The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith
Type
Label
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
MPAA rating: Not rated
Main title
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith
Medium
videorecording DVD
Runtime
122
Summary
Jimmie Blacksmith is a young Aboriginal half-cast raised in central New South Wales at the turn of the century. Looking to gain respectability in white society, Jimmie finds a white bride while performing back-breaking work on local farms, but cannot escape his skin color, 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
Target audience
general
Technique
live action
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Subject
- Crime films
- Keneally, Thomas -- Film adaptations
- Governor, Jimmy, 1875-1901 -- Drama
- Bushrangers -- Australia -- Biography -- Drama
- Aboriginal Australians -- Drama
- Film adaptations
- Biographical films
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Racism -- Australia -- Drama
- Feature films
- Video recordings for people with visual disabilities
- Serial murders -- Drama
- Historical films
Content
resource.originPlace
Director
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Incoming Resources
- Has instance1
Outgoing Resources
- Classification1
- Contributor7
- Genre7
- Subject13
- Crime films
- Keneally, Thomas -- Film adaptations
- Governor, Jimmy, 1875-1901 -- Drama
- Bushrangers -- Australia -- Biography -- Drama
- Aboriginal Australians -- Drama
- Film adaptations
- Biographical films
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Racism -- Australia -- Drama
- Feature films
- Video recordings for people with visual disabilities
- Serial murders -- Drama
- Historical films
- Content1
- resource.originPlace1
- Actor3
- Director1
- Producer1
- resource.screenwriter1