Sunny and the dark horse

This is a companion to the documentaries ‘Stockman’s Strategy’ and ‘Collum Calling Canberra’. Sunny Bancroft, the Aboriginal manager of a co-operative cattle station in northern New South Wales is the central ‘character’ in what is the most narratively-oriented of the trilogy. We follow Sunny as he indulges his passion for horses by acquiring and training a galloper for the picnic races.

Credits

production company

AIAS Film Unit

co-producers/directors

Judith MacDougall

David MacDougall

Duration

01:26:00:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1986

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

300529

Language

English

Audience classification

PG

Subject categories

Aboriginal Australia → Aboriginal Australians - Mixed descent

Aboriginal Australia → Aboriginal Australians - New South Wales

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Aboriginal Australians - Business enterprises

Animals & Wildlife → Horse sports

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Australia

Feature films

Feature films → Feature films - Australia

Hobbies, Recreation & Sport → Horse sports

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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Australia, 1986

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