Jeni Thornley

Jeni Thornley is a documentary filmmaker and lecturer. Her poetic essay films, Maidens, To the Other Shore and the collectively produced feature documentary For Love or Moneyhave screened widely both in Australia and in internationally. Her most recent documentary, Island Home Country is a cine-essay on race and colonisation in Tasmania and screened nationally on ABC TV. Jeni teaches part-time at University of Technology focusing on the history of documentary, changing forms and ethics. She also works as a writer, director, researcher, script editor, and as a film and video valuer.