C//CHNT//JMMIE//BLCKSTH PT11

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The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith, adapted from a 1972 novel by Thomas Keneally, was one of the first Australian features in which the whole story is told from an Aboriginal viewpoint. This is in itself controversial, as neither the writer nor the director is Aboriginal. Tom Keneally has said he would do it differently today, 'It would be insensitive to write from that point-of-view now. Nevertheless, it is that viewpoint which makes the film as powerful and confronting as it is. This is one of ...