John Moore

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John Moore

Died July 23, 2019

John Moore produced award-winning documentaries for over twenty years. His programs sold to ABC TV, SBS, Channel 4, ARTE, the Canadian History Channel and TV Ontario. His programs made for the Film Australia History Scheme included Menzies & Churchill at War and Monash the Forgotten Anzac. His 2005 documentary about Bertram Wainer Abortion, Corruption & Cops was nominated at the 2005 Australian …

Known For

HaroldHarold · 1994
Harold
1994
MovieDocumentary
An insight into the life of Indigenous singer Harold Blair, who achieved overseas success at a personal cost. In 1945, Harold broke free of the restrictions placed on his community to perform opera and begin to change the limitations of the era.
ScarecrowScarecrow · 2002
Scarecrow
4.92002
MovieHorrorComedy
A high school outcast who lives in a trailer with his mother finally meets a friend. He wants to ask her if they can go the next step, but then sees her kissing another boy at a party. He runs home only to find his mother having sex with a drunk. He starts yelling, but is countered by the drunk when he suffocates him and makes him look like he hung himself. The scarecrow comes in when the boy's soul is pushed into it. He goes out for revenge.
Women and WallaceWomen and Wallace · 1990
Women and Wallace
10.01990
MovieDramaRomance
After his mother kills herself, Wallace Kirkman struggles in his relationships with the women in his life.
Black Man's HousesBlack Man's Houses · 1993
Black Man's Houses
8.01993
MovieDocumentary
In 1832 the government of Van Diemen’s Land sent the last Aboriginal resistance fighters into exile at Wybalenna on Flinders Island, bringing an end to the Black War and opening a new chapter in the struggle for justice and survival by Tasmanian Aboriginal people. Black Man’s Houses tells a dramatic story of the quest by Aboriginal people to reclaim the graves of their ancestors against a background of racism and denial. Documenting a moving memorial re-enactment of the funeral of the great chief Manalargenna, the film also charts the cultural strength and resilience of his descendants as they are forced to fight for recognition in a society that is not ready to remember the terrible events of the past.
Abortion, Corruption and Cops: The Bertram Wainer StoryAbortion, Corruption and Cops: The Bertram Wainer Story · 2006
Abortion, Corruption and Cops: The Bertram Wainer Story
10.02006
MovieDrama
In his fight to make abortion accessible, affordable and safe, Dr Bertram Wainer risked his life to uncover a web of corruption involving abortionists, politicians and police.
Monash: The Forgotten AnzacMonash: The Forgotten Anzac · 2008
Monash: The Forgotten Anzac
6.02008
MovieDocumentaryWar
The story of how Australia's 'ANZAC myth' was born and the role of General John Monash in this process as soldier and statesman both during and after WW1.
Menzies and Churchill at WarMenzies and Churchill at War · 2008
Menzies and Churchill at War
2008
MovieDramaWar
The true story of the dark days of 1941 when Menzies battled with Winston Churchill over the strategic direction of the Second World War with the fate of Australia hanging in the balance.
In the Realm of the HackersIn the Realm of the Hackers · 2003
In the Realm of the Hackers
6.42003
MovieDocumentary
In The Realm of the Hackers is a documentary about the prominent hacker community, centered in Melbourne, Australia in the late 80's to early 1990. The storyline is centered around the Australian teenagers going by the hacker names "Electron" and "Phoenix", who were members of an elite computer hacking group called The Realm and hacked into some of the most secure computer networks in the world, including those of the US Naval Research Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, a government lab charged with the security of the US nuclear stockpile, and NASA.

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Black Man's HousesBlack Man's Houses · 1993
Black Man's Houses
8.01993
MovieDocumentary
In 1832 the government of Van Diemen’s Land sent the last Aboriginal resistance fighters into exile at Wybalenna on Flinders Island, bringing an end to the Black War and opening a new chapter in the struggle for justice and survival by Tasmanian Aboriginal people. Black Man’s Houses tells a dramatic story of the quest by Aboriginal people to reclaim the graves of their ancestors against a background of racism and denial. Documenting a moving memorial re-enactment of the funeral of the great chief Manalargenna, the film also charts the cultural strength and resilience of his descendants as they are forced to fight for recognition in a society that is not ready to remember the terrible events of the past.

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