Wrong Side of the Road (1980)

Directed by

Ned Lander

Genre

documentary film, musical film

Country

Australia

Runtime

1h 19m

Rated

M

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two Aboriginal rock reggae bands navigate life and music in South Australia. The film shows their performances and everyday experiences.

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What happens

Wrong Side of the Road is a 1981 low-budget feature film made in South Australia. It is distinctive for being one of the first attempts to bring modern Australian Aboriginal music to a non-Indigenous audience, featuring all-Aboriginal rock reggae bands No Fixed Address and Us Mob. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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