Kanopy (Firm)
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
Fraser Island was listed as a World Heritage Area in 1992 for its outstanding natural heritage values. This program takes viewers on a trip to the World's largest sand island, with half the World's perched dune lakes and the planet's only rainforest growing on sand. The landscapes and ecosystems are shown, including the purest breed of dingoes seen in Australia. Reasons for the World Heritage listing and ways of protecting the natural wonders are...
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
Migraine is a common yet very debilitating condition, with up to 3 million sufferers in Australia alone. Migraines are extremely severe headaches, often accompanied by nausea, vomiting, throbbing pain, and sensitivity to light and sound. They can last from a few hours to a few days. Migraines affect a person¹s ability to function in everyday life and are regarded as an intermittent disability. However, when not suffering, mirgaineurs enjoy normal...
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
Anxiety disorders are common, affecting about one in ten with persistent, excessive worrying that can hinder their ability to function. This Speaking from experience program offers first-hand accounts from people living with anxiety disorders. They discuss the impact it has had on their lives and the ways they manage the condition. It was produced in partnership with SANE Australia.
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
Giorgio Mangiamele is one of the most under-estimated figures in Australian cinema history. Soon after his arrival in Australia in 1952 as a migrant from Italy, he began making films at a time when feature film production in Australia was almost non-existent. His films were seldom seen in Australia, although one - CLAY (1965) - was applauded overseas as an official selection in the Cannes Film Festival. They have been virtually unavailable since.
All...
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
The mystery of one of the most efficient eating and breeding machines in nature. This starfish eats only one thing - coral. It has already reached uncontrollable numbers over a large part of the Great Barrier Reef. Also under impact from global warming and coral bleaching, this diverse and delicate reef ecosystem is under extreme pressure.
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
Each series explores the works of Australia's contemporary photographers. It also includes 'After two hundred years' which documents the diversity of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander life in the late 1980's.The series features talented photographers Fiona Hall, Emmanuel Angelicas, Jon Lewis, Max Pam and Grant Mudford. Episode 6 - Grant Mudford. Grant Mudford born in 1944, now resides in Los Angeles. His work is large format and is a redefined...
Pub. Date
2015.
Description
This program observes the National Parks and Wildlife Service as it conducts a training program for Indigenous people to work as wildlife rangers in Kakadu National Park. Local Aboriginal people, with excellent land management skills and a keenness to help preserve the natural beauty and heritage of their land, are learning to combine their practices with those of the Wildlife Service to provide a unique form of management in keeping the park’s...
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
Over 14,000 Australian children and young adults under 21 years of age use a hearing aid or cochlear implant because they have a permanent or long term hearing loss. People who have a hearing loss may refer to themselves as deaf, hearing impaired or hard of hearing. They may communicate using speech, sign language or a combination of speech and sign. Children who have a hearing loss need specialist support in their early years and many require ongoing...
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
Jeffrey Smart is one of Australia's best known painters with his stark portrayals of the contemporary world. His paintings feature recurring motifs of highways, construction sites and apartment blocks. "Jeffrey Smart: master of stillness" sheds light on his formative years as an artist in Adelaide, revealing the influences that have formed and driven his work for more than seventy years. Filmed partly on location in Smart's home in Tuscany, with observations...
12) Yolngu boy
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
Lorrpu, Botj and Milika are three Yolngu (Aboriginal) teenagers who once shared a childhood dream of becoming great hunters together. But as teenagers they changed: Botj did bad things which landed him in jail one time, and Milika is more interested in being a good football player and in chicks! Only Lorrpu is still closer to Aboriginal traditions and to their common dream. One night Botj goes too far and he's about to return to jail. Lorrpu must...
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
This program looks at communities in Sydney with different Socio economic status and ethnic backgrounds. These are Cabramatta with a predominantly Vietnamese and other Asian background, Baulkham Hills, a high SES LGA of 180000 people ; and Lakemba which has over 40% of the population following the Muslim faith and many with Lebanese backgrounds and culture. --Kanopy.
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common form of arthritis, affecting nearly one and a half million Australians. It can appear at any age, but tends to occur more commonly in women and in people aged over 40 years. Two of the most common areas affected are the hips and knees. OA affects cartilage, the hard, slippery tissue that covers the ends of bones. In osteoarthritis, the surface layer of cartilage breaks down and wears away. When this happens,...
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
For both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australians, Captain James Cook is a figure of great historical significance. Non-Aboriginal histories of Australia generally regard Captain Cook as the person who discovered Australia, although historical records show that he was not the first European to step onto Australian shores. Contemporary Aboriginal accounts of Captain Cook that survive bear little relationship to this history upheld by non-Aboriginal...
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
From Australia: A charming award winning film from Australia about their endangered rabbit-eared marsupial called the bilby, and the 'sweet' idea devised by a ranger and a biologist to help raise money for a bilby sanctuary, and have single handedly turned the tables on an almost extinct species. Their 'sweet idea' got the whole country involved. Now chocolate Easter bilbies outsell Easter bunnies by 8-1! Darrell Lea contributes a percentage of sales...
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
Dementia is the term used to describe the symptoms of a large group of illnesses which cause a progressive decline in a person's functioning. Alzheimer's disease is the most common form of dementia. This Speaking From Experience program offers offer first-hand accounts from people living with the affects of Alzheimer's Disease. They discuss the impact it has had on their lives and the ways they manage the condition. It was produced in partnership...
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
Each series explores the works of Australia's contemporary photographers. It also includes 'After two hundred years' which documents the diversity of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander life in the late 1980's. The series features talented photographers Fiona Hall, Emmanuel Angelicas, Jon Lewis, Max Pam and Grant Mudford. Episode 3 - Fiona Hall. Fiona Hall is an Australian photographer living in Adelaide. She is essentially a photographic artist...
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
Over 2 million Australians are currently living with asthma. Asthma is an inflammatory condition of the airways which causes them to react to a wide range of trigger factors. In children, more boys than girls have asthma. However, after the teenage years, asthma is more common in women than men. Education tools such as these video clips, together with self-monitoring, appropriate medication, regular medical reviews and written asthma action plans,...
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
Each series explores the works of Australia's contemporary photographers, including 'After two hundred years' which documents the diversity of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander life in the late 1980's.The series features talented photographers Fiona Hall, Emmanuel Angelicas, Jon Lewis, Max Pam and Grant Mudford. Episode 4 - After two hundred years. After two hundred years documents the diversity of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander life in...