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Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith by Henry Reynolds
$16.99 AUD
Category: Plays/Scripts | Series: Australian Screen Classics S.
Raised by missionaries, Jimmie Blacksmith, a young half-castle Aboriginal man, is poignantly caught between the ways of his black forefathers and those of the white society to which he aspires. Exploited by his boss and betrayed by his [white] wife, he declares war on his white employers and goes on a v ...Show more
Jedda by Jane Mills
$16.99 AUD
Category: Plays/Scripts | Series: Australian Screen Classics S.
Filmed in 1955, Jedda was the first Australian feature film to use Aboriginal actors in lead roles, the first to be filmed in colour and the first to be shown at the Cannes film festival. It tells the tragic story of a young Aboriginal girl of the Arunte tribe, adopted by a white woman, Sarah McCann, as ...Show more
The Devil's Playground by Christos Tsiolkas
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Category: Australian Fiction | Series: Australian Screen Classics S.
Fred Schepisi's film, 'The Devil's Playground' is an intimate portrait of Tom, a thirteen-year-old struggling in spirit and body with the constraints of living in a Catholic seminary. It is also the story of the Brothers and how they cope with the demands of their faith. Made in 1976, this semi-autobiog ...Show more
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