues about the law, including the problem of police and security surveillance of the individual in Australian society and in particular of prominent political and legal figures. We investigate Murphy's role in introducing many radical legal and political reforms, such as the Family Law Act, The Trade Practices Act and a proposed Bill of Rights.

The role of the media in 'the Murphy affair' is also focussed upon, especially its use of surveillance material from police and security sources, and its depiction of Murphy throughout his career. The structure is that of the classic dramatic tragedy.

Part one provides an introduction to the character betraying elements that could lead to his downfall. Part two provides the detail of his life and sets the stage, revealing the other characters in his life and their interaction with him. And part three provides a climax to the tragedy that affected not only Lionel Murphy but Australian society as a whole.

Directed by Daryl Dellora and produced by Sue Maslin.

Running Time

60 mins

Year

1990

Kanopy ID

1091629

Languages

English

Subjects

Documentaries > Politics & Current Affairs

Global Studies & Languages > Australian Studies

Social Sciences > Law & Criminal Justice

Social Sciences > Political Science

A Voice to be Heard-

Indigenous Australians Elect Members to the National Aboriginal Consultative Committee

National Film and Sound Archive of Australia

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In 1973, for the first time, Aboriginal people from across Australia directly elected members to the National Aboriginal Consultative Committee (NACC), a body set up to represent their interests to the Federal government, via the newly created Department of Aboriginal Affairs.  #

A VOICE TO BE HEARD tells the story of the election up to the declaration of the poll and the first meeting of the NACC. One hundred and ninety-one candidates campaigned for 41 elected places on the NACC. People such as Harry Hall (the 'Freedom Rides', Walgett) Florence Kennedy (Torres Strait Islands), Jim Stanley (Adelaide) and Milton Liddle (Alice Springs) expressed their hopes and plans for the future of their communities - both urban and regional. Not all those speaking saw the institution of the NACC as admirable; none saw it as an end in itself.

Narrated by Kath Walker (Oodgeroo Noonuccal), poet, artist and campaigner for Aboriginal rights, the film also features footage of John Moriarty, Charles Perkins and the former Prime Minister, Gough Whitlam who spoke at the NAIDOC election ball.

Running Time

49 mins

Year

1974

Kanopy ID

1577912

Filmmakers

Anthony Buckley, Greg Reading

Features

Kath Walker

Languages

English

Subjects

Documentaries > Ethnicity & Identity

Documentaries > Politics & Current Affairs

Global Studies & Languages > Australian Studies

Social Sciences > History - Modern

Global Studies & Languages > Indigenous Studies

Documentaries > Historical Perspectives

Social Sciences > Political Science

Documentaries

 

With My Heart in Yambo - A Personal Look at Ecuador's Recent History

Pragda

 

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In 1988, when director Maria Fernanda Restrepo was only 10 years old, her life changed in the cruelest of ways: her two brothers--then 14 and 17--vanished without a trace. Only later did the family learn that the boys had been illegally detained, tortured, and murdered by the Ecuadorean police.

Now, decades later, with her brothers' remains still missing, Restrepo embarks on the painful journey of recounting her family's story. In the process, she comes face to face with the suspects, and documents yet one more search in Lake Yambo, where the boys' bodies were dumped. This film portrays one of the darkest political episodes in Ecuador and provides an insider's look to the recent history of this country.

Official Selection at Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival. Winner of the Second Coral Award for Documentary at the Habana International Film Festival. Winner of Best Ibero-American Film at DOCSDF, Mexico.

Running Time

140 mins

Year

2012

Kanopy ID

3498562

Filmmakers

María Fernanda Restrepo

Languages

Spanish

Subjects

Documentaries > Politics & Current Affairs

Social Sciences > History - Modern

Global Studies & Languages > Latin American Studies

Social Sciences > Law & Criminal Justice

Documentaries > Historical Perspectives

Documentaries

After Auschwitz

Profiling Six Extraordinary Holocaust Survivors and Their Lives After the War

Passion River Productions

https://www.kanopy.com/product/after-auschwitz 

"You're free. Go home." Most Holocaust films end with these words, the very words that survivors heard at liberation. But AFTER AUSCHWITZ is not a typical "Holocaust" film. It begins with these words, inviting audiences to experience what happened next.

AFTER AUSCHWITZ is a "Post-Holocaust" documentary that follows six extraordinary women, capturing what it means to move from tragedy and trauma towards life. These powerful women serve as our guides on an unbelievable journey, sometimes celebratory, sometimes heartbreaking but always inspiring.

Winner of the Best Feature Documentary Award at the Long Beach International Film Festival and at the Nantucket Film Festival.

"A powerful testament to individual humanity emerging from inhuman horrors." - Serena Donadoni, Village Voice

Running Time

82 mins

Year

2017

Kanopy ID

6421885

Filmmakers

Jon Kean

Features

Erika Jacoby, Eva Beckmann, Lili Majzner, Linda Sherman, Rena Drexler, Renee Firestone

Languages

English

Subjects

Documentaries > Ethnicity & Identity

Documentaries > Women & Society

Social Sciences > History - Modern

Social Sciences > Jewish Studies

Documentaries > Historical Perspectives

Documentaries

 

Passion for Justice A Civil Rights Leader

Vision Video

 

 

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Passion for Justice tells the compelling story of Drs. John and Vera Mae Perkins, integral leaders in the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960's and an evangelical voice for community development and racial reconciliation.

As a pastor in 1960's Mississippi, John Perkins first focused exclusively on evangelism and Bible literacy, but he soon came to the conviction that Gospel ministry must address both spiritual and physical needs. In 1969 he helped lead an economic boycott of segregated businesses, an action that led to his arrest and torture by local police.

Today Perkins is an internationally known author and teacher, promoting biblical principles of justice and holistic Gospel ministry.

This documentary tells the story of John Perkins, his wife Vera Mae, and their family. Their very personal reflections on life and ministry provide countless points of spiritual insight and challenge.

Running Time

84 mins

Year

2015

Kanopy ID

1235088

Filmmakers

Roger LeBlanc

Features

Dr. John Perkins, Dr. Vera Mae Perkins, Elizabeth Perkins

Languages

English

Subjects

Documentaries > Ethnicity & Identity

Social Sciences > History - Modern

Social Sciences > Human Rights

Passion and Power

The Technology of Orgasm

Wendy Slick & Emiko Omori

https://www.kanopy.com/product/passion-and-power-technology-orgasm

 

This is the story of one simple invention, the vibrator, and its relationship to one complex human behavior, the female orgasm. The history of the vibrator and its medical use had virtually vanished until historian, Rachel Maines, researching needlework patterns in early 20th century women's magazines, ran across ads for electric vibrators. Piquing her curiosity, she traced the origins of this early electrified appliance and made an astonishing discovery.

Under the guise of a medical treatment, Victorian doctors had used vibrators to relieve women of symptoms of hysteria by masturbating them to orgasm. Why did women need this treatment? Female sexual satisfaction was, and continues to be, misunderstood or, worse, ignored. Almost 70% of women do not reach orgasm by penetration alone. Yet, the social, legal and religious definition of "real" sex is just that: penetration of the vagina to male orgasm. Female orgasm isn't even considered. Is it any wonder that a lot of women were unsatisfied? Their dissatisfaction was labeled "hysteria." Symptoms of hysteria were vague - being cranky, reading French novels while wearing tight corsets, etc. It was a disease manufactured by doctors creating a lucrative clientele and a mutually camouflaged procedure that satisfied both.

Running Time

73 mins

Year

2008

Kanopy ID

1116216

Filmmakers

Emiko Omori, Wendy Slick

Languages

English

Subjects

Social Sciences > Gender Studies

Documentaries > Women & Society

Social Sciences > History - Modern

Documentaries > Historical Perspectives

Documentaries

Bilderberg: The Movie

 

The Origins and Expansion of a Secretive Global Organization

Feelsales

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A documentary about the origins, development and expansion of one of the most elitist and secret organizations in today's world: The Bilderberg Group.

Once a year, the most powerful people on the planet, meet behind closed doors. The Group is comprised of European Prime Ministers, American presidents, and the wealthiest CEOs of the world, all coming together to discuss the economic and political future of humanity. The working press has never been allowed to attend, nor have statements ever been released on the attendees' conclusions or discussions, which have ramifications on the citizens of the world.

Running Time

63 mins

Year

2017

Kanopy ID

5110128

Filmmakers

Joan Cutrina

Features

Daniel Estulin, Denis Small, Gerard Aalders, Helga Zepp, Jeffrey Steinberg, Lyndon Larouche, Mario Borghezio, Michael Billington, Nigel Farage, Pilar Urbano

Languages

English

Subjects

Documentaries > Politics & Current Affairs

Global Studies & Languages > European/Baltic Studies

Global Studies & Languages > North American Studies

Social Sciences > Political Science

Waco: The Rules of Engagement 

The Video Project

https://www.kanopy.com/product/waco-rules-engagement

 

Waco: The Rules of Engagement is the first full-length documentary film to present the complete picture of the series of events outside Waco, Texas during 1993 that resulted in the shooting of 4 federal agents and the deaths of 86 men, women, and children of the Branch Davidian religious sect. Waco: The Rules of Engagement is a highly detailed examination of the interaction between David Koresh, his members, and Federal Law Enforcement. It shows how the FBI misled the public and American political leaders in order to focus overwhelming force on a group whose diversity of race, national origin, and apocalyptic religious beliefs made its members easy targets for lethal abuse of civil and human rights. Gripping and deeply thought provoking, the film provides America with something it truly needs - an opportunity to review the historical record of events at Waco. The findings raise doubts about the FBI's version of the story and their larger role in similar instances of law enforcement.

Running Time

90 mins

Year

1997

Kanopy ID

1174222

Filmmakers

Amy Sommer

Features

David Koresh

Languages

The Human Face of China

National Film and Sound Archive of Australia

"A series of five comprehensive human-interest programs on China and its people.