''Blood Brothers'' is a 1993 four-part
Australian
documentary series that tells the stories of three different
Aboriginal Australian
Aboriginal Australians are the various Indigenous peoples of the Australian mainland and many of its islands, such as Tasmania, Fraser Island, Hinchinbrook Island, the Tiwi Islands, and Groote Eylandt, but excluding the Torres Strait Isl ...
men and an Aboriginal ceremony.
Overview
Broken English
"Broken English" is about
Arrernte
Arrernte (also spelt Aranda, etc.) is a descriptor related to a group of Aboriginal Australian peoples from Central Australia.
It may refer to:
* Arrernte (area), land controlled by the Arrernte Council (?)
* Arrernte people, Aboriginal Australi ...
man
Rupert Max Stuart who has always maintained his innocence of the rape and murder of a young white girl in 1958. He spent 14 years in prison and faced the gallows nine times for a crime he says he didn't commit. His story was the basis for the 2002 film
Black and White.
Running time - 55 minutes.
Freedom Ride
"Freedom Ride" is about
Charles Perkins, one of the first Aboriginal people to graduate from university. He was also the leader of the
1965 freedom rides that challenged segregation practices in northern
NSW
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.
Running time - 54 minutes.
From Little Things, Big Things Grow
"From Little Things, Big Things Grow" is about the life of
Kev Carmody
Kevin Daniel Carmody (born 1946), better known by his stage name Kev Carmody, is an Aboriginal Australian singer-songwriter and musician, a Murri man from northern Queensland. He is best known for the song "From Little Things Big Things Grow", ...
, whose 1989 album ''Pillars of Society'' established him as a prominent Australian protest musician.
Running time - 53 minutes.
Jardiwarnpa - A Warlpiri Fire Ceremony
"Jardiwarnpa - A
Warlpiri Fire Ceremony" is about the staging of a Warlpiri Fire Ceremony over several weeks and involving hundreds of people at
Yuendumu in the
Northern Territory
The Northern Territory (commonly abbreviated as NT; formally the Northern Territory of Australia) is an Australian territory in the central and central northern regions of Australia. The Northern Territory shares its borders with Western Aust ...
.
Running time - 57 minutes.
References
External links
Blood Brothers - National Film and Sound Archive
{{Films and television series about Aboriginal Australia
1993 films
1993 documentary films
Australian documentary films
Films set in the Northern Territory
Films set in New South Wales
Documentary films about Aboriginal Australians
1990s English-language films