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1) Blue Island
Publisher
Icarus Films
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Starting with the apparently futile Umbrella Movement in 2014, director Chan Tze Woon has chosen to document this modern era of defiance. Conceived in 2017 and filmed over 5 years, BLUE ISLAND confronts the large-scale 2019 protests in Hong Kong. A new wave of young people took back the streets, as one generation after another has done throughout Hong Kong’s history. Bullets fly across the alleys. Fires ignite. White tear gas and blue water cannons...
3) The Tunnel
Publisher
Umbrella Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
An investigation into a government cover-up leads to a network of abandoned train tunnels deep beneath the heart of Sydney. As a journalist and her crew hunt for the story, it quickly becomes clear the story is hunting them.
Publisher
Umbrella Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
At last, the long-lost film inspired by Australia's first rock festival - The Pilgrimage For Pop Festival - at Ourimbah, near Sydney in 1970. Starring: Billy Thorpe and The Aztecs, Jeff St John and the Copperwine, Chain, Tully, Wendy Saddington and Company Caine, Leo de Castro, Hans Poulsen, Max Merritt and the Meteors and featuring Allan Moaryawaalla Barker.
Publisher
Umbrella Entertainment
Pub. Date
1995.
Language
English
Description
Australian-born PETER ALLEN had one of the all-time classic international showbusiness careers making a name for himself with songs such as I GO TO RIO, I STILL CALL AUSTRALIA HOME and the Academy Award winning BEST THAT YOU CAN DO (ARTHUR'S THEME). Always remembered for his exuberant and energetic style, his life also brings into focus some of the broader social issues of the age. Featuring footage covering thirty years of his life this DVD depicts...
6) Kapyong
Publisher
Umbrella Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
The 1951 Battle of Kapyong is considered one of the most significant battles in Australia’s military history – yet it is the least acknowledged and sadly remains a much overlooked chapter in the history books. China’s Fifth Offensive during the Korean War was intended to finally drive the Australian, New Zealand and Canadian troops out of South Korea by way of securing a strategic valley, an ancient route ideal for the purpose of...
Publisher
Umbrella Entertainment
Pub. Date
1982.
Language
English
Description
Tells the remarkable true story of Australia's involvement in one of the greatest raids in wartime history. Comprised of volunteers of all branches of the Allied Forces, Z Special Forces was a secret operations unit of the Australian Army during World War II and came under the direct command of General Douglas MacArthur. In an amazing display of courage and determination, Z Special carried out 284 undercover missions in the south-west Pacific...