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Big Brother of Christmas Island

1999-01-01 en 57m
Documentary
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.

Director

Mathew Kelley

Director of Photography

Ian Pugsley

Sound Recordist

Laurie Chlanda

Producer

Samantha Kelley

Editor

David Fosdick

Writer

Mathew Kelley

Status

Released

Countries

  • Australia
  • Christmas Island

Companies