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The chant of Jimmie Blacksmith / a film by Fred Schepisi ; from the novel by Thomas Keneally

New York, NY : Kino Lorber, [2019]

©1978

2 videodisc (239 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in

4 3/4 in.

digital

optical

Jimmie Blacksmith is a young Aboriginal half-caste raised in rural Australia at the turn-of-the-century, a boy initiated by his tribe but also educated by a stern Methodist minister. Looking to gain respectability in colonical society, Jimmie finds a white bride while performing bakc-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, Jimmie explodes in a fury of violent revenge and escapes into the bush with his brother Mort, cutting a bloody parth of retribution upon the society that has rejected him. In 1901, the year Australian democracy is born, Jimmie Blacksmith finally faces his fate and with it the fate of his people

Kino Classics

Racially mixed people -- Drama.

Aboriginal Australians -- Drama.

Serial murders -- Australia -- Drama.

Australia -- Race relations -- Drama.

Feature films.

Crime films.

Biographical films.

Schepisi, Fred, film director, film producer, screen writer, interviewee.

Baker, Ian, 1947- cinematographer.

Kavanagh, Brian, 1935- editor of moving image work.

Smeaton, Bruce, composer.

Keneally, Thomas, author.

Lewis, Tommy, 1958-2018, actor, interviewee.

Reynolds, Freddy, actor, interviewee.

McGregor, Angela Punch, 1953- actor.

Barrett, Ray, 1927-2009, actor.

Thompson, Jack, 1940- actor.

Motion picture adaptation of (work) Keneally, Thomas. Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith.

Umbrella Entertainment (Firm), film distributor.

Kino Classics (Firm), film distributor.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1978.

"Australian version and bonus features © Umbrella Entertainment Pty Ltd." -- disc surface

Producer , directer and screenplay, Fred Schepisi ; Director of photography, Ian Baker ; editer, Brian Kavanagh ; music, Bruce Smeaton.

Tommy Lewis, Freddy Reynolds, Ray Barrett, Jack Thompson, Angela Punch

The film was made with the financial assistance of the Australian Film Commission and The Victorian Film Corporation

In English, with optional subtitles in English SDH.

Disc 1: International version (117 minutes) -- Interview with Fred Schepisi, Ian Baker and Tommy Leiws -- Trailer

Disc 2: Australian version (122 minutes) -- Introduction and audio commentary by Fred Schepisi

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