A lust for gritty, seventies Australiana was quenched by this gem. It's not for everyone and clearly unapologetically so. No sooner has I watched an SBS special on Aboriginal activists had I realised that one of the lead actors is one of Australia's most notorious. It speaks to a certain reality about us as Australians and a kind of awkward adolescent phase of social integration that was the seventies. I'd like to think a lot has changed, perhaps it hasn't. But it's who we are and it's unmistakably captured here. Despite all that, it's a great time capsule of the bush in the late seventies and well worth a watch.
I'm not sure who the bush Aboriginal musos were, but they were absolutely awesome. We should be as proud of them as the Americans are the blues.
I'm not sure who the bush Aboriginal musos were, but they were absolutely awesome. We should be as proud of them as the Americans are the blues.