"BRA BOYS"; an interview with SUNNY ABBERTON

The Movie Show Online interviewed Sunny ABBERTON about his first feature documentary, BRA BOYS.. Internationally renowned for their surfing prowess and notorious sense of rough justice, the 'Bra Boys' are Maroubra beach's local gang. This is their story. The documentary focuses on the four Abberton brothers, tracing their tragic beginnings to the recent court cases that almost tore the family apart. Often from impoverished backgrounds, members of the gang seek refuge in the brotherhood, all the while sharing a passion for surfing -- one of the few things that provides the escape and nurturing they so desire. Film-maker Sunny ABBERTON intercuts archive footage from Maroubra's early days with recent 'Bra Boy' interviews and surfing adventures, constructing an intimate glimpse into their hardened world.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• film
• movie
• documentary
• Australia
• bra
• abberton
• surf
• Maroubra
• gang
• brother
• court
• Sydney
• beach
• police
• crime
• violence
• family

[thejobloshow]

Right, it must tough being a white male in beachside Sydney.

[brentonprice]

i would love to meet sunny abberton and chat with him, it these kind of guys who make me proud to be Australian, not from all the fighting and crime, but from being no one to becoming successful in their passion whilst still living life for what its ment to be, family and mates and happiness

[Nimcenzo]

@brentonprice I hope you are joking... All of them are an ABSOLUTE waste of space.

[imowtflol]

@eiripper Whether they ride a harley or a surfboard they are still criminals pushing drugs and violence into the community, and like typical loser tryhard outcasts of society, they are only tough when they have the support of their gang, get them by themselves and they fall hard, but look out for the gang, they will be after you....

Fuckin deadbeat pussies.

[eiripper]

You dumb fuckers don't have a fucking clue! You say they don't have jobs, thats funny since some of them are pro surfers. They are puting a positive mesage out ther and you dip shits are too fucking stupid to understand it! You're all a bunch of shit talking pussies! I'm American and I can see these dudes are strait up! Fuck off haters!

[melbournestud]

Yeah. That's the way it was, I guess. I can remember plenty of times when I had nothing to eat, or getting chased by gangs and dogs and that. The thing is, I don't wanna make a movie about it. It's too embarassing. Yeah like I first played with my john and kind of liked it. Or that's me getting f'all from Santa, but so what ? Or who was that chick or even what year did that happen ? Yeah. I partied hard too...still do... I don't chop my hand off. Everything costs man, hey Sunny ?

[wigaz]

@thejobloshow hahaha soooooo true. Eastern Sydney must have been a battleground of lattes and expensive cars! How they managed to survive out there is a true testament to their incredible tenacity. What a crock of shit!

[wigaz]

@brentonprice I'd love to meet him and stick my size 14 foot fair up his arse. That'd teach him about "hardships". I'm embarrassed by these louts saying they represent Australia.

[imowtflol]

@brentonprice They came from being a no one to being successful by making a movie on being thugs.

Makes me proud to know I am still a no one who hasn't resorted to being a thug trying to be a some one.

[eliminatethenegative]

They had a heroin addict for a mother who hardly nurtured them and none of the boys knew their fathers and to me they did the best they could.