Documentary
Some 240,000 women over 55 are at risk of homelessness In Australia – a figure both surprising (owing to this demographic being less likely to speak up about their difficulties) and shocking, given this country’s wealth. Under Cover introduces us to 10 of these people, including a survivor of domestic violence, a former advertising executive, a self-confessed loner and a displaced immigrant, for whom security and shelter are constant unknowns and who, until now, have suffered in silence.
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
Memories of Australia
Tears for April: Beyond the Blue Lens
Jisoe
Westall
Gallipoli from Above
The Meaning of Vanlife
I Am Another You
Island Home Country
Facing Down Under: A Backpackers Documentary
Touring Australia
The Last of the Nomads
Feed Them to the Cannibals!
Something in the Water
No Mercy, No Remorse
Whiteley
On the Road with Mary
The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce
Paper Run
49 Up
Dark Days
SIMILAR MOVIES
Memories of Australia
IMDB 0 | Jun , 1943
This Traveltalk series short visits Australia.Tears for April: Beyond the Blue Lens
IMDB 0 | Nov , 2007
In the late 1990s, some officers at Vancouver Police Department made a documentary film (THROUGH A BLUE LENS) about the everyday lives of six drug addicts in Vancouver's skid row, the Downtown Eastside. TEARS FOR APRIL reintroduces us to these six people; with footage shot over a period of nearly ten years, it continues their biography.Jisoe
IMDB 0 | Jan , 2005
A year in the life of troubled Australian graffiti artist Justin Hughes.Westall
IMDB 0 | Apr , 2018
In 1966, over one hundred school kids became witness to one of the biggest UFO sightings in history. What they all have in common are five words… "I know what I saw." It still remains a mystery to this day.Gallipoli from Above
IMDB 8 | Apr , 2012
Gallipoli from Above: The Untold Story is the true story of how a team of Australian officers used aerial intelligence, emerging technology and innovative tactics to plan the landing at Anzac Cove. It is now nearly 100 years since the landing and hundreds of books, movies and documentaries have failed to grasp the significance of the ANZAC achievement. Instead, the mythology has clouded the real story of how these two influential Australian officers took control of the landing using every innovation they could muster to safely land their men on Z beach.The Meaning of Vanlife
IMDB 5.5 | Apr , 2019
The Meaning of Vanlife is an adventurous, revealing look into the Vanlife community through the eyes of nomads who have chosen to live a life of freedom on the road. A movement that exemplifies a deeper societal trend towards minimalism and authentic community building.I Am Another You
IMDB 7.6 | Mar , 2017
Through the eyes of a young drifter who rejects society's rules and intentionally chooses to live on the streets, Chinese filmmaker Nanfu Wang explores the meaning of personal freedom – and its limits.Island Home Country
IMDB 5 | Aug , 2008
A poetic cine-essay about race and Australia’s colonised history and how it impacts into the present offering insights into how various individuals deal with the traumatic legacies of British colonialism and its race-based policies. The film’s consultative process, with ‘Respecting Cultures’ (Tasmanian Aboriginal Protocols), offers an evolving shift in Australian historical narratives from the frontier wars, to one of diverse peoples working through historical trauma in a process of decolonisation.Facing Down Under: A Backpackers Documentary
IMDB 5.3 | Aug , 2022
A 19-year-old high school graduate travels through Australia as a backpacker and accompanies his adventure with a camera.Touring Australia
IMDB 0 | Jun , 1993
A film dedicated to Australia and travel around it.The Last of the Nomads
IMDB 0 | Jan , 1997
Like an antipodean version of Romeo and Juliet, it emerges that Warri and Yatungka became the last nomads because they had married outside their tribal laws and eloped to the most inaccessible of regions. In 1977 the land was stricken by a severe drought and their tribal elders mounted a search for them with the help of a party of white men led by Dr Bill Peasley and one of their own number, a childhood friend named Mudjon. The film takes Dr Peasley back into the desert to relive his momentous journey with Mudjon and culminates with poignant archival footage of the elderly couple found naked and starving.Feed Them to the Cannibals!
IMDB 3.5 | Jan , 1993
Originally broadcast on ABC's True Stories in 1993, Feed Them to the Cannibals tells the story of Sydney's Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras. It was the first time cameras were allowed at Sleaze Ball and the Mardi Gras Party.Something in the Water
IMDB 5.7 | Feb , 2008
Something in the Water explores the rock phenomenon that is music in WA. How can the most isolated city in the world have exploded with so many successful bands over the years? Across decades and genres, Something in the Water asks "what is responsible for the sparkling talent pool?"No Mercy, No Remorse
IMDB 6.4 | Jun , 2022
No Mercy, No Remorse takes viewers back to the winter of 1993, with a journey into the deeply disturbing world of Paul Charles Denyer, the then 21-year old who is currently serving three life sentences for the Frankston murders.Whiteley
IMDB 0 | May , 2017
A visual journey into the life and legacy of one of Australia's most celebrated artists, Brett Whiteley.On the Road with Mary
IMDB 0 | Jun , 2005
Why don't we do something to ease the suffering of the poor, the excluded? Because we live in fear of "the other," the stranger. Filmed a few months before the 2004 presidential election, On the Road with Mary is a gripping view of an America living in fear. From a miserable neighbourhood in Detroit ravaged by crack and violence, to the militarized border with Mexico, this potent road movie exposes the unbearable other side of the American Dream.The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce
IMDB 5.8 | Jan , 2009
Eight men escape from the most isolated prison on earth. Only one man survives and the story he recounts shocks the British establishment to the core. This story is the last confession of Alexander Pearce.Paper Run
IMDB 0 | Jan , 1956
A panorama of scenic beauty unfolds as the newspaper delivery man works his run along Sydney's northern beaches of Newport and the Palm Beach area.49 Up
IMDB 7.4 | Oct , 2006
49 Up is the seventh film in a series of landmark documentaries that began 42 years ago when UK-based Granada's World in Action team, inspired by the Jesuit maxim "Give me the child until he is seven and I will give you the man," interviewed a diverse group of seven-year-old children from all over England, asking them about their lives and their dreams for the future. Michael Apted, a researcher for the original film, has returned to interview the "children" every seven years since, at ages 14, 21, 28, 35, 42 and now again at age 49.In this latest chapter, more life-changing decisions are revealed, more shocking announcements made and more of the original group take part than ever before, speaking out on a variety of subjects including love, marriage, career, class and prejudice.Dark Days
IMDB 7.3 | Aug , 2000
A cinematic portrait of the homeless population who live permanently in the underground tunnels of New York City.