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National Film and Sound Archive

Archie Roach: Mr T in ‘Took the Children Away’ music video

2019

Archie Roach: Mr T in ‘Took the Children Away’ music video

2019

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

    Archie Roach talks about the toddler in the video clip for 'Took the Children Away' (1990).

    The boy is one of their foster children – Terrence, or Mr T – who, 30 years later, is now a man.

    Family is a very important theme in Archie's life and work, and he also wrote a song for Terrence called 'Mr T', which appeared on Archie's Jamu Dreaming album (1994).

    You can see Mr T in an excerpt of the video clip in this interview clip with Archie and Ruby Hunter.

    This clip is taken from an exclusive interview with the NFSAin 2019.

    Notes by Beth Taylor

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

    Archie Roach talks about the toddler in the video clip for 'Took the Children Away' (1990).

    The boy is one of their foster children – Terrence, or Mr T – who, 30 years later, is now a man.

    Family is a very important theme in Archie's life and work, and he also wrote a song for Terrence called 'Mr T', which appeared on Archie's Jamu Dreaming album (1994).

    You can see Mr T in an excerpt of the video clip in this interview clip with Archie and Ruby Hunter.

    This clip is taken from an exclusive interview with the NFSAin 2019.

    Notes by Beth Taylor

    Courtesy of
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