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Documentary filmmaker, writer and film valuer Jeni Thornley’s (1948–) poetic, often essayistic documentaries are landmarks in Australian independent and feminist cinema, and provide an extraordinary record of society, politics, activism, changing perspectives and modes of filmmaking over a 50-year period.This program brings together several of Thornley’s key works and reflects a deeply thoughtful and often painstaking process of exploring the ethics of image making, place and identity, as well as making work on stolen land. It includes her first solo work as a filmmaker, the multigenerational MAIDENS (1978), a landmark in feminist filmmaking, Island Home Country, and her beautiful, farewell “poem”, MEMORY FILM: A FILMMAKER'S DIARY (2023).
To be introduced by the filmmaker.
7:00pm MEMORY FILM: A FILMMAKER’S DIARY
Jeni Thornley (2023) 85 mins – Unclassified 15+
8:45pm ISLAND HOME COUNTRY
Jeni Thornley (2008) 52 mins – Unclassified 15+
Preceded by FILM FOR DISCUSSION Martha Ansara (1973) 24 mins – Unclassified 15+ and MAIDENS Jeni Thornley (1978) 28 mins – Unclassified 15+
Full program notes: melbournecinematheque.org/category/present-year/contested-histories-the-documentaries-of-jeni-thornley
Memberships: acmi.net.au/cteq
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
ACMI, Federation Square, Flinders Street, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, Victoria 3000
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