I have to dispel a few rather romantic notions you seem to have. Number one, the...
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Michael Zeadler:
I have to dispel a few rather romantic notions you seem to have. Number one, the traditional culture of the aborigines only survives among the full bloods in the far north and some parts of the desert. Those tribal aborigines live a 1,000 miles from Sydney. The people we *call* aborigines in the cities are no different culturally from depressed whites. We destroy their languages, their ceremonies, songs, their dances, - and their tribal laws
I have to dispel a few rather romantic notions you seem to have. Number one, the traditional culture of the aborigines only survives among the full bloods in the far north and some parts of the desert. Those tribal aborigines live a 1,000 miles from Sydney. The people we *call* aborigines in the cities are no different culturally from depressed whites. We destroy their languages, their ceremonies, songs, their dances, - and their tribal laws
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I think I've got to dispel a few romantic notions
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you seem to have
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Number one
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The traditional culture of the Aborigines
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only survives among full bloods in the far north
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and in some parts of the desert
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The nearest tribal Aborigines live a thousand miles
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from Sydney
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Number two the people we call Aborigines in the cities
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are no different culturally from depressed whites
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We destroy their languages
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and their ceremonies their songs their dances
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and their tribal laws
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Movie Summary
A Sydney lawyer defends five Aboriginal Persons in a ritualized taboo murder and in the process learns disturbing things about himself and premonitions.
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Michael Zeadler
