Directed by:
Fred SchepisiScreenplay:
Fred SchepisiCinematography:
Ian BakerComposer:
Bruce SmeatonCast:
Tommy Lewis, Ray Barrett, Jack Thompson, Angela Punch McGregor, Ruth Cracknell, Robyn Nevin, Bryan Brown, Ian Gilmour, John Jarratt, Liddy Clark, Arthur Dignam (more)VOD (1)
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Jimmie Blacksmith (Tommy Lewis) is a young Aboriginal half-caste' raised in central NSW at the turn-of-the-century, a boy initiated by his tribe but also educated by a stern Methodist minister (Jack Thompson). Looking to gain respectability in European society, Jimmy finds a white bride while performing back-breaking work on local farms, but cannot escape his skin colour, suffering ongoing racism and oppression. Discovering that he may not be the father of his wife's child, and fired without pay, Jimmie explodes in a fury of violent revenge and escapes into the bush with his brother Mort, cutting a bloody path of retribution upon the society that has forsaken him. (Umbrella Entertainment)
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It's a good film, no doubt, but I'm starting to feel like my limit for Australian films about racism and the continent's indigenous people has been reached. There are indeed scenes that surprise a lot, not least for their brutality, which Australia became quite famous for in the 1970s. But I’m probably not going to watch any more films about Aborigines.
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