Blood Brothers – Freedom Ride

Clip 3: Children join the bus

1 min 24 sec

Taken from the documentary Blood Brothers – Freedom Ride (1993)

Original title classification not known – this clip chosen to be PG

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Curator’s clip description

Young children in Moree are given permission to go to the swimming pool with the university students led by Charles Perkins. The children scramble onto the bus, and begin to sing a contemporary popular song. On the bus, they are headed to the baths.

Curator’s notes

This moment is described by Lyle Munro as one of the most important moments of his life, and the joy of the children in being part of a wave of change erupts in song. The joy and enthusiasm of the children capture the mood of this film, as the disruption of the old social order and the promise of a new one is expressed in the energy of the children.

Romaine Moreton, curator

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