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The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

Drama, the last of tonight's double bill in the Fred Schepisi season. Starring
Tommy Lewis Australia at the turn of the centurv: enraged by years of racist exploitation, half-Aboriginal Jimmie Blacksmith declares war, exploding into violence in an act of atrocity that reverberates throughout the white community. Showing in widescreen format.
(1978.18) * See Films: pages 40-46
Followed by Weatherview

Contributors

Unknown:
Fred Schepisi
Unknown:
Tommy Lewis
Unknown:
Jimmie Blacksmith
Jimmie:
Tommy Lewis
Mort:
Freddy Reynolds
Farrell:
Ray Barrett
Reverend Neville:
Jack Thompson
Gilda Marshall:
Angela Punch
Uncle Tabidgi:
Steve Dodds
Source: Radio Times

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