Film Screenings
The Wednesday Matinee features films and videos from the collections held by the Library. Screenings usually run for about 60 minutes. Admission is free and screening start at 12.30pm. Bookings are not necessary.
To enjoy some films before the matinees begin, check out the classic Australian films based on books screening on the big screen in the cultural centre as part of the Love2Read Cafe and the National Year of Reading.
Download the May Program PDF
May 2
City of dreams [2000] 55 min
Fascinating documentary explores the story of the American couple who won a controversial international competition in 1912 to design the new Australian capital in Canberra.
May 9
Handmaidens and battleaxes [1989] 55 min
An informative and entertaining documentary which traces the role of nurses from pre-industrial times to the modern day.
May 16
Everest, sea to summit [1992] 59 min
Captures the beauty, physical stress and emotion that Tim Macartney-Snape and his wife, Dr. Ann Ward, experienced during the first complete ascent of Mt.Everest.
May 23
Slow food revolution [2003] 52 min
Traditional foods are at risk of disappearing forever, as a speed-obsessed world turns increasingly to fast foods. To counter this trend, there is an international gastro-economic movement known as Slow Food. Its aim is to protect traditional culture, the environment and biodiversity by encouraging regional food production.
May 30
Dead quick: Peter Corris, writer [1993] 53 min
Explores the work of Peter Corris, his influences, writing style and geographic setting of his Cliff Hardy detective novels. Looks critically at the genre and also touches on his biography of Fred Hollows.
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June 6
The black swan: Meryl Tankard [1995] 55 min
Tankard’s biographical and creative story is interwoven throughout The Black Swan. Through various works we see how her version of a total theatre with no boundaries has unfolded.
June 13
14 up in America [1998] 58 min
Based on the documentary films that followed the lives of British children from the age of seven, this longitudinal study in America revisits a group of children that have reached the age of fourteen to discover how they view their world.
June 20
The fully ordained meat pie [1987] 53 min
Women denied access to the priesthood question traditional stereotypes enshrined in the Bible, and confront bureaucratic church structures based on secular, rather than sacred, tradition.
June 27
The nights belong to the novelists [1986] 48 min
Explores the imaginative world of Australian novelist, Elizabeth Jolley, through readings, dramatized segments and witty and playful interviews in which she talks about the craft and practical problems of writing and her fictional treatment of old age, women’s relationships, exile and displacement.
Page last updated: Friday 27 April 2012
