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The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith is a Australien film of genre Drama directed by Fred Schepisi released in USA on 3 september 1980 with Ray Barrett
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1978)
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Add to a movie listThe Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith is a 1978 Australian drama film directed by Fred Schepisi, and starring Tom E. Lewis (billed at the time as Tommy Lewis), Freddy Reynolds and Ray Barrett. It is an adaptation of the novel The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith by Thomas Keneally.
The story is about an exploited Aboriginal Australian who commits murder and goes into hiding. It is based on actual events surrounding Jimmy Governor.
For Schepisi the film's reception was a disillusioning experience and he left Australia soon after to work in Hollywood, returning to Australia ten years later to make Evil Angels.
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L'histoire vraie d'un homme en partie autochtone qui trouve la pression de l'adaptation à la culture blanche intolérable et qui, par conséquent, s'enclenche de manière violente et horrible.LdActors
Ray Barrett
(Farrell)
Jack Thompson
(Rev. Neville)
Robyn Nevin
(Mrs. McCready)
Steve Dodd
(Tabidgi)
Lauren Hutton
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