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Still from The Killing of Angel Street, policeman breaking up a fight 1981

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National Film and Sound Archive

Film

From the Kinetoscope Parlour set up in Sydney in 1894 and visited by 22,000 people in five weeks, to the latest Hollywood blockbuster filmed in Sydney's streets, film has been part of Sydney's story. Filmmakers have presented many different images of the city and its diverse inhabitants.

Sydney

Founded by Europeans as a social experiment, Sydney's beginnings brought death and dispossession to the original inhabitants of the place, as well as surprising freedom and prosperity to many of the convicts. Over its history, the city's growth has been shaped by factors that are common to many cities, but also by unique forces. In the twenty-first century, for the first time, the idea of sustainable progress is itself in doubt.

Demonstrations and protests

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The Killing of Angel Street

Thriller based on the disappearance of Juanita Nielsen, whose protagonist protests against overdevelopment and discovers organised crime and corruption.

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