Cecil Holmes

Faces in the Sun

Cecil Holmes

The story of four aboriginals grappling with assimilation pressures and facing a changing future. Through the experience of a bark painter, a teaching assistant, a carpenter, and a tribal headman, we see the type of life each one lives, and the conflict of the old and the new which sets up tensions within each one, and in Aboriginal society.

I, The Aboriginal

Cecil Holmes

Set in and around Darwin the film discloses the life of a full-blood Aborigine as depicted in Douglas Lockwood's book of the same name. Philip Roberts recalls his early years of tribal life and gradual acceptance by the white community. He receives medical training, and travels frequently to his own people making use of his knowledge.

Three in One

Cecil Holmes

John McCallum, Edmund Allison

This film contains three short stories about life in Australia in the 1950's.

Gentle Strangers

Cecil Holmes

A drama concerning a Thai girl who comes to Australia to study. Provides an insight into some of the problems faced by Asian students in our country.

Captain Thunderbolt

Cecil Holmes

Grant Taylor, Charles Tingwell

Fred Ward is imprisoned for horse stealing. He escapes from Cockatoo Island and under the name of Captain Thunderbolt becomes a bushranger, working with his friend and fellow escapee Alan Blake.