The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith [eFilm]
2022
Streaming Video
Fred Schepisi's internationally acclaimed masterpiece, based on the novel by Thomas Keneally, is the shocking tale of an indigenous man driven to madness and revenge. 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, Jimmy 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. In 1901, the year Australian democracy is born, Jimmy Blacksmith finally faces his fate, and with it the fate of his people.
Main title:
Author:
Schepisi, Fred, film directorPunch McGregor, Angela, actorReynolds, Freddy, actorLewis, Tommy, actorUmbrella Entertainment (Firm), distributorKanopy (Firm), distributor
Imprint:
Umbrella Entertainment, 1978.[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2022.
Collation:
1 online resource (streaming video file) (122 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Notes:
Title from title frames.FilmIn Process Record.Originally produced by Umbrella Entertainment in 1978.In English
Performers:
Angela Punch McGregor, Freddy Reynolds, Tommy Lewis
System details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
747335
Electronic access:
Stream eFilm - A Kanopy streaming video