Jeni Thornley
Born: None
Jeni Thornley is a documentary filmmaker, writer and film valuer. Her poetic essay documentaries: Maidens (1978), collaborative feature film and Penguin book, For Love or Money: a history of women and work in Australia (1983), To the Other Shore (1996) and Island Home Country (2008) are landmark films in Australian independent and feminist cinema, widely distributed and also broadcast on ABC TV and SBS. Her films are available online and DVD via beamafilm, Ronin Films and Anandi Films.
Island Home Country
as NarratorReleased: 2008-08-02
A poetic cine-essay about race and Australia’s colonised history and how it impacts into the...
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Memory Film: A Filmmaker's Diary
as SelfReleased: 2023-08-13
‘memory film: a filmmaker’s diary’ is an immersive poetic documentary based on Jeni Thornley’s...
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