CHANT OF JIMMIE BLACKSMITH

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• Release Year: 1978
• Genre: Drama
• Plot: The highly explosive story of Jimmie, (Tommy Lewis) as young Australian who is torn between his true Aboriginal roots and an impulsion to integrate himself into While Colonial society. As Jimmie grows into a hard working young man, he consistently finds himself flagrantly cheated and suppressed by his white employers, forcing him to seek relief in love, which he finds in a white woman he marries under duress. However, as the pressure builds, Jimmie explodes, resulting in one of the darkest, most violent endings in movie history. Directed by Fred Schepisi (Roxanne, Six degress of Separation) and based on the book by Thomas Keneally (author of Shindler's List) which was inspired by true events.
• Cast: Tommy Lewis, Freddy Reynolds, Ray Barrett, Jack Thompson, Angela Punch McGregor, Steve Dodds, Peter Carroll, Ruth Cracknell, Don Crosby, Elizabeth Alexander, Peter Sumner, Tim Robertson, Ray Meagher, Brian Anderson, Jane Harders, Julie Dawson, Jack Charles, Arthur Dignam, Robyn Nevin, Gregory Apps, Jillian Archer, John Bowman, Bryan Brown, Michael Carman, Bill Charlton, Liddy Clark, Matthew Crosby, Ian Gilmour, Ken Grant, Alan Hardy, John Jarratt, Thomas Keneally, Marshall Crosby, Mervyn Drake, Lorraine Mafi-Williams, Kevin Miles, Karlene Rogerson, Fred Schepisi
• Director: Fred Schepisi
• Runtime: 2:02
• Company: Industrial Entertainment
• Media Format: Movie