Big Brother of Christmas Island

1999 57 min

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.

Genres

Documentary

Production Countries

Australia
Christmas Island

Spoken Languages

No spoken language data available.

Cast

John Stanton

Narrator (voice)

Gordon Bennett

Himself (archive footage)

Crew

Mathew Kelley

Director

Samantha Kelley

Producer

Peter Du Cane

Producer

Peter Du Cane

Writer

Mathew Kelley

Writer

Posters

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