Blood Brothers – Freedom Ride
Clip 1: Have you ever met an Aborigine?
2 min 37 sec
Taken from the documentary Blood Brothers – Freedom Ride (1993)
Original title classification not known – this clip chosen to be PG
Availability of the complete title
Please be aware that this clip may contain the names, images and voices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who may now be deceased.
Curator’s clip description
Black-and-white historical interview footage gets the response of white folk to Aborigines. The footage, shot on city streets, and in homes of white folk, reveals how Aborigines are viewed by the others.
Curator’s notes
The 1965 interview footage of white folks’ response to Aboriginal people is insightful and, more often than not, based on the speakers having never met an Aboriginal person. The issue of Aboriginal representation has become an incredibly important one due to the fact that the beliefs that many whites hold of Aboriginal peoples are based on second or third-hand information, often through the media. The opening sequence of this vox pop sets the tone of the film.
Romaine Moreton, curator
