Two songs by Dougie Young. Dread beat and blood

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.

Credits

producer/director

Franco Rosso

director

Michael Buckley

producer

John Bird

production company

Arts Council of Great Britain

Swinburne Institute of Technology. Film and Television School

Duration

00:54:00:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1979

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

32809

Language

English

Subject categories

Animation

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

Performance

Performance → Music - Performance

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

Betamax; Access Print (Section 1)

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

MOV file ProRes4444; Digital Preservation Master - overscan

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Australia, 1979

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