Big Brother of Christmas Island

Big Brother of Christmas Island (1999)


  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release Date: 1999-01-01
  • Runtime: 0h 57min
  • Production Country: Australia, Christmas Island
  • Director: Mathew Kelley

Summary

Twenty years ago, a hard-drinking, fiery British immigrant called Gordon Bennett, came to the remote Australian territory of Christmas Island to become General Secretary of the Union of Christmas Island Workers. By the time he died in 1991, he was known as 'Tai Ko Seng' which, roughly translated, means "big brother who delivers". Every year since his death, people gather on 30 July at the Island's Chinese cemetery, to pay tribute to Bennett as they would to their honoured ancestors. Big Brother of Christmas Island tells the moving story of how the legend of the "Tai Ko Seng" was born.

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  • John Stanton

    as Narrator (voice)
  • Gordon Bennett

    as Himself (archive footage)
Directing Mathew Kelley Director
Production Samantha Kelley Producer
Production Peter Du Cane Producer
Writing Peter Du Cane Writer
Writing Mathew Kelley Writer
Camera Ian Pugsley Director of Photography
Editing David Fosdick Editor
Sound Laurie Chlanda Sound Recordist

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