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Archie Roach and Ruby Hunter ‘Down City Streets’

2011

Archie Roach and Ruby Hunter ‘Down City Streets’

2011

  • NFSA IDJHDPMTK4
  • TypeFilm
  • MediumMoving Image
  • FormDocumentary
  • Duration1 hr, 22 mins, 28 secs
  • GenresIndigenous themes or stories, Indigenous as subject, Popular music
  • Year2011
  • WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are advised that the following program may contain images and/or audio of deceased persons

Archie Roach and Ruby Hunter talk about their life as street kids, followed by an excerpt of a live performance of Ruby's song 'Down City Streets', which featured on Archie's debut album Charcoal Lane (1990).

This clip is from a documentary titled Murundak – Songs of Freedom (2011), which follows some of Australia's best known Indigenous musicians on the road, performing songs of resistance and freedom.

A lot is packed into this short segment, from Archie and Ruby engaging with an Indigenous woman in public, to one-on-one interviews and a live performance in front of a very large audience.

It is very effective in representing the arc that both of them have travelled, from being destitute to becoming respected musicians.

Notes by Beth Taylor and Adam Blackshaw

  • WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are advised that the following program may contain images and/or audio of deceased persons

Archie Roach and Ruby Hunter talk about their life as street kids, followed by an excerpt of a live performance of Ruby's song 'Down City Streets', which featured on Archie's debut album Charcoal Lane (1990).

This clip is from a documentary titled Murundak – Songs of Freedom (2011), which follows some of Australia's best known Indigenous musicians on the road, performing songs of resistance and freedom.

A lot is packed into this short segment, from Archie and Ruby engaging with an Indigenous woman in public, to one-on-one interviews and a live performance in front of a very large audience.

It is very effective in representing the arc that both of them have travelled, from being destitute to becoming respected musicians.

Notes by Beth Taylor and Adam Blackshaw

  • Directors
    Rhys Graham and Natasha Gadd
    Editor
    Natasha Gadd
    Producers
    Natasha Gadd and Philippa Campey
    Executive Producer
    Michael McMahon
    Associate Producer
    Sarah Bond
    Scriptwriters
    Natasha Gadd and Rhys Graham
    Cinematography
    Natasha Gadd and Rhys Graham
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