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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Based on the early 20th-century exploits of Jimmy Governor, The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith follows its title character, a half-Aboriginal, half-white young man attempting to make his way as a farmhand, but facing only prejudice and deception from society. When the parentage of his child is called into question and he is further robbed by his white employers, Jimmie's barely suppressed rage explodes, triggering a wave of violence that would shock a nation. One of the most important films in all of Australian cinema, and perhaps the key critical work of that country's internationally acclaimed film movement of the 1970s, The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith is nothing short of a masterpiece a bracing and emotionally wrenching study of the effects of institutionalised racism and colonialism on a land's indigenous peoples, and an unflinching look at the repercussions of violence for both aggressors and victims. (Eureka Entertainment)
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It's a good film, no doubt about that, but I'm starting to feel that my limits of Australian films about racism and the original inhabitants of the smallest continent have been reached. However, there are truly scenes that will surprise you, including their brutality, which made Australia quite well-known in the 70s. But probably not any more Aboriginal people.
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