Design and technologies

Business and economics

Ethical understanding

Sustainability

9-10

11-12

Classification: Parental Guidance

An absorbing life story of a farm boy who rose from obscurity to become the most influential American innovator of the 20th century. This program offers an incisive look at the birth of the American auto industry with its long history of struggles between labour and management, and a thought-provoking reminder of how Ford's automobile forever changed the way we work, where we live, and our ideas about individuality, freedom, and possibility.

Business and economics

9-10

11-12

Classification: Parental Guidance

Now in its 21st year, the Ethnic Business Awards continues the tradition of recognising the determination and competitive spirit of Australia's migrant community. These awards were designed to recognise and reward the valuable and innovative contributions migrants have made to Australian business and the economy.

Business and economics

History

Geography

9-10

11-12

Classification: Parental Guidance

For two centuries, American whale oil lit the world - illuminating and powering the start of the industrial revolution, and laying the groundwork for a truly global economy. From its stunning rise as an economic force in the 18th century, to its precipitous decline in the decades following the Civil War, the whaling industry mapped millions of miles of uncharted ocean, opened new seaways and markets, employed the world's most multicultural workforce, and shrunk the globe by bringing once remote reaches of the earth into contact as never before - all the while capturing the American imagination.

Media arts

Business and economics

Personal and social capability

11-12

Classification: Parental Guidance

A satirical comedy about the world of big business and corporate greed. An ambitious but naive young man rapidly moves up the corporate ladder from the mailroom to the executive suite, unaware that he is part of the board of directors' nefarious scheme.

Business and economics

Civics and citizenship

Ethical understanding

Critical thinking

9-10

11-12

Classification: Parental Guidance

This Oscar-winning documentary from Charles Ferguson (No End In Sight), is first film to expose the shocking truth behind the economic crisis of 2008. The global financial meltdown, at a cost of over $20 trillion, resulted in millions of people losing their homes and jobs. Through extensive research and interviews with major financial insiders, politicians and journalists, Ferguson traces the rise of a rogue industry and unveils the corrosive relationships which have corrupted politics, regulation and academia.

Geography

Business and economics

Earth and environment

Sustainability

9-10

11-12

Classification: Parental Guidance

It is happening all across America - rural landowners wake up one day to find a lucrative offer from an energy company wanting to lease their property. Reason? The company hopes to tap into a reservoir dubbed the 'Saudi Arabia of natural gas'. Halliburton developed a way to get the gas out of the ground by a hydraulic drilling process called 'fracking', but is fracking safe? Josh Fox set out on a journey across America's heartland to find out. Winner of the Special Jury Prize at the 2010 Sundance Movie Festival.

Personal and social capability

Business and economics

Ethical understanding

9-10

11-12

Classification: Parental Guidance

An emotional journey that will challenge the way you think, feel and shop.

Design and technologies

Business and economics

5-6

7-8

Classification: Parental Guidance

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Oscar-winning director Daniel Junge and Oscar-nominated director Kief Davidson take us on a journey through the Lego universe like you have never seen before. They explore the brick that has captured imaginations for generations and look at the fundamental question: Is it a toy or something more? The program delves into the extraordinary impact of the Lego brick and the innovative uses for it that have sprung up all over the world. The film takes us to art galleries full of Lego creations, introduces us to master builders making movies, into the world of Lego therapy, and brings us along to meet AFOLS (adult fans of Lego), each with amazing stories to tell.

Business and economics

Sustainability

Civics and citizenship

Health and PE

9-10

11-12

Classification: Parental Guidance

Filmmaker Robert Kenner lifts the veil on America's corporate controlled food industry, exposing the highly mechanised underbelly that has been hidden from consumers with the consent of the US government's regulatory agencies, USDA and FDA. The US food supply is now controlled by a handful of corporations that often put profit ahead of consumer health, the livelihood of farmers, the safety of workers and the environment.

Design and technologies

Business and economics

9-10

11-12

Classification: Parental Guidance

A documentary that investigates the birth and death of the electric car, as well as the role of renewable energy and sustainable living in the future.

Business and economics

Earth and environment

9-10

11-12

Classification: Parental Guidance

This provocative documentary uncovers the commercialisation of the natural world. Protecting our planet has become a global market with companies using the environment to enrich their balance sheets. But what are the consequences of their actions?

History

Business and economics

5-6

7-8

9-10

11-12

Classification: Parental Guidance

Traces the long and ferocious rivalry between Coke and Pepsi, centred on the 'New Coke' debacle of 1985. For almost a hundred years, Coke had been the undisputed leader in the multibillion-dollar global soda industry - stodgy, predictable, but indisputably top dog - while Pepsi had been the upstart No.2, forever poking at its big brother with cutting edge advertising. But in 1985, in a stranger-than-fiction twist, Coca-Cola's executives took a step so daring that no-one in either company could believe it: they changed the formula of the most popular beverage on the planet.

News and current affairs

Earth and environment

Sustainability

Business and economics

9-10

11-12

Classification: Parental Guidance

Spoiled by their upbringing with no idea what wild life is really like, four animals from New York Central Zoo escape, unwittingly assisted by four absconding penguins, and find themselves in Madagascar, among a bunch of merry lemurs.

Business and economics

Media arts

7-8

9-10

Classification: Parental Guidance

Celebrity Apprentice Australia is back with a feisty mix of personalities ready to do whatever it takes to win the title. Among them, Olympic legend Dawn Fraser, boxing champ Jeff Fenech, actor Rob Mills, rocker Brian Mannix and AFL's Dermott Brereton.

Ethical understanding

Personal and social capability

Civics and citizenship

Business and economics

Geography

9-10

11-12

Classification: Parental Guidance

Imagine a group of men from tough backgrounds who try to make their living as labourers, miners, and security guards in post apartheid South Africa. Now imagine this same group of men donning their Pierre Cardin suits and engaging in underground fashion shows every Saturday night for prizes, and more importantly - self-respect. Danish filmmaker Jeppe Ronde's The Swenkas takes its title from the name by which these men are known.

Business and economics

9-10

11-12

Classification: Parental Guidance

Sir Frank Lowy, the self-made billionaire and founder of Westfield Corporation, faces a dilemma - whether or not to sell the company he has spent his life building. Standing at a crossroads, Frank reflects for the first time on his war-torn childhood as a way to shape his perspective on this monumental decision.

Business and economics

Media arts

7-8

9-10

Classification: Parental Guidance

The celebrities must create a colourful and engaging Tim Tam promotional stand with the aim of attracting big crowds.

Business and economics

Digital technologies

Design and technologies

Personal and social capability

Critical thinking

9-10

11-12

Classification: Parental Guidance

In this candid, in-depth interview with the late visionary filmed in 1995, Steve Jobs discusses at length his early days, career battles, and vision for the future. Small portions of the piece were used for a television series at the time, but the vast majority was shelved and for 17 years thought to be lost. Resurfacing, it is being presented in its entirety, providing a fascinating look at Jobs at a particularly interesting moment in his career, two years before he would go on to retake control of Apple.