The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1978) is an Australian film directed by Fred Schepisi and based on the Booker Prize-nominated novel of the same name by Thomas Keneally. The novel is based on the life of bushranger Jimmy Governor. Frederick Alan Schepisi (born 26th December 1939) is a film director and scriptwriter from Richmond, Victoria, Australia. ... Thomas Keneally Thomas Michael Keneally (born October 7, 1935) also Tom Keneally, is an Australian novelist. ... Jimmy Governor (1875–1901) was one the Governor Brothers, two Indigenous Australian men who committed a series of murders in the Central West and New England regions of New South Wales around the turn of the twentieth century. ...
The story is written through the eyes of an exploited Aborigine who explodes with rage. It is based on an actual incident. Keneally has said he would not now presume to write in the voice of an Aborigine, but would have written the story as seen by a white character. Australian Aborigines are the indigenous peoples of Australia. ...
The title role was played by Tom E. Lewis. Tom E. Lewis was born and grew up at Ngukurr (Roper River) in South Eastern Arnhem Land. ...
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The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith at the Internet Movie Database The Internet Movie Database (IMDb) is an online database of information about actors, films, television shows, television stars, video games and production crew personnel. ...
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As such, Jimmie is abused and exploited by the white population and ostracised from Aboriginal communities.
Though Jimmies story is based on real events, the facts of Australian history have it that for more than one hundred years before Jimmies backlash, white Australians violently killed, tortured and persecuted the nations indigenous population to the brink of destroying the face.
The Chant of JimmyBlacksmith is an intelligent tale whose evocative themes and discourses are as relevant today, in the midst of Mabo and Wik land claims, as they were when the film was released in 1978.
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