Wrong side of the road

Use for any purpose requires written permission from Ronin Films and the State Library of South Australia.

Published by Ronin Films. Original screenplay by Graeme Isaac, Ned Lander in collaboration with the cast ; directed by Ned Lander ; produced by Ned Lander, Graeme Isaac.

Two groups of Aboriginal musicians, the reggae influenced No Fixed Address and rock band Us Mob, are followed on the road over a two day period in a loosely structured narrative based on the experiences of cast members, alluding to a number of issues including black identity and police harassment.

The song featured in this extract is Black man's rights by No Fixed Address that included members Les Graham, lead guitar ; Chris Jones, guitar, vocals ; Veronica Rankine, saxophone, harmony vocals ; John John Miller, bass ; Bart Willoughby, drums, vocals, percussion, didgeridoo.

The film was first released in 1981 and won the Australian Film Institute Awards Jury Prize that year.

For more information about this film see http://www.samemory.sa.gov.au/site/page.cfm?c=5097

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[zaneweetra]

this is too bulya

[irie2012]

Deadliest!

[MickyDaho]

@nunkerigroove Good to see Chris on there, reminded me that he still owes Delphine (my ex) the rest of the money for the drums he bought from her, hahaha.

[nunkerigroove]

Hey Too Deadly!

[nunkerigroove]

Hey Too Deadly!