Northern Suburbs Documentary Club

27/09/2018

Coming out soon, this is a really inspiring documentary.

Documentary by Catherine Scott - in development FOR MORE INFORMATION http://www.documentaryaustralia.com.au/films/4007/the-backtrack-boys

13/07/2018

NAIDOC 2018 celebrates the invaluable contributions Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women have made and continue to make to our communities, our families and our history with the theme ‘Because of Her We Can’. While their role in society has often been invisible, unsung or diminished – L...

14/02/2018

An intimate portrait of Jane Goodall, who defied the odds to become one of the world’s most admired conservationists

09/02/2018

Hi friends! I’m sorry about the radio silence lately. As you may know 2017 was a busy one for me and 2018 will be busier. As such, I haven’t been able to lock in regular times for doco club 2018 as we’ve done for the last six years. However I’m determined to keep things rolling, so I am planning on running things as an occasional series, and will let you know some dates soon. If you want to get more involved in the organisation or more importantly have doco suggestions, please be in touch. Love, Gabby. PS Nadya did an amazing job keeping things going last year! Xx PPS Here are some docos currently on Netflix, including Herzog’s Lo and Behold which was on our list last year but we didn’t get to show (ignore the date in the link, it’s been updated for 2018) https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2017/01/the-50-best-documentaries-on-netflix-december-2016.html

Though Netflix continues to purge its older documentary titles, there is still plenty to see here.

29/10/2017

We are screening Prison Songs tonight 6.30pm at Longplay.

https://vimeo.com/192747239

Here's a short video to give you a taste for tonight's doco.
Change the record is a not for profit organisation campaigning for national action to close the gap in imprisonment rates and cut disproportionate rates of violence experienced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, particularly women and children. The organisation has teamed with the makers of Prison Songs to raise awareness through private screenings of the film.

See this link for more information: http://prisonsongs.com.au/impact-campaign/

Looking forward to see you there.

This is "We Can Change The Record" by Gusto Films on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

27/07/2017

Doco Club is on this Sunday, 30 July, from 6pm, at LongPlay.

If you want to know a little more about this month's doco, check out this review and trailer:

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2010/apr/29/24-city-review

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34-aVx6Qa_8

Hope to see you on Sunday!

A sad, deeply felt film – part documentary, part fiction – about the radical changes taking place in China. By Peter Bradshaw

21/06/2017

Tonight ABC 2 8.30pm. Part of last year's program, this is a terrifying insight into the stuctural and social barriers to reporting and preventing sexual crime on uni campuses. http://www.abc.net.au/tv/programs/hunting-ground/

An Official Selection for the 2015 Sundance and Sydney Film Festivals, The Hunting Ground takes audiences to the heart of a shocking epidemic of violence and institutional cover-ups across college campuses in America.

12/06/2017

If you missed seeing this at doco club, well worth checking out now on SBS On Demand - it will make your heart sing!

25/03/2017

Check it out! Our 2017 program, in a bite-sized package. Thanks again to Dale Lacey making it beautiful!

18/02/2017

We've got this pencilled in for November...

An intimate coming-of-age portrait of a black teenager in a marginalized St. Louis neighborhood, unfolding against the backdrop of the 2014 Ferguson uprising.

18/02/2017

Doco club program 2017 (with a sneaky MIFF hiatus in August)!! Fancier program coming soon...

10/02/2017

We are slowly returning from a summer hiatus! Our first screening is in March, but stay tuned for a program planning meeting soon. Looking forward to another year of watching non-fake non-alternative facts on film! (OR ARE THEY)

27/01/2017

Compulsory viewing!

First Australians chronicles the birth of contemporary Australia as never told before, from the perspective of its first people.

03/12/2016

This is not surprising but very infuriating - only 2 MPs turn up to a screening of Chasing Asylum at their workplace.

If Peter Dutton really wanted to deal with the difficult issues in his portfolio rather than scoring cheap political points against protesters who engage in civil disobedience, he might have come to see Chasing Asylum, a feature documentary that screened in Parliament House on Tuesday night, just a…

20/11/2016

November Doco Newsletter: The Gleaners and I

23/10/2016

October Doco: The Hunting Ground

02/10/2016

18/09/2016

September newsletter: Grey Gardens

08/09/2016

07/09/2016

Thanks Ange! Footnotes forever!

Part I: Notes on the Footnote “Woe to details! Posterity neglects them all; they are kind of vermin that undermines large works.” –Voltaire About a year

05/09/2016

Hello! Looking for a volunteer to source DVD and host for Sept 25th's screening of Grey Gardens?? It should be a snack to get a copy. Anyone deffo free on that day? Nadya Zimmermann Cat Nguyen Asahel Bush Jessica Currie Angela Rintoul

01/09/2016

August 30, 2016 : A Personal Reflection By Renee Tajima-PeñaShare: I once considered documentary to be a fallback for filmmakers of color who were shut out of the fiction universe. I was wrong. As it turns out, we may be more under-represented in nonfiction filmmaking. Sundance estimates...

21/08/2016

August Doco Newsletter: Into Eternity

16/08/2016

In January 1972, an Australian Black Panther Party was formed in the police state of Brisbane, Australia. This is a story told in the words of Marlene Cummins, a woman who experienced the best and worst of the short lived and controversial Black Panther movement. Inspired by their African Americans…

16/08/2016

Ka-Ching is still on iView. Even if you feel like you know EVERYTHING about pokies it'll shock you. Except maybe if you are interviewed in it (looking at you NSDC member Charles).

01/08/2016

One year on: we're back and we won't be "banned"!

Celebrate Wear It Purple Day 2016 at your school, workplace or organisation by screening GAYBY BABY. This year, schools can also take the film into the classroom with the School Action Toolkit.

The GAYBY BABY School Action Toolkit includes a copy of the film and a screening license as well as curriculum-linked classroom activities, matched classroom videos, family diversity posters and a whole school framework for valuing family diversity. Download and purchase your School Action Toolkit for Wear It Purple Day now at: www.thegaybyproject.com/schools.

Don't forget to also register your Wear It Purple Day event at http://www.wearitpurple.org/ and click the tick box "I'd like to celebrate Wear It Purple Day with GAYBY BABY". This will ensure you receive your Wear It Purple Day and Gayby Baby packages in time for the celebrations on August 26.

Happy purple planning. xo