Martha Ansara

On Guard (1984)

Set against the backdrop of modern-day Sydney, this heist-style thriller involves four politicised women from varying backgrounds, who conspire to sabotage the research programme of a multi-national firm, Utero, which is engaged in reproductive engineering. One of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Susan Lambert
CAST:  Alice Ansara  •  Martha Ansara  •  Liddy Clark  •  Jan Cornall

Set against the backdrop of modern-day Sydney, this heist-style thriller involves four politicised women from varying backgrounds, who conspire to sabotage the research programme of a multi-national firm, Utero, which is engaged in reproductive engineering. One of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Susan Lambert
CAST:  Alice Ansara  •  Martha Ansara  •  Liddy Clark  •  Jan Cornall

The Pursuit of Happiness (1988)

A drama with strong documentary elements, set in the port city of Fremantle, WA, at a time of American nuclear fleet visits. The film traces the conflicts Anna faces within her family and within a divided town. It explores and connects the critical issues of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Martha Ansara
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A drama with strong documentary elements, set in the port city of Fremantle, WA, at a time of American nuclear fleet visits. The film traces the conflicts Anna faces within her family and within a divided town. It explores and connects the critical issues of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Martha Ansara
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Third Person Plural (1978)

Four young people get to know each other by spending weekends on a yacht stationed in Sydney's Pittwater area.  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Ricketson
CAST:  Bryan Brown  •  Margaret Cameron  •  George Shevtsov  •  Linden Wilkinson

Four young people get to know each other by spending weekends on a yacht stationed in Sydney's Pittwater area.  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Ricketson
CAST:  Bryan Brown  •  Margaret Cameron  •  George Shevtsov  •  Linden Wilkinson

A Film for Discussion (1973)

A docu-drama shot in 1970, but not completed until 1973, the film sought to encapsulate in an experimental form issues that were under discussion within the Women’s Liberation Movement at this time and to thus contribute to action for change. In its numerous ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Martha Ansara  •  Jeni Thornley  •  Deirdre Ferguson  •  Julie Gibson
CAST:  Jeni Thornley

A docu-drama shot in 1970, but not completed until 1973, the film sought to encapsulate in an experimental form issues that were under discussion within the Women’s Liberation Movement at this time and to thus contribute to action for change. In its numerous ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Martha Ansara  •  Jeni Thornley  •  Deirdre Ferguson  •  Julie Gibson
CAST:  Jeni Thornley

Brazen Hussies (2020)

Reveals a revolutionary chapter in Australian history, the Women’s Liberation Movement (1965 -1975). Interweaves fresh archival footage, personal photographs, memorabilia, and personal accounts from activists all around Australia to show how a daring and diverse ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Catherine Dwyer
CAST:  Elizabeth Reid  •  Anne Summers  •  Pat O'Shane  •  Martha Ansara

Reveals a revolutionary chapter in Australian history, the Women’s Liberation Movement (1965 -1975). Interweaves fresh archival footage, personal photographs, memorabilia, and personal accounts from activists all around Australia to show how a daring and diverse ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Catherine Dwyer
CAST:  Elizabeth Reid  •  Anne Summers  •  Pat O'Shane  •  Martha Ansara

Always Was, Always Will Be (1989)

This is the account of the Aboriginal People of Perth on protest to protect the Ancestral First Grandmothers' and Grandfathers' Beliefs of the Sacred Ground of the Waugul at the old Swan Brewery on the Swan River in Perth, W.A.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Martha Ansara
CAST:  Robert Bropho

This is the account of the Aboriginal People of Perth on protest to protect the Ancestral First Grandmothers' and Grandfathers' Beliefs of the Sacred Ground of the Waugul at the old Swan Brewery on the Swan River in Perth, W.A.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Martha Ansara
CAST:  Robert Bropho

Changing the Needle (1982)

A quarter of a million drug addicts —one of the most serious consequences of the Vietnam War. These addicts were the citizens of the South, and of Ho Chi Minh City, the former Saigon. Shot in 1981 by three Australian women, Changing the Needle was the first ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Martha Ansara  •  Mavis Robertson  •  Dasha Ross
CAST:  Tessa Mallos

A quarter of a million drug addicts —one of the most serious consequences of the Vietnam War. These addicts were the citizens of the South, and of Ho Chi Minh City, the former Saigon. Shot in 1981 by three Australian women, Changing the Needle was the first ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Martha Ansara  •  Mavis Robertson  •  Dasha Ross
CAST:  Tessa Mallos

The Ballad of Betty & Joe (2008)

Every morning Betty tramps alone through the big city to join her fellow buskers in the pedestrian tunnel below, trying to earn a living. But her earnings are meager, and to make things worse, the new security guard, Joe, is trying to confiscate her fiddle. While ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Martha Ansara
CAST:  Alice Ansara  •  Tony Barry  •  Betty Lucas  •  Mic Conway

Every morning Betty tramps alone through the big city to join her fellow buskers in the pedestrian tunnel below, trying to earn a living. But her earnings are meager, and to make things worse, the new security guard, Joe, is trying to confiscate her fiddle. While ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Martha Ansara
CAST:  Alice Ansara  •  Tony Barry  •  Betty Lucas  •  Mic Conway