Movies: Oliver Howes

  • 1971
    Three to Go

    Three to Go (1971)

    Three to Go

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    An anthology of Australian short films by directors Brian Hannant ("Judy"), Oliver Howes ("Toula") and Peter Weir ("Michael"), each presenting a young Australian at a moment of decision about their future....

    Three to Go
  • 1976
    Let the Balloon Go

    Let the Balloon Go (1976)

    Let the Balloon Go

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    In 1917 rural New South Wales, a young boy with polio struggles to break free of his overprotective mother....

    Let the Balloon Go
  • 1982
    The Human Face of Japan

    The Human Face of Japan (1982)

    The Human Face of Japan

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    The world continues to look to Japan as a highly industrialized, future-oriented country that has retained much of its ancient tradition. This series provides an insight into the character of a highly complex nation by examining the lives of nine Jap...

    The Human Face of Japan
  • 1983
    The Human Face of the Pacific. A Place of Power in French Polynesia

    The Human Face of the Pacific. A Place of Power in French Polynesia (1983)

    The Human Face of the Pacific. A Place of Power in French Polynesia

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    A Tahiti is a rugged, forest-clad South Pacific island, surrounded by coral reefs. Its traditional Polynesian way of life has been swamped over the years by foreign influences, particularly that of France. However, the long-awaited re-emergence of tr...

    The Human Face of the Pacific. A Place of Power in French Polynesia
  • 1983
    The Human Face of the Pacific: New Caledonia. A Land in Search of Itself

    The Human Face of the Pacific: New Caledonia. A Land in Search of Itself (1983)

    The Human Face of the Pacific: New Caledonia. A Land in Search of Itself

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    New Caledonia is a country divided. The largest community is Melanesians, self-styled “Kanaks” who make up 43 per cent of the population. They want independence from France. On the other side are the French and locally born Caledonians, supported by ...

    The Human Face of the Pacific: New Caledonia. A Land in Search of Itself
  • 1983
    The Human Face of the Pacific: Atoll Life in Kiribati

    The Human Face of the Pacific: Atoll Life in Kiribati (1983)

    The Human Face of the Pacific: Atoll Life in Kiribati

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    The Republic of Kiribati is one of the most isolated places in the Pacific and because of this it has been possible for its people to retain much of their traditional way of life. In this film, made on Tabiteuea Island four years after independence, ...

    The Human Face of the Pacific: Atoll Life in Kiribati
  • 1980
    On Sacred Ground

    On Sacred Ground (1980)

    On Sacred Ground

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    On Sacred Ground looks at the story behind the Noonkanbah dispute, the well-publicised Aboriginal struggle to stop mining in the Kimberley region of Western Australia in the late 1970s. Presented by a young spokesman for the Kimberley Land Council, t...

    On Sacred Ground