Documentary film-maker Trevor Graham (Mabo) has successfully exported the Australian film obsession with the chickpea to the Berlin International Film Festival. What obsession with the chickpea? Graham’s Make Hummus Not War is not Australia’s first exploration of the photogenic pulse. This is ScreenHub’s pick of Australia’s top chickpea films.
1. He Died With A Felafel In His Hand
Richard Loewenstein’s chickpea flick chronicling the perils of pulse-addiction. A cult classic among the share-house crowd, and the only R rating the chickpea has received to date.
