Modern history

Personal and social capability

Critical thinking

9-10

11-12

Classification: Parental Guidance

This is the definitive look at the aftermath of 9/11. We will examine firsthand accounts of rescue workers navigating the treacherous terrain to reach survivors, soldiers deploying to the scene, family members searching in vain for loved-ones, survivors being pulled from the wreckage and people visually documenting the scene from various vantage points throughout.

Modern history

Science

Design and technologies

9-10

11-12

Classification: Parental Guidance

The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 resulted in the swift and total collapse of the Twin Towers but the Pentagon, which suffered the same kind of blow, stood fast. The world's leading forensic engineers investigate why the results were so drastically different for each building.

Modern history

Personal and social capability

Ethical understanding

11-12

Classification: Mature

Authentic transmissions from on-board stewardesses, chilling voicemails from victims and never-before-seen interviews provide a groundbreaking insight into what really happened on this ill-fated day.

Dance

Music

Drama

9-10

11-12

Classification: General

Following the New York City ballet's performance of Jerome Robbins' 1958 'ballet in sneakers', this short documentary charts the progression of the latest production and looks back at how the original performances wowed audiences around the world.

Music

Media arts

11-12

Classification: Mature

A documentary on the 1970s African American punk trio Death, and their new-found popularity decades after they disbanded.

Personal and social capability

Health and PE

Music

9-10

11-12

Classification: Not Classified

A Boy Called Alex: the Concert is the sequel to Alex: A Passion for Life. The concert features highlights from the astonishing production of Bach's St Matthew Passion, conducted by Alex Stobbs. Cambridge music scholar and cystic fibrosis sufferer, Alex Stobbs captured the heart of the nation with his inspiring story of hope and determination. Battling his crippling disease, Alex continues to turn his musical dreams into reality. He conducted the St Matthew Passion in front of a packed house of 800 paying audience members at the famous Cadogan Hall in London.

Personal and social capability

Music

Health and PE

9-10

11-12

Classification: General

A Boy Called Alex is the true story of cystic fibrosis sufferer, 17-year-old Alex Stobbs. He's a musical prodigy who has been playing the piano since he was three. His goal is to conduct Bach's great choral piece, The Magnificat, before an audience of 500 in the stunning 15th century chapel of his school, Eton. This is an ambitious task for any teenage boy, but for Alex the stakes are much higher. With each year that passes, his lungs and digestive system are slowly giving up on him and there is no cure.

History

5-6

Classification: Not Classified

Constantinople was once called the 'new Rome'.

Modern history

Civics and citizenship

History

9-10

11-12

Classification: Not Classified

The liberation of East Timor pushed Australia and Indonesia to the brink of confrontation, but diplomacy and a peacekeeping mission led to the birth of a nation. Twenty years on, we talk to those involved about the lasting legacy.

Personal and social capability

7-8

9-10

Classification: Not Classified

Nautilus Aviation's Jenna Ryan discusses her career change from primary school teacher to helicopter pilot, and how she approached the challenge.

Media arts

Modern history

History

11-12

Classification: Parental Guidance

World War I was the first war in which the newly invented movie camera was used on a wide scale. A terrorist attack on the Balkan Peninsula triggered a war that spread instantly, strewing seeds of misery that still plagues the world today: Science and technology that serve the war, regimes of terror, the conflict in the Middle East... The world we live in is in itself a product of World War I.

Media arts

Modern history

History

11-12

Classification: Parental Guidance

At the end of World War I, the US replaced the European nations as a superpower. The country's driving force was the giant family-run conglomerates. The successors entered numerous new industries, transforming the young country into an "empire of capitalism." We will look at the evolvement of modern capitalism by using private footage released by the families of JP Morgan "the Finance King," JD Rockefeller "the Oil Baron," and the auto tycoon Henry Ford.

Media arts

Modern history

History

11-12

Classification: Mature Accompanied (15+)

World War II was the deadliest military conflict in history killing more than 50 million people. But the world was not driven into the tragedy of invasion by a single dictator. People with disdain for capitalism turned to fascism, and the world's big businesses supported the Nazi regime. How did people let the dictators come to power? Newly discovered footage brings to life a story of those who put their future in the hands of dictators and opened the gates to disaster.

Health and PE

Personal and social capability

11-12

Classification: Mature

When scraggly, endearingly hapless filmmaker Chris Waitt gets dumped by his girlfriend - the last in a long line of disastrous affairs - he resolves to find out what exactly is wrong with him. Why have all his relationships ended in acrimony or indifference? What will it take for him to dodge everlasting loneliness? The only way to find out is to ask his past paramours point blank.

Literacy

English

Civics and citizenship

Personal and social capability

Critical thinking

9-10

11-12

Classification: Parental Guidance

An interactive documentary which explores the experiences and challenges faced by international students, focusing on the Indian student community in Victoria in 2009 and 2010.

History

Civics and citizenship

Personal and social capability

9-10

11-12

Classification: Not Classified

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Presented by Heather Ewart, a seasoned political reporter who grew up on a sheep and wheat farm in National Party country in Victoria, A Country Road: The Nationals is a rollicking political and social history across time - and across this vast country. The first episode explores the early history of the National Party, through to what many consider its heyday when the trio of Doug Anthony, Peter Nixon and Ian Sinclair reigned supreme.

History

Civics and citizenship

Personal and social capability

9-10

11-12

Classification: Not Classified

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Episode two focuses on Queensland and the disastrous 'Joh for PM' campaign which destroyed the Federal Coalition and almost brought down the party. It created fertile ground for One Nation's Pauline Hanson, who captured large sections of the National Party vote in her home state.

History

Civics and citizenship

Personal and social capability

9-10

11-12

Classification: Not Classified

This video has closed captioning

The final episode follows the rise of the independents with three former National Party members deciding the fate of the Federal Government in 2010. Two of them - Rob Oakeshott and Tony Windsor - would settle on Julia Gillard and hold the balance of power.