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Archie Roach: Singing About Social Justice
Title:
Archie Roach: Singing About Social Justice
Year
2019
Warnings
WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are advised that the following program may contain images and/or audio of deceased persons
Archie Roach's passion for social justice comes across in songs like 'Louis St John' - about the racially motivated murder of a young man and 'Beautiful Child' about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander deaths in custody.
He also references Ruby Hunter's song 'Down City Streets' which was included on his album Charcoal Lane (1990). The song illuminates issues of alcoholism and homelessness.
This clip is taken from an exclusive interview with the NFSA in 2019.
Notes by Beth Taylor
The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia acknowledges Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work and live and gives respect to their Elders both past and present.