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Small Island Big Song - An Oceanic Songline is a collaborative film, made over 16 Island nations from the Pacific & Indian Oceans, following musicians from Madagascar, to Taiwan, to Zendath…
Oh this film, Keyboard Fantasies: The Beverly Glenn-Copeland Story is a delight. A wonderful gem of a film about musician Glenn Copeland and his album, Keyboard Fantasies, and the impact it had on…
Depictions of people with disabilities in films are often troubled with a predilection for filmmakers to craft their stories in a manner that will result in their stories serving as what is known as i…
Ah! The Melbourne Documentary Film Festival always brings wonderful films to my inbox, with delights like Leaving Allen Street for me to watch and engage with. This lovely documentary is directed b…
The Rise of the Synths is a documentary about synthwave music and the people inspired by it. With his documentary narrated by John Carpenter (the John Carpenter) and it screening online for t…
I know that the world of streaming is beyond overwhelming to look at. You've got your Netflixes mixed up in your Disney+'s, all the while Stan stares on as you load up Kanopy again. It's a…
Filmmakers Jaime Lewis and Jeremy Dylan talk with Andrew about their documentary Tommy Emmanuel: The Endless Road, which is followed by a discussion with the subject of the documentary himself, To…
Strange Tenants were the “Godfathers of Australian Ska”, emerging in the 1980s in the wake of UK two-tone ska bands like The Specials but producing original political ska songs unlike most other Au…
Andrew caught up with filmmakers Michael Wilkins and Amanda Gibson to talk about their documentary Homefront which screens at this years Melbourne Documentary Film Festival on July 20th 2019. To purch…
Waiting: The Van Duren Story is a film about Van Duren, a hidden music icon who director Wade Jackson discovered by chance and went to work to find out what happened to him. Andrew caught up with W…
Rolling on for another huge year of great content is Australia’s finest documentary film festival – the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival. With a huge wealth of content and guests, with subjects str…
Cultural differences are an intriguing thing. In one country, you can download an app onto your phone to meet a potential soul mate, whereas in another country, you line up on a stage in a shopping ma…