Life at the End of the Rainbow
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Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
by filmmaker Wayne Coles-Janess
Wayne Coles-Janess
Wayne Coles-Janess is an internationally acclaimed and award-winning producer, writer and director of drama and documentary programs. Producing films that define humanity in international situations and engage audiences across cultures and nations.-Life:...
about the small farming community of Rainbow, population 500, which lies on the edge of the Big Desert
Deserts of Australia
Deserts cover a large portion of the land in Australia. Most of the deserts lie in the central and north-western part of the country. The largest part of Australia is desert or semi-arid...
, North Western Victoria, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
.
Synopsis
The area was originally considered worthless and was fenced off and abandoned. The town was established around the turn of the century, with German settlersGerman Australian
German religious refugees represented the first major wave of German settlement in Australia, arriving in South Australia in 1838. Some were active as missionaries and explorers in Australia from early in the 19th century, and German prospectors were well-represented in the 1850s gold rushes...
. It then boomed with the soldier settler policies after the first
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
and second World Wars
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
. Rainbow and its people have struggled to eke out an existence for more than three generations, with global economics
Economics
Economics is the social science that analyzes the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. The term economics comes from the Ancient Greek from + , hence "rules of the house"...
and government policy compounding the difficulties of marginal farming. The film uses home movies from the 1940s.
See also
- In the Shadow of the PalmsIn The Shadow Of The PalmsIn the Shadow of the Palms is the only documentary filmed in Iraq prior to, during and after the fall of Saddam Hussein. It documents the changes in Iraqi society, and the lives of ordinary Iraqis by focusing on a cross-section of individuals.-Plot:...
- On The Border Of HopetownOn The Border Of HopetownOn The Border Of Hopetown is a 1992 Australian short Film. It was produced and directed by Wayne Coles-Janess.-Synopsis:On The Border Of Hopetown is a dramatic chronicle of travellers passing through a remote service station located in the Wheat Belt of rural Australia.-Festivals and awards:Awards...
- Bougainville – Our Island Our FightBougainville – Our Island Our FightBougainville – Our Island Our Fight is a 1998 documentary film. It was produced and directed by Wayne Coles-Janess.The film focuses on an indigenous people who fight against a multinational mining company and government forces. The guerrillas hold the belief that they are fighting to defend their...