Metro Australia – July 2019

Sincetheturnofthecentury,anintriguingsubgenrein musicdocumentary has emergedthat sees filmmakerslookingto revive the songsand re ...

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Stephens,Duren came to the attentionof none other than AndrewLoog Oldham,one-timemanagerof The Rolling Stones,who took the young ...

the dramathat Jacksonand Carey stumbledupon with Trod Nossel,Scientologyand so on, however,it is perhapsunder- standablethat tha ...

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Allofthisspeakstohowhumans– betheyactivepar­ ticipants,observantchroniclers,underpaidcriticsormere membersoftheaudience– relatet ...

Butwhatdoesthatsenseofsupportivenessandcom­ munitymean when employedin documentaryfilmmaking? Criticalobjectivityisn’tjusta stan ...

Above,fromtop,L–R:SampatheGreat,EccaVandal,JuliaStone,JelenaGoluza,MontaigneandMojoJujuin Her Sound, Her Story Below, from top:C ...

Thissentiment,again,speakstothepositivecurrency ofcommunityin music.Thesedocumentariesaren’tjust chroniclesofsuchcommunitiesbutp ...

art.Combiningsomeofthatclose­to­homestrangeness withtheloadedbaggageofbeinga rockumentary,Now Sound:Melbourne’sListeningutterlyo ...

GabrielleO’Brien’simpressivelyresearchedandeloquently arguedaccountofthis 1980 documentarybyDigby DuncanandtheOnein SevenCollect ...

Witches and Faggots, Dykes and Poofters GABRIELLEO’BRIEN Documentaryoffereditselfastheform O@QDWBDKKDMBDENQ@EkQL@SHNMkKLO@QSKX ...

‘Fearless’wasthethemeforthe 2019 SydneyGayand LesbianMardiGras.Thisupbeatfestivalbrandingnodsto thecouragerequiredtoliveanauthen ...

beaten.The film tracksthe subsequentmarchesand protests overthefollowingtwomonthsthatsawa staggeringtotalof 178 arrests.^7 We se ...

The police and institutional prejudice In 1978,Sydneywasfarfromtoday’ssanctuaryofanonymity andfreedomforitsgayandlesbianinhabita ...

In manyways,Witchesand Faggots,Dykesand Poofters canbeviewedasa turningpointin therepresentationof Australiangaysandlesbians.Per ...

in theprocess.Mostdistressingly,thereis thelesbianwho endureda ‘leucotomy’(analternativetermforlobotomy)to ‘correct’hersexuality ...

climatebeyondthe frame:the decisionto speakup and con- tributeto the dialoguewas not one taken lightly. When one activisttakes c ...