History Film / TheChantOfJimmieBlacksmith

** Zigzagged in the end in the end as [[spoiler: the executioneer never hangs anyone from the gang onscreen. In the end he is only shown looking through the peephole of the Jimmie's cell making a research of his neck. Most probably he still executes him offscreen.]]

* WouldntHurtAChild: Averted with Jimmie, played straight with his brother.

''The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith'' is a 1978 Australian film about a half-Aboriginal half-white lad, the titular Jimmie Blacksmith. He is educated in Christian spirit by a priest and his wife and then let out in the world to find good job and marry a white girl so that his kid would be already a quarteron and, as both Jimmie himself and the priest couple think, would be much better for that.

Jimmie starts to make fences for white farmers however he is regularly mistreated and underpayed, never receiving the due wages for his work. Jimmie lives within his tribe whose members are not eager to work as opposed to him and strip him of his hard-earened money. Later he leaves his settlement and finds job with an abusive law enforcement officer becoming his aide. However soon after a heinous deed by that officer he quits the police service.

Then Jimmie resumes making fences and for a change starts to work on the order of the seemingly kinder master. He also marries a white girl of somewhat light morals which soon gets pregnant. However after the baby is born and [[spoiler: it turns out that it is completely white as she was impregnated by a man whom she met before she got into relation with Jimmie]] the things make a turn for worse. Also his three relations from the tribe including his uncle and brother arrive to the farm where Jimmie works to the great discontelt of the previously benevolent farmer who was quite eager to put up with the one relatively light-skinned and industrious Aboriginal but has no use for other three idle visitors.

So one hour into the film events take a much darker turn which is even a bit unpredictable.

* FarmBoy: In the first half Jimmie corresponds to the description of this trope. He is cheergul, upbeat and enthusiastic.

* TheLoad: Several of them for Jimmmie when he is on the run.

* PoliceBrutality: The policeman who at one point, employs Jimmie as his aide, is very rude. [[spoiler: Moreover in the end of the episode he even kills a prisoner in the cell strangling him while Jimmie remains in the nearby room and hears the noise. In the morning he curtly asks Jimmie to conceal the evidence. Jimmie obeys then quits.]]
* PrecisionFStrike: For Jimmie in his talk with the shop assistants when he says that he wants to do a "frigging" good job. The anti-Brit DeadpanSnarker does not take it too good. He says that Brits have the copyright for the word starting with "f" as it is what they do to the choirboys. Then he asks Jimmie would it be correct for the Canadian or New Zealand Native people to swear. Jimmie agrees it would not be.

''The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith'' is a 1978 Australian film about a half-Aboriginal half-white lad, the titular Jimmie Blacksmith. He is educated in Christian spirit by a priest and his wife and then let out in the world to find good job and marry a white girl so that his kid would be already a quarteron and, as both Jimmmie himself and the priest couple think, would be much better for that.

Then Jimmie resumes making fences and for a change starts to work on the order of the seemingly kinder master. He also marries a white girl of somewhat light morals which soon gets pregnant. However after the baby is born and [[spoiler: it turns out that it is completely white as she was impregnated by a man whom she met before she got into relation with Jimmie]] the things make a turn for worse. Also his three relations from the tribe including his uncle and brother arrive to the farm where Jimmie works to the great discontely of the previously benevolent farmer who was quite eager to put up with the one rerelatively light-skinned and industrious Aboriginal but has no use for other three idle visitors.

So one hour into the film the events take a much darker turn which is even a bit unpredictable.

** Zigzagged in the end in the end as [[spoiler: the executioneer never hangs anyone from the gang onscreen. In the end he is only shown looking through the peephole of the Jimmie's cell making a rearch of his neck. Most probably he still executes him offscreen.]]

* KarmaHoudini: For the policeman under whom Jimmie briefly serves. [[spoiler: He not only roughs up people but also kills an Aboriginal suspected of the killing of the white man.]]

** First his uncle who becomes catatonic [[after he takes part into the killing of several females.]] Jimmie soon leaves him with his cousin.

* PoliceBrutality: The policeman who at one point, employs Jimmie as his aide, is very rude. [[spoiler: Moreover in the end of the episode he even kills a prisoner in the cell strangling him while Jimmie remains in the nearby premises and hers the noise. In the morning he curtly asks Jimmie to conceal the evidence. Jimmie obeys then quits.]]
* PrecisionFStrike: For Jimmie in his talk with the shop assistants when he says that he wants to do a "frigging" good job. The DeadpanSnarker does not take it too good. He says that Brits have the copyright for the word starting with А as it is what they do to the choirboys. Then he asks Jimmie would it be correct for the Canadian or New Zealand Native people to swear. Jimmie agrees it would not be.
* ThoseTwoGuys: The sons of the last maters of Jimmie. They do not even participate in his confrontation with Jimmie; their presence which at one point takes a very menacing turn in.
* WhiteGuilt: Invoked by the teacher taken a hostage by Jimmie and his brother on the run. He repents about everything bad that the white settlers caused to the Aboriginals and does not think too high about the goods of civilisation Europeans brought to the continent.

* ChekhovsGunmen: Lampshaded with the executioner, who is also a butcher. Jimmie and his companions are still at large, and he is several times shown in his shop talking with a customer who is very curious.

* ChekhovSGunman: Lampshaded with the executioneer who is also a butcher. Jimmie and his companions are still at large and he is several times shown in his shop talking with a customer who is very curious

* KarmaHoudini: For the policeman under whom Jimmie briefly serves. [[spoiler: He not only roughs up people but also kills an Aboriginal suspeced of the killing of the white man.]]

* PoliceBrutality: The policeman who at one point employs Jimmie as his aide is very rude. [[spoiler: Moreover in the end of the episode he even kills a prisoner in the cell strangling him while Jimmie remains in the nearby premises and hers the noise. In the morning he curtly asks Jimmie to conceal the evidence. Jimmie obeys then quits.]]

* ThoseTwoGuys: The sons of the last maters of Jimmie. They do not even patricipate in his confrontation with Jimmie their presence which at one point takes a very menacing turn in.

* PrecisionFStrike: For Jimmie in his talk with the shop assistants when he says that he wants to do a "frigging" good job. The DeeapanSnarker does not take it too good. He says that Brits have the copyright for the word starting with А as it is what they do to the choirboys. Then he asks Jimmie would it be correct for the Canadian or New Zealand Native people to swear. Jimmie agrees it would not be.

The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith is a 1978 Australian film about a half-Aboriginal half-white lad, the titular Jimmie Blacksmith. He is educated in Christian spirit by a priest and his wife and then let out in the world to find good job and marry a white girl so that his kid would be already a quarteron and, as both Jimmmie himself and the priest couple think, would be much better for that.

* WouldntHurtAChild: Averted with Jimmie.
** Played straight with his brother.

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** Zigzagged in the end in the end as [[spoiler: the executioneer never hangs anyone from the gang onscreen. In the end he is only shown looking through the peeophole of the Jimmie's cell making a rearch of his neck. Most probably he still executes him offscreen.]]

Jimmie starts to make fences for white farmers however is regularly mistreated and underpayed, never receiving the due wages for his work. Jimmie lives within his tribe whose members are not eager to work as opposed to him and strip him of his hard-earened money. Later he leaves his settlement and finds job with an abusive law enforcement officer becoming his aide. However soon after a heinous deed by that officer he quits the police service.

Then Jimmie resumes making fences and for a change starts to work on the order of the seemingly kinder master. He also marries a while girl of somewhat light morals which soon gets pregnant. However after the baby is born and [[spoiler: it turns out that it is completely white as she was impregnated by a man whom she met before she got into relation with Jimmie]] the things make a turn for worse. Also his three relations from the tribe including his uncle and brother arrive to the farm where Jimmie works to the great discontely of the previously benevolent farmer who was quite eager to put up with the one rerelatively light-skinned and industrious Aboriginal but has no use for other three idle visitors.

* ChekhovSGunman: Lampshaded with the executioneer who is also a butcher. Jimmie and his companions are still at large and he is several times shown in his shop talking with я customer who is very curious

** Zigzagged in the end in the end as [[spoiner: the executioneer never hangs anyone from the gang onscreen. In the end he is only shown looking through the peeophole of the Jimmie's cell making a rearch of his neck. Most probably he still executes him offscreen.]]

* KarmaHoudini: For the policeman with whom Jimmie briefly serves. [[He not only roughs up people but also kills an Aboriginal suspeced of the killing of the white man.]]

** Arguably his brother at that point too. [[So he quits him with teacher and leaves alone,]]

* PoliceBrutality: The policeman who at one point employs Jimmie as his aide is very rude. [[Moreover in the end of the episode he even kills a prisoner in the cell strangling him while Jimmie remains in the nearby premises and hers the noise. In the morning he curtly asks Jimmie to conceal the evidence. Jimmie obeys then quits.]]

* DeadpanSnaker: One of the shop assistants in the beginning who is very anti-British and always mocks Britain to the dismay of his colleague who arrived from the UK and is loyal to that country and the Queen.

* AHookerWithTheHeartOfGold: A girl in the Aboriginal settlement with whom Jimmie regularly has sex. She is indeed kind to him [[spoiler: although she talks very casually about the people he murdered.]]

** Zigzagged in the end in the end as [[it is never shown how the executioneer hangs anyone he is only shown]]

* HookerWithTheHeartOfGold: A girl in the Aboriginal settlement with whom Jimmie regularly has sex. She is indeed kind to him [[spoiler: although she talks very casually about the people he murdered.]]