NOVEMBER 7 : Beds are burning - 7:00pm
Bitter Springs
(Ralph Smart) 1950 Britain 89 mins G
Bitter Springs
(Ralph Smart) 1950 Britain 89 mins G
A white squatter family headed by Chips Rafferty discovers their new "home" is also prime tribal hunting land. Ealing's liberal, colonial western was explicitly critical of Australian "manifest destiny", providing a historically startling contrast to the national power fantasies of such Chauvel features as Sons of Matthew. With Tommy Trinder, Gordon Jackson, Michael Pate & Bud Tingwell.
Preceded by:
Mr Electric
(Stuart McDonald 1993) 30 mins. Ernie Dingo stars in McDonald's (Stranded) touching portrait of race relations in '50s outback Queensland.
Followed at 9.10 pm by Dead Heart.
Articles from CTEQ Annotations on Film:
Relevant Articles from Senses of Cinema:
Book Review: Sheep and the Australian Cinema by Deb Verhoeven - Ross Gibson