Small Screen Productions

Our films

Lives lived.
History revealed.

Explore selected documentaries from Small Screen Productions, each grounded in people, place and the stories that connect them.

Documentary

The Tiwi Warrior and the Samurai from the Sky

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War brought them together. Their encounter made history.

On the day Darwin was bombed, Japanese Zero pilot Hajime Toyoshima crash-landed on Melville Island. Tiwi man Matthias Ulungura captured him, becoming part of an extraordinary wartime story that connects two men, two cultures and a turning point in Australian history.

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Twenty to the Mile

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A continent connected. A landscape changed.

The Overland Telegraph Line transformed Australia, but it did not pass through empty land. This documentary explores the ambition, sacrifice, conflict and resilience behind a single wire that changed the nation.

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Cyclone Warriors

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When a city fell, people answered.

On Christmas Day 1974, Cyclone Tracy devastated Darwin. Cyclone Warriors follows the contribution of the armed forces and the people who helped a shattered city survive, evacuate and begin again.

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For documentary development, commissioning, co-production and project enquiries, speak with Jennifer Richards.

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