Jabbed – Love, Fear and Vaccines (90 min; 2013; dvd; English)
Director:  Sonya Pemberton, Genepool Productions/ SBS TV
 
As vaccination rates fall and preventable diseases re-emerge, Jabbed reminds us of what’s at stake. Traversing the globe, the film-makers examine the science behind vaccinations and the real cost of opting out. Stylishly crafted, thought provoking and often confronting, Jabbed is a powerful contribution to the often heated vaccine discussion
 
At 12:00
Sons and Mothers (80 min; 2014; dvd; English)
Director: Christopher Houghton, Pop Pictures/ABC TV
 
Sons and Mothers uses creative techniques to focus on the abilities, rather than disabilities, of its subjects. An intimate portrait of a group of men who meet once a week as part of the Men’s Ensemble theatre troupe
 
At 14:00
First Footprints – Episodes 1 & 2 (56 min per episode; 2013; English)
Directors: Martin Butler and Bentley Dean, Contact Films, ABC TV
 
Winner of the 2013 Walkley Documentary Award 
 
Martin Butler will introduce the screening
 
First Footprints is a televisual archaeological ‘dig’ which comprehensively explores the history of Aboriginal tribal structures and land management techniques which prevailed for 50,000 years on the island continent which became known as Australia
 
This four part documentary series explores the story of how people arrived and thrived on our continent. With startling new archaeological discoveries revealing how the first Australians adapted, migrated, fought and created in dramatically changing environments.
 
Episode 1 - Super Nomads: 50,000 To 30,000 Years Ago
The story of how people arrived and thrived in Australia. With startling new archaeological discoveries revealing how the first Australians adapted, migrated, fought and created in dramatically changing environments
 
At 15:10
Episode 2 - The Great Drought: 30,000 To 15,000 Years Ago
For thousands of years people lived with Australia's strange and ferocious mega fauna but all beasts went extinct during the last ice age. Temperatures were 6 degrees colder; it was dry and windy and lasted over 10,000 years
 
At 16:10
Discussion
Speakers: Pat Fiske and Martin Butler, Australian filmmakers; Liz Jackson, senior Australian journalist; Safina Uberoi, Indian-Australian filmmaker based in Australia; and others
 
At 18:30
The Sunnyboy (90 min; 2013; English)
Director: Kaye Harrison, Treehouse Productions, JOTZ Productions
 
Winner of The MHS Broadcast Media Award 2014
 
The Sunnyboy follows 50 year-old Jeremy Oxley, frontman of the much-lauded 80’s band the Sunnyboys, as he emerges from a 30-year battle with schizophrenia. Told largely from his own perspective the filmmakers capture Jeremy’s struggle to unpick his past and his slowly growing confidence as he dares to contemplate a return to the stage