Originally released as a motion picture in 1978. Based on the novel by Thomas Keneally. Tommy Lewis, Freddy Reynolds, Ray Barrett, Jack Thompson, Angela Punch, Steve Dodds. Special features: Tommy Lewis interview; The making of The chant of Jimmie Blacksmith with director Fred Schepisi.
Summary:
Dramatization of the life of a half caste torn between his Aboriginal roots and his desire to be part of white society. When he becomes an object of loathing and ridicule, he and his full blood Aborigine brother embark upon an odyssey of murdering whites before he is captured, tried, and executed.
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