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1 online resource (streaming video file) (26 min. 33 sec.) ; 160127144 bytes |
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*Coarse Language*Colin Darcy, an Aboriginal man, grew up in Whyalla in country SA. He has had his fair share of knocks, but now Colin, 24, is making a new start in life as he and his two best mates form a hip hop group called Shadows."Newspapers say the only way for young Aboriginal fellas to make it big is to play football. That's what I did, until I injured my knee and my football career was cut short. Now I plan to pursue a different dream. I want to be a rapper. I want to step outside my bedroom and reach people ...".Colin Darcy grew up in the mining town of Whyalla in country South Australia. He's had his fair share of hard knocks. His father abandoned him as a baby, his mother died when he was 15, and he recently lost his older brother. Now 24 and living in Adelaide, Colin is making a new start in life as he and his two best mates, Damien and Johnny, from Whyalla, form a hip hop group called Shadows.The Shadows have high hopes. They start writing raps about their personal experiences - growing up in a small town, family, racism and striving for success. But becoming stars doesn't go as planned. Damien suffers from stage fright and Johnny just wants to party. As the Shadows struggle to find their feet in the local music scene, Colin finds that writing lyrics forces him to confront his painful past and make hard decisions about his future. Life gets even more complicated when he becomes a role model for his fatherless nephew Jayden.Chasing Shadows follows Colin and his mates over four months in the studio, in rehearsals and on stage. Will the band survive? Will the music help Colin find the peace - and the family - he's been looking for? |
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Closed captioning in English |
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Broadcast 2010-08-31 at 22:05:00 |
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Classification: M |
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Aboriginal Australians.
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Men -- Conduct of life.
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Music -- Performance.
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Rap (Music)
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Rap musicians.
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South Australia -- Adelaide.
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South Australia -- Whyalla.
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Streaming video
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Almond, Shalom, director
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Butler, Kate, contributor
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Darcy, Colin, contributor
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Darcy, Jayden, contributor
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Darcy, Susan, contributor
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Elms, Philip, contributor
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Gomez, John, contributor
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Hampton, Damien, contributor
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Kovatseff, Gail, contributor
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Linde, Dieter, contributor
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Linde, Osker, contributor
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Roberts, Dale, contributor
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