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Big Brother of Christmas Island (1999)

Genre : Documentary

Runtime : 57M

Director : Mathew Kelley

Synopsis

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.

Actors

John Stanton
John Stanton
Narrator (voice)
Gordon Bennett
Gordon Bennett
Himself (archive footage)

Crews

Mathew Kelley
Mathew Kelley
Director
Samantha Kelley
Samantha Kelley
Producer
Peter Du Cane
Peter Du Cane
Producer
Peter Du Cane
Peter Du Cane
Writer
Mathew Kelley
Mathew Kelley
Writer
Ian Pugsley
Ian Pugsley
Director of Photography
David Fosdick
David Fosdick
Editor
Laurie Chlanda
Laurie Chlanda
Sound Recordist