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Big Brother of Christmas Island (1999)

ALL 01/01/1999 (en) Documentary 57 Min
  • Release
    01/01/1999
  • Production
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  • Original title
    Big Brother of Christmas Island
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
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Overview

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.

  1. Mathew Kelley

    Director

  2. Story

  3. David Fosdick

    Editor



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  1. John Stanton

    Narrator (voice)

  2. Gordon Bennett

    Himself (archive footage)

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Casts : 2 , Crews : 8

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Big Brother of Christmas Island (1999) 57 Min

ALL 01/01/1999 (en)
Documentary
  • Release 01/01/1999
  • Production
  • Original title Big Brother of Christmas Island
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

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.

  1. Mathew Kelley

    Director

  2. Story

  3. David Fosdick

    Editor

  4. Samantha Kelley, Peter Du Cane

    Producer



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