Arts venue Divine Playhouse was told its lease would not be renewed after a campaign by religious extremists, Dalton Ball reports.
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The Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance has called for urgent action to support the live performance industry after several major theatre productions were cancelled. Dalton Ball reports.
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Earth’s Greatest Enemy, directed by radical journalist and filmmaker Abby Martin and ex-GI Mike Prysner, reveals a hidden truth behind the climate crisis, writes Jim McIlroy.
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This year's Sydney Film Festival, running from June 3–14, features films about First Nations resistance, a Palestinian uprising and communities seeking justice, writes Ben Radford.
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Try Me For Treason showcases recent testimony given in Russian courts by Russian and Ukrainian opponents of Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, writes Dave Mitchelmore.
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Filmmaker David Bradbury has left Australia to join the Nuestra América convoy to Cuba. Melissa Johns reports.
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A special screening of award-winning documentary Women of Steel is being held in nipaluna/Hobart to celebrate International Women’s Day, reports Melissa Johns. The film documents a historic fight by women in Wollongong for jobs and justice.
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The BBC was accused of censoring pro-Palestine content and ableism at the recent British film awards, reports Dom Williams.
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Bill Nevins travelled to New Orleans for the Folk Alliance International Conference in January.
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Mei-Ing Cheok reviews Kaouther Ben Hania’s award-winning docudrama, The Voice of Hind Rajab, which confronts us with the unbearable final hours of five-year-old Hind Rajab, one of the countless child victims of Israel’s war on Gaza.
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The new documentary, Until the Sky Falls Quiet, is a devastating depiction of the health tragedy inflicted on the population by Israel’s genocidal war against Gaza, writes Jim McIlroy.
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The Party for the People and for Palestine, organised by Green Left, filled the Gumbramorra Hall at Addison Road Community Centre and raised much-needed funds, reports Jim McIlroy.