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A new report on the struggles of Australian documentary makers has called for the introduction of local production quotas on Netflix and other streaming services. Acclaimed documentary Producer/Director Tom Zubrycki writes "Netflix, Amazon Prime and Stan are making millions of dollars from streaming mainly North American- and British-made content onto our various devices."

Documentary makers join the fight to :

New report calls for Netflix to support more Australian productions Acclaimed documentary maker Tom Zubrycki believes streaming services should face local content quotas.

Visual journalism and the fight for freedom of the press It is no surprise to read that this year’s surveys of press freedom paint a dark picture.

Opening night !
Human Rights Arts and Film Festival

Photography by Michelle McFarlane. Tag yourself!

Opening night with .

"Film... provides the evidence. It also expresses something that cannot be expressed in words." Joe Avapura Moses speaking at Human Rights Arts and Film Festival.

Fresh from the UN Human Rights Council, The Opposition documentary is coming to Prague for Jeden svět / One World - Come meet us there!

10 Mar 5:00pm at Evald - Czech Premiere
13 Mar 7:30pm at Svetozor, Large Hall with Q&A
14 Mar 5:30 at Municipal Library, Small Hallwith with Q&A
Ticket's below:

The Opposition - One World 2017 Joe Moses believes that, as long as he is alive, his duty is to help people. For years he has been fighting for his community in Paga Hill, at the outer edge of Papua-New Guinea’s capital. An Australian developer is trying to forcibly evict them with the aim of replacing the locals’ modest dwellings...

Protagonist of and leader of the Paga Hill Community, Joe Avapura Moses presents the community's struggles and human rights abuses they've suffered as well as the difficulty with fighting for their rights while being forced into hiding for the last 3 years. Go Joe!
United Nations Human Rights Britdoc

Protagonist of The Opposition and leader of the Paga Hill Community, Joe Moses presents the community's struggles and human rights abuses they've suffered as well as the difficulty with fighting for their rights while being forced into hiding for the last 3 years.

IF Magazine reports NSW Supreme court judgment: "there were “extreme weaknesses” to Kidu’s claim that she did not know that the filmmakers were hoping to make a documentary for public exhibition. Her legal case was supported by the Paga Hill Development Company (PHDC)."
Inside Film Magazine Paga Hill Community The Opposition Britdoc BRITDOC Foundation Good Pitch Australia Hollie Fifer Rebecca Barry

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The Paga Hill residents give the thumbs up! The Opposition

Few of the 3000 residents of Paga Hill Community expressing their happiness with their thumbs up, peace signs, and teeth widening smiles after hearing news during their brief meeting that & 'WON' the Court Case in Sydney, NSW Supreme Court, against Former PNG Opposition Leader & on July 8th 2016. The full length of will be released in the near future!

See what it's all about - film trailer.

The Opposition Trailer - 2016 .More information: http://theoppositionfilm.com/ THE OPPOSITION DELVES DEEP INTO THE DAVID VS GOLIATH BATTLE OVER A SLICE OF PAPUA NEW GUINEAN PARADISE. The…

Thanks Britdoc & BRITDOC Foundation!

Australian-born PNG politician loses court battle to suppress documentary about shanty town... A documentary about the forced eviction of 3000 squatters from a shanty town in Port Moresby can be shown after a court threw out a legal challenge by one of the film's central figures, Dame Carol Kidu, the Australia-born former opposition leader of Papua New Guinea .

Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival 2016 review gives 5 stars.

Hot Docs 2016 Review: “The Opposition” (2016) ★★★★★ How many times do you hear of a film that was held up in a court case and just recently released a censored version that was screened at the Documentary Film Festival? Not many. And when it happens…