The chant of Jimmie Blacksmith.
Publisher number: DAVID1833 | Umbrella EntertainmentPublication details: Australia : Umbrella Entertainment, 2008.Description: 1 DVD-video (117 minutes) : sound, colour ; 12 cmUniform titles:- The chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (Motion picture : 1978)
- Keneally, Thomas -- Film adaptations
- Governor, Jimmy, 1875-1901 -- Drama
- Aboriginal Australians -- Race relations -- Drama
- Aboriginal Australians in motion pictures
- Racially mixed people -- Australia -- Drama
- Interracial marriage -- Australia -- Drama
- Serial murders -- Australia -- Drama
- Motion pictures, Australian
- New South Wales -- Social life and customs -- 1851-1901 -- Drama
- Aboriginal Australians -- Drama
- Feature films -- Australia
- Australia -- Race relations -- Drama
- New South Wales -- Social life and customs -- 1927-2009
- Australia -- Race relations
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- Director and producer , Fred Schepisi.
- Nominated: Palm D'or - Cannes Film Festival (1978)
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reserves | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DVD | Melbourne Athenaeum Library | DVD | CHA | Available | 064213 |
Catalogued from container.
Umbrella Entertainment : DAVID1833.
Based on the novel by Thomas Keneally.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1978.
Special features: Exclusive new widescreen telecine transfer ; audio commentary with Fred Schepsis ; theatrical trailer.
WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are warned that the following program may contain images and voices of deceased persons.
Director and producer , Fred Schepisi.
Tommy Lewis, Freddy Reynolds, Ray Barrett, Jack Thompson, Angela Punch.
Based on a novel by Thomas Keneally, which was in turn inspired by actual events, this Australian classic is the shocking tale of an oppressed indigenous man driven to madness and revenge. Jimmie is a 'half-caste' young Aboriginal man raised by a Methodist minister in central-western NSW. Finding low-paid work with white farmers, Jimmy marries a white servant girl who is believed to be carrying his child. Discovering that the child is not his, Jimmy is forbidden from seeing his wife, fired without pay and finally explodes in a fury of violent revenge. His flight across NSW, and his ultimate capture months later, is exquisitely portrayed in this Australian cinema masterpiece.
Censorship classification: M.
DVD video, Dolby digital 2.0, PAL, RegionAll, widescreen 16:9, 2.35:1.
English.
Nominated: Palm D'or - Cannes Film Festival (1978)
