
01/07/1988
Although about top Aboriginal sportsmen, BLACK MAGIC is more than a film about sport. It is an account of the creative use of sport made by the Noongar people of Western Australia's south-west to advance their people's standing. Denied access to other areas of social life like most Aboriginal communities at the time, the Noongars, from as early as 1920, channelled the natural talent of their young people into the arena of competitive sport, notably running, boxing and football. Competitive sport, as filmmaker Paul Roberts notes, is 'an open gate, a universal rite of passage, an opportunity to achieve recognition and acceptance.'

Merlene Mead
as Presenter

Stephen Michael
as Self

Charles Kickett
as Self

Glen Colbung
as Self

Eric Hayward
as Self

Angus Wallam
as Self

Aden Eades
as Self

Eugene Eades
as Self

Hec Strempel
as Self

Ted Kilmurray
as Self

Graham 'Polly' Farmer
as Self

Olivia Roberts
as Self

Bimbo Kelly
as Self

Izacc Penny
as Self

Peter Farmer
as Self

Les Eades
as Self

Clarrie Kickett
as Self

Syd Jackson
as Self

Andy Nebro
as Self

Eric Krakouer
as Self

Newton Kickett
as Self

Jeanette Kickett
as Self

Daryl Kickett
as Self
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