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The Aboriginal Tent Embassy has been the focus for Aboriginal political rights in Canberra for the past 47 years

Guest Speaker: Unmasking Nolan's hidden paintings with Dr Paula Dredge

Dr Paula Dredge shares her ground-breaking research on Sidney Nolan’s innovative use of household paint in the mid-1940s

NFSA Friends - Hugh Watson: Songs of Peace and Protest

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13 September

NFSA Friends - Hugh Watson: Songs of Peace and Protest

Friends of the National Film and Sound Archive presents stories that celebrate film and music

Reel Classics: Mae West Double: She Done him Wrong (1933) + I’m No Angel (1933)

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14 September

Reel Classics: Mae West Double: She Done him Wrong (1933) + I’m No Angel (1933)

Reel McCoy Film Society presents bi-monthly film screenings of classic cinema

Floor Talk: Environmental activism across generations

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21 September

Floor Talk: Environmental activism across generations

Join us for an intergenerational conversation about environmental activism.

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21 September

Film Screening: 2040

2040 is a hybrid feature documentary that looks to the future, but is vitally important NOW!

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28 September

Day Bus Tour: ‘Old Graham’ near Cowra

Driving through Wiradjuri country and arriving at ‘Old Graham’ house, the tour will take in the beautifully restored stone homestead…

Reel Classics: Fritz Lang Double: Ministry of Fear (1944) + Blue Gardenia (1953)

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28 September

Reel Classics: Fritz Lang Double: Ministry of Fear (1944) + Blue Gardenia (1953)

Reel McCoy Film Society presents bi-monthly film screenings of classic cinema

Floor Talk: Mandarin Tour of The Nolan Collection

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3 October

Floor Talk: Mandarin Tour of The Nolan Collection

Join a Mandarin language tour and discover one of Australia’s most acclaimed artists Sidney Nolan

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Floor Talk: Women Against Rape in War

9 October

Discover the story behind the Women Against Rape in Warprotests of the early 1980s with Dr Gail Radford and Di Lucas

NFSA Friends - The Pentagon Papers: Conversations with Daniel Ellsberg (1972) + The Franklin River Blockade (1983)

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11 October

NFSA Friends - The Pentagon Papers: Conversations with Daniel Ellsberg (1972) + The Franklin River Blockade (1983)

Friends of the National Film and Sound Archive presents stories that celebrate film

Daniel Ellsberg discusses his experiences in Vietnam and their influence on his decision to release the stolen Pentagon papers to the American public. Plus, the Tasmanian Wilderness Society's blockade of construction on a dam to flood the Franklin River attracted activists from all over Australia, 1440 of whom were arrested for non-violent protest. Their efforts influenced the 1983 federal election campaign.