‘Black man down’ is a perilous journey into the Aboriginal psyche. It is a journey to the roots of time that expands and pulses with dark, mysterious energies. A young warrior, alone in a prison cell, is plagued and confronted by the ghosts of his past and spirits of the land. Death calls to him with a silken tongue, the sprits urge him to live….
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B1003513
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English
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Digital Betacam [PAL]; Sub-master
VHS [PAL]; Reference - timecoded