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id="content-wrapper"> <div id="breadcrumb"> <a href="/">home</a> : <a href="/titles/">titles</a> : <a href="/titles/tags/">tags</a> : cultural identity </div> <div id="content" class="titles"> <h1> <a name="top">Titles tagged with ‘cultural identity’</a> </h1> <p class="sorter"> 26 titles - sorted <strong>alphabetically</strong> or <a href="?order=chrono">by year</a> </p> <p class="alphacluster"> 0-9 </p> <div class="result"> <a href="/titles/documentaries/40000-years-dreaming/" class="title-thumb"><img src="/media/titles/40000yea/40000yea1__jpg_120x90_crop_q85.jpg" width="120" height="90" alt="" /><span class="video-overlay"><img src="/media/chrome/video_overlay.png" width="32" height="29" alt=""></span></a> <h4><a href="/titles/documentaries/40000-years-dreaming/">40,000 Years of Dreaming: A Century of Australian Cinema</a> <span>documentary – 1996</span></h4> <p> <p>Filmmaker George Miller is a big believer in applying Joseph Campbell’s musings on the hero’s journey to storytelling.</p></p> </div> <p class="alphacluster"> B </p> <div class="result"> <a href="/titles/documentaries/the-beach/" class="title-thumb"><img src="/media/titles/beach/beach1__jpg_120x90_crop_q85.jpg" width="120" height="90" alt="" /><span class="video-overlay"><img src="/media/chrome/video_overlay.png" width="32" height="29" alt=""></span></a> <h4><a href="/titles/documentaries/the-beach/">The Beach</a> <span>documentary – 2000</span></h4> <p> <p>A documentary about Australians’ love affair with the beach.</p></p> </div> <div class="result"> <a href="/titles/documentaries/beautiful-lies-peter-carey/" class="title-thumb"><img src="/media/titles/beautlie/beautlie1__jpg_120x90_crop_q85.jpg" width="120" height="90" alt="" /><span class="video-overlay"><img src="/media/chrome/video_overlay.png" width="32" height="29" alt=""></span></a> <h4><a href="/titles/documentaries/beautiful-lies-peter-carey/">Beautiful Lies: A Film About Peter Carey</a> <span>documentary – 1986</span></h4> <p> <p>This documentary explores the relationship between Australian novelist Peter Carey and his country.</p></p> </div> <div class="result"> <a href="/titles/documentaries/bra-boys/" class="title-thumb"><img src="/media/titles/braboys/braboys1__jpg_120x90_crop_q85.jpg" width="120" height="90" alt="" /><span class="video-overlay"><img src="/media/chrome/video_overlay.png" width="32" height="29" alt=""></span></a> <h4><a href="/titles/documentaries/bra-boys/">Bra Boys</a> <span>documentary – 2007</span></h4> <p> <p>This first-hand look at localism and tribalism, identity and belonging, is set deep within Maroubra’s surf culture. </p></p> </div> <p class="alphacluster"> C </p> <div class="result"> <a href="/titles/shorts/camera-natura/" class="title-thumb"><img src="/media/titles/camerana/camerana1__jpg_120x90_crop_q85.jpg" width="120" height="90" alt="" /><span class="video-overlay"><img src="/media/chrome/video_overlay.png" width="32" height="29" alt=""></span></a> <h4><a href="/titles/shorts/camera-natura/">Camera Natura</a> <span>short film – 1986</span></h4> <p> <p>This montage film is about the spirit of the land: charting the contours of myth, geography and landscape.</p></p> </div> <p class="alphacluster"> D </p> <div class="result"> <a href="/titles/tv/d-generation-series-1-ep-1/" class="title-thumb"><img src="/media/titles/dgens1e1/dgens1e11__jpg_120x90_crop_q85.jpg" width="120" height="90" alt="" /><span class="video-overlay"><img src="/media/chrome/video_overlay.png" width="32" height="29" alt=""></span></a> <h4><a href="/titles/tv/d-generation-series-1-ep-1/">D-Generation – Series 1 Episode 1</a> <span>television program – 1985</span></h4> <p> <p>While the <cite>D-Generation</cite> credits read like a who’s who of two decades’ worth of Australian comedy, at the time these comedians were unknowns.</p></p> </div> <div class="result"> <a href="/titles/shorts/djarn-djarns/" class="title-thumb"><img src="/media/titles/djarndja/djarndja1__jpg_120x90_crop_q85.jpg" width="120" height="90" alt="" /><span class="video-overlay"><img src="/media/chrome/video_overlay.png" width="32" height="29" alt=""></span></a> <h4><a href="/titles/shorts/djarn-djarns/">The Djarn Djarns</a> <span>short film – 2005</span></h4> <p> <p><cite>The Djarn Djarns</cite> is a comedy-drama very much suited for young people. It is a dance film with a sports feel, so culture and sport are not in competition. </p></p> </div> <div class="result"> <a href="/titles/shorts/driving-home/" class="title-thumb"><img src="/media/titles/drivingh/drivingh1__jpg_120x90_crop_q85.jpg" width="120" height="90" alt="" /><span class="video-overlay"><img src="/media/chrome/video_overlay.png" width="32" height="29" alt=""></span></a> <h4><a href="/titles/shorts/driving-home/">Driving Home</a> <span>short film – 1999</span></h4> <p> <p>In this animated short film, a young Korean immigrant struggles to define her cultural identity. </p></p> </div> <p class="alphacluster"> F </p> <div class="result"> <a href="/titles/shorts/flowergirl/" class="title-thumb"><img src="/media/titles/flowergi/flowergi1__jpg_120x90_crop_q85.jpg" width="120" height="90" alt="" /><span class="video-overlay"><img src="/media/chrome/video_overlay.png" width="32" height="29" alt=""></span></a> <h4><a href="/titles/shorts/flowergirl/">Flowergirl</a> <span>short film – 1999</span></h4> <p> <p>Cate Shortland brings her distinctive visual sensibility and mood-oriented storytelling to a tale of cross-cultural experience, departure and unrequited love.</p></p> </div> <p class="alphacluster"> G </p> <div class="result"> <a href="/titles/ads/holden-fe-the-average-man/" class="title-thumb"><img src="/media/titles/gmhavera/gmhavera1__jpg_120x90_crop_q85.jpg" width="120" height="90" alt="" /><span class="video-overlay"><img src="/media/chrome/video_overlay.png" width="32" height="29" alt=""></span></a> <h4><a href="/titles/ads/holden-fe-the-average-man/">General Motors Holden – FE Holden: The Average Man</a> <span>advertisement – 1956</span></h4> <p> <p>This is one of <acronym title="General Motors Holden">GMH</acronym>’s early ventures into television advertising.</p></p> </div> <div class="result"> <a href="/titles/features/the-golden-cage/" class="title-thumb"><img src="/media/titles/goldcage/goldcage1__jpg_120x90_crop_q85.jpg" width="120" height="90" alt="" /><span class="video-overlay"><img src="/media/chrome/video_overlay.png" width="32" height="29" alt=""></span></a> <h4><a href="/titles/features/the-golden-cage/">The Golden Cage</a> <span>feature film – 1975</span></h4> <p> <p>Murat and Ayhan are Turkish migrants living in Sydney. Ayhan falls in love with Sarah, but religious and cultural differences create problems. </p></p> </div> <div class="result"> <a href="/titles/documentaries/the-good-bad-and-the-ugg-boot/" class="title-thumb"><img src="/media/titles/goodbad/goodbad1__jpg_120x90_crop_q85.jpg" width="120" height="90" alt="" /><span class="video-overlay"><img src="/media/chrome/video_overlay.png" width="32" height="29" alt=""></span></a> <h4><a href="/titles/documentaries/the-good-bad-and-the-ugg-boot/">The Good, The Bad and The Ugg Boot</a> <span>documentary – 2006</span></h4> <p> <p>A David and Goliath conflict over brand ownership between a small business and an American corporate giant.</p></p> </div> <div class="result"> <a href="/titles/documentaries/green-tea-and-cherry-ripe/" class="title-thumb"><img src="/media/titles/greentea/greentea1__jpg_120x90_crop_q85.jpg" width="120" height="90" alt="" /><span class="video-overlay"><img src="/media/chrome/video_overlay.png" width="32" height="29" alt=""></span></a> <h4><a href="/titles/documentaries/green-tea-and-cherry-ripe/">Green Tea and Cherry Ripe</a> <span>documentary – 1989</span></h4> <p> <p>A portrait of Japanese women who came to Australia as war brides after the Second World War, and their experiences in an alien land.</p></p> </div> <p class="alphacluster"> H </p> <div class="result"> <a href="/titles/documentaries/hunt-angels/" class="title-thumb"><img src="/media/titles/huntange/huntange1__jpg_120x90_crop_q85.jpg" width="120" height="90" alt="" /><span class="video-overlay"><img src="/media/chrome/video_overlay.png" width="32" height="29" alt=""></span></a> <h4><a href="/titles/documentaries/hunt-angels/">Hunt Angels</a> <span>documentary – 2006</span></h4> <p> <p>This dramatised documentary is about the life of 1930s filmmakers Rupert Kathner and Alma Brooks who were passionate about bringing Australian stories to the cinema. </p></p> </div> <p class="alphacluster"> I </p> <div class="result"> <a href="/titles/documentaries/island-fettlers/" class="title-thumb"><img src="/media/titles/islandfe/islandfe1__jpg_120x90_crop_q85.jpg" width="120" height="90" alt="" /><span class="video-overlay"><img src="/media/chrome/video_overlay.png" width="32" height="29" alt=""></span></a> <h4><a href="/titles/documentaries/island-fettlers/">Island Fettlers</a> <span>documentary – 2006</span></h4> <p> <p>In the 1960s, Torres Strait Islander men moved to the Pilbara for work and stayed on. <cite>Island Fettlers</cite> starkly contrasts two cultures – visually, physically and aurally.</p></p> </div> <p class="alphacluster"> J </p> <div class="result"> <a href="/titles/short-features/jewboy/" class="title-thumb"><img src="/media/titles/jewboy/jewboy1__jpg_120x90_crop_q85.jpg" width="120" height="90" alt="" /><span class="video-overlay"><img src="/media/chrome/video_overlay.png" width="32" height="29" alt=""></span></a> <h4><a href="/titles/short-features/jewboy/">Jewboy</a> <span>short feature – 2005</span></h4> <p> <p><cite>Jewboy</cite> was well received locally and internationally, screening at the Cannes Film Festival and winning three <acronym title="Australian Film Institute">AFI</acronym> awards.</p> </p> </div> <p class="alphacluster"> L </p> <div class="result"> <a href="/titles/documentaries/endangered/" class="title-thumb"><img src="/media/titles/endanger/endanger1__jpg_120x90_crop_q85.jpg" width="120" height="90" alt="" /><span class="video-overlay"><img src="/media/chrome/video_overlay.png" width="32" height="29" alt=""></span></a> <h4><a href="/titles/documentaries/endangered/">Loved Up – Endangered</a> <span>documentary – 2005</span></h4> <p> <p>While parts of <cite>Endangered</cite> have a light, <cite>Sex and the City</cite> feel to them, the undertones are serious and speak of cultural responsibility.</p></p> </div> <div class="result"> <a href="/titles/documentaries/yellow-fella/" class="title-thumb"><img src="/media/titles/yellowfe/yellowfe1__jpg_120x90_crop_q85.jpg" width="120" height="90" alt="" /><span class="video-overlay"><img src="/media/chrome/video_overlay.png" width="32" height="29" alt=""></span></a> <h4><a href="/titles/documentaries/yellow-fella/">Loved Up – Yellow Fella</a> <span>documentary – 2005</span></h4> <p> <p>Tommy E Lewis, Indigenous star of the stage and screen, identifies as a 'yellow fella’ – both black and white.</p></p> </div> <p class="alphacluster"> M </p> <div class="result"> <a href="/titles/tv/mail-order-bride/" class="title-thumb"><img src="/media/titles/mailorde/mailorde1__jpg_120x90_crop_q85.jpg" width="120" height="90" alt="" /><span class="video-overlay"><img src="/media/chrome/video_overlay.png" width="32" height="29" alt=""></span></a> <h4><a href="/titles/tv/mail-order-bride/">Mail Order Bride</a> <span>television program – 1984</span></h4> <p> <p>A hard-hitting drama about racism, sexism and xenophobia in a small country town.</p></p> </div> <div class="result"> <a href="/titles/shorts/mother-tongue/" class="title-thumb"><img src="/media/titles/mothert/mothert1__jpg_120x90_crop_q85.jpg" width="120" height="90" alt="" /><span class="video-overlay"><img src="/media/chrome/video_overlay.png" width="32" height="29" alt=""></span></a> <h4><a href="/titles/shorts/mother-tongue/">Mother Tongue</a> <span>short film – 2002</span></h4> <p> <p>Set in Korea in 1976, this haunting film conveys how a young girl’s relationship with her parents is altered by the loss of her mother tongue.</p></p> </div> <p class="alphacluster"> R </p> <div class="result"> <a href="/titles/features/radiance/" class="title-thumb"><img src="/media/titles/radiance/radiance1__jpg_120x90_crop_q85.jpg" width="120" height="90" alt="" /><span class="video-overlay"><img src="/media/chrome/video_overlay.png" width="32" height="29" alt=""></span></a> <h4><a href="/titles/features/radiance/">Radiance</a> <span>feature film – 1998</span></h4> <p> <p>This is a rare exploration of the emotional interior lives of Indigenous women, in this case, three sisters.</p></p> </div> <p class="alphacluster"> S </p> <div class="result"> <a href="/titles/features/short-changed/" class="title-thumb"><img src="/media/titles/shortcha/shortcha1__jpg_120x90_crop_q85.jpg" width="120" height="90" alt="" /><span class="video-overlay"><img src="/media/chrome/video_overlay.png" width="32" height="29" alt=""></span></a> <h4><a href="/titles/features/short-changed/">Short Changed</a> <span>feature film – 1985</span></h4> <p> <p>The script is beautifully weighted so that the political context of the film does not inhibit the personal journey of the characters.</p></p> </div> <div class="result"> <a href="/titles/documentaries/some-many-germans/" class="title-thumb"><img src="/media/titles/someofma/someofma1__jpg_120x90_crop_q85.jpg" width="120" height="90" alt="" /><span class="video-overlay"><img src="/media/chrome/video_overlay.png" width="32" height="29" alt=""></span></a> <h4><a href="/titles/documentaries/some-many-germans/">Some of Many: Germans in Australia</a> <span>documentary – 1983</span></h4> <p> <p>An Australian-based German filmmaker traces the changing fortunes of German immigrants to Australia from the first fleet to the late 1980s.</p></p> </div> <p class="alphacluster"> T </p> <div class="result"> <a href="/titles/tv/touch-sun-top-enders/" class="title-thumb"><img src="/media/titles/touchtop/touchtop1__jpg_120x90_crop_q85.jpg" width="120" height="90" alt="" /><span class="video-overlay"><img src="/media/chrome/video_overlay.png" width="32" height="29" alt=""></span></a> <h4><a href="/titles/tv/touch-sun-top-enders/">Touch the Sun – Top Enders</a> <span>television program – 1988</span></h4> <p> <p>This lovely production captures the exotic frontier feel of Darwin, as it explores human survival and the challenges and rewards of family relationships and friendship.</p></p> </div> <p class="alphacluster"> W </p> <div class="result"> <a href="/titles/newsreels/welcome-english-cricket-team/" class="title-thumb"><img src="/media/titles/welcomet/welcomet1__jpg_120x90_crop_q85.jpg" width="120" height="90" alt="" /><span class="video-overlay"><img src="/media/chrome/video_overlay.png" width="32" height="29" alt=""></span></a> <h4><a href="/titles/newsreels/welcome-english-cricket-team/">Welcome to the English Cricket Team</a> <span>newsreel – 1932</span></h4> <p> <p>At the start of what would become the infamous Bodyline series, there is no hint of hostility as Australian cricket captain Bill Woodfull welcomes the English squad to Australia.</p></p> </div> <div class="result"> <a href="/titles/music/wrap-me-stockwhip-and-blanket/" class="title-thumb"><img src="/media/titlephotos/2010-02-morton_jpg_120x90_crop_q85.jpg" width="120" height="90" alt="" /><span class="audio-overlay"><img src="/media/chrome/audio_overlay.png" width="32" height="29" alt=""></span></a> <h4><a 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