Most Popular Tom Zubrycki Trailers
Total trailers found: 40
Gulpilil: One Red Blood Trailer (2002)
05 April 2002
An hour-long documentary on the life and career of actor David Gulpilil.
Ablaze Trailer (2022)
26 May 2022
A feature documentary about opera singer Tiriki Onus who finds a 70-year-old silent film believed to be made by his grandfather, Aboriginal leader and filmmaker Bill Onus.
The Weather Diaries Trailer (2020)
10 June 2020
The flying foxes that soar across Sydney each evening face many challenges: impacted by heatwaves, evicted from urban parklands, struggling to survive an ongoing loss of habitat.
Memory Film: A Filmmaker's Diary Trailer (2023)
13 August 2023
‘memory film: a filmmaker’s diary’ is an immersive poetic documentary based on Jeni Thornley’s Super8 archive (1974-2003) filmed during the decades of her political and personal filmmaking, while producing ‘Maidens’, ‘To the Other Shore’, ‘Island Home Country’ and the collaborative feature ‘For Love or Money’.
Molly & Mobarak Trailer (2004)
29 January 2004
Molly & Mobarak is a 2003 Australian documentary directed by Tom Zubrycki. It follows a Hazara asylum seeker, 22-year-old Mobarak Tahiri, as he falls in love with 25-year-old Molly Rule, and faces possible deportation as his temporary visa nears expiration.
Kemira: Diary of a Strike Trailer (1984)
02 January 1984
Weeks before the closure of a Wollongong coal mine, a group of 31 miners occupied the pit and established themselves 5 kilometres underground.
Stolen Generations Trailer (2000)
29 August 2000
A film about the Australian government's practice of removing Aboriginal children from their families.
The Hungry Tide Trailer (2012)
01 January 2012
Only metres above sea level, the nation of Kiribati is on the front line of climate change. Maria Tiimon, a Kiribati woman living in Sydney, is passionate about her homeland and, despite her shyness, is determined to raise the world's awareness of its predicament.
Addison Road Drop-In Trailer (1977)
20 September 1977
A video that looks at some of the marginalised young people who come to the Addison Road Drop-In Centre in Marrickville.
Hope Road Trailer (2017)
14 June 2017
A refugee from the Sudanese civil war, Zacharia (one of the ‘Lost Boys' of Sudan) lives in Sydney with his wife and daughter.
The Addison Road Drop-In Trailer (1977)
01 January 1977
The Sydney suburb of Marrickville has Australia’s ‘first, largest and longest-surviving community centre’; it is shown here in the 1970s.
Strangers in Paradise Trailer (1989)
01 June 1989
On the eve of bicentennial celebrations, Strangers in Paradise looks at Australian culture through the eyes of tourists on a ‘Dreamtime’ tour.
The Secret Safari Trailer (2013)
22 February 2013
The Secret Safari tells the story of one of the most audacious military operations in the armed fight against apartheid in South Africa.
Amongst Equals Trailer (1991)
01 August 1991
Zubrycki’s controversial, provocative and rarely screened documentary about the Australian trade-union movement was originally commissioned by the ACTU and funded by the Bicentennial Authority to provide an audio-visual history stretching from the birth of the movement in the mid-1850s and the formation of the Australian Labor Party to key events like the 1891 shearers’ strike and the 1988 Bicentenary.
The Painters and Dockers Strike Trailer (1976)
30 June 1976
A video made by filmmakers Tom Zubrycki and Russ Hermann, in collaboration with members of the Federated Ship Painters And Dockers Union of Australia, covering the 13 week-long strike by ship-workers to improve working conditions involving the handling of asbestos on ships docked in the port of Sydney.
Making Venus Trailer (2003)
20 February 2003
Cousins Jason and Julian are both 25. And bored. Armed with $100,000, a three-minute film idea, and an award-winning short film director, they decide it's time to change their lives.
Waterloo Trailer (1981)
01 June 1981
The film outlines the history of the redevelopment of the Sydney suburb of Waterloo. Residents are interviewed and archival footage is used to outline the history of change in the area.
We Have To Live With It Trailer (1974)
31 December 1974
A community video made by Tom Zubrycki and the residents of Balmain and Rozelle that documents concerns held by residents and local businesses about the impact of an existing port terminal on their community.
The Carnival Trailer (2023)
10 June 2023
The Carnival captures the intimate moments of the sixth-generation carnival family, the Bells, as they haul their convoy of trucks, rides and workers from Batemans Bay to Darwin and back.
Senses of Cinema Trailer (2022)
17 November 2022
As notions of civil rights transformed across the world, so was the screen landscape reformed by the ascension of grassroots film movements seeking to challenge the mainstream.
Fig Street Fiasco Trailer (1974)
31 December 1974
Residents take on the bulldozers and the police in Tom Zubrycki’s look at urban redevelopment in Sydney in the 1970s.
Fair Game Trailer (2017)
03 September 2017
Heritier Lumumba, formerly known as Harry O'Brien, was in the middle of his best season of AFL when his club president, Eddie McGuire, made a racist on-air comment, suggesting that Sydney Swans player Adam Goodes could be used to promote a King Kong musical.
The Diplomat Trailer (2000)
17 August 2000
For 24 years East Timor's freedom fighter and Nobel Peace Prize winner José Ramos Horta campaigned to secure independence for his country, a Portuguese colony invaded by Indonesia in 1975.
Billal Trailer (1996)
09 October 1996
The Eter family live on a state housing estate in a suburb comprising mainly Anglo-Australian families.
Kindred Trailer (2023)
07 June 2023
A journey into the emotional landscape of family, love and loss of two close friends, both Aboriginal, who were adopted by white families and have connected back with their bloodline families.
Aquarius Trailer (2024)
14 June 2024
In May 1973, 10,000 artists, activists, hippies, radical students, gurus and visionaries descended on a small dairy town for 10 days of social and cultural exploration that changed a generation.
The Sunnyboy Trailer (2013)
02 June 2013
Following the Sunnyboys’ enigmatic frontman Jeremy Oxley from the band’s origins, breakthrough success and his subsequent 30-year battle with schizophrenia, The Sunnyboy is one man's inspired story of survival and hope.
Dogs of Democracy Trailer (2017)
24 July 2017
Dogs of Democracy is an essay-style documentary about the stray dogs of Athens and the people who take care of them.
Vietnam Symphony Trailer (2005)
15 August 2005
In 1965 during the Vietnam War, students and teachers from the National Conservatory of Music in Hanoi were forced to flee to a small village in the countryside.
Homelands: View from the Edge Trailer (1993)
01 June 1993
In his first exploration of the migration experience, Zubrycki poses the question ‘When the fighting stops, how do you make choices about where you want to live?’.
Big Boss Trailer (2012)
01 February 2012
The story of 95-year-old Aboriginal elder Laurie Baymarrwangga and her work to maintain the language and cultural traditions of the Yan-nhangu people of Murrungga.
My Rembetika Blues Trailer (2021)
24 April 2021
My Rembetika Blues is a documentary film about love, life and Greek Music. Film maker M.Zournazi takes us on a musical odyssey into the heart and soul of exile and human experience.
Yumburra Trailer (2026)
06 June 2026
A lyrical portrait of Bruce Pascoe in the aftermath of Dark Emu living on his riverside farm, recharging and reflecting, as he tests out the theories proposed in his book.
The Piano Tuner Trailer (2026)
13 June 2026
On a rescue mission to save the piano, a passionate piano tuner meets a diverse mix of owners and their pianos – revealing their stories and relationship with the instrument.
Friends & Enemies Trailer (1987)
18 April 1987
One thousand power workers went on strike against the South East Queensland Electrical Board (SEQEB)in February 1985 in protest against the introduction of contract worker hire.
Marrickville Trailer (1985)
18 July 1985
Looks at the history and cultural diversity of the Sydney, Australia suburb of Marrickville. The video features interviews with those who live in this area including people with Greek, Lebanese, Portuguese and Vietnamese backgrounds.
Temple of Dreams Trailer (2007)
01 January 2007
Fadi Rahman is young, charismatic and ambitious. With the help of a team of Lebanese volunteers, he runs a youth centre and gymnasium in Sydney's west.
Gardens of Stone Trailer (2019)
15 March 2019
Gardens of Stone is a short documentary which tells a story of the efforts of traditional owners, bushwalkers and scientists to save a landscape of spectacular sandstone towers from the impact of underground mining.
Bran Nue Dae Trailer (1991)
06 June 1991
Goes behind the scenes of the original stage production of Bran Nue Dae, which was eventually adapted into the box-office hit musical.
Lord of the Bush Trailer (1990)
01 July 1990
Eccentric British developer Lord McAlpine has a dream – an urge to create a whole new civilisation in Australia’s North based around the town of Broome in the remote north of Western Australia.
