Big Brother of Christmas Island (1999)
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
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John Stanton as Narrator (voice) |
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Gordon Bennett as Himself (archive footage) |
| Directing | Mathew Kelley | Director |
| Writing | Mathew Kelley | Writer |
| Sound | Laurie Chlanda | Sound Recordist |
| Camera | Ian Pugsley | Director of Photography |
| Editing | David Fosdick | Editor |
| Production | Peter Du Cane | Producer |
| Production | Samantha Kelley | Producer |
| Writing | Peter Du Cane | Writer |
