Two Songs by Dougie Young (Melb., 1979, 7 min.): Aboriginal singer Dougie Young sings two of his songs as the basis of an animated film about aboriginal issues. “Dread Beat and Blood” (U.K., 1979, 47 min.): A unique combination of poetry, music and politics is portrayed in this film about black reggae musician Lindsay Kwesi Johnson.
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Collection
In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
015207
Language
English
Subject categories
Animation → Animated films - Australia
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Aboriginal Australians - Social conditions
Music & Performing Arts → Johnson, Lindsay Kwesi
Music & Performing Arts → Rock music
People → Johnson, Lindsay Kwesi
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
Betamax; Access Print (Section 1)
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)
MOV file ProRes4444; Digital Preservation Master - overscan
MPEG-4 Digital File; ACMI Digital Access Copy - overscan