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Film

The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1978)

IMDb7.36.7TMDB113 min

Crime Drama History

The chant of the underdog

The true story of a part Aboriginal man who finds the pressure of adapting to white culture intolerable, and as a result snaps in a violent and horrific manner.

Director: Fred Schepisi
Writers: Fred Schepisi

Themes1900saborigineaxe murderbased on novel or bookbased on true storybiographycriminalindigenous australiansmurdernew south wales

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Cast

Tom E. Lewis

Jimmie Blacksmith

Freddy Reynolds

Mort Blacksmith

Ray Barrett

Farrell

Jack Thompson

Rev. Neville

Don Crosby

Jack Newby

Angela Punch McGregor

Gilda Marshall

Steve Dodd

Tabidgi

Peter Carroll

McCready

Ruth Cracknell

Mrs. Heather Newby

Elizabeth Alexander

Petra Graf