| Inspired by the real-life story of Paddy Jadai, Co-Director Curtis Taylor’s grandfather, Jadai: The Broome Brawler takes a fresh look at police brutality and Australian Indigenous incarceration. Like many Aboriginal men both then and now, Jadai is wrongfully arrested and mistreated in prison. This film, however, takes a highly stylized visual approach to depict an Indigenous man rising above brutality and prejudice to earn the respect of his town. In 1970s Australia, local brawlers fought professional boxers for money in traveling boxing circuses. Paddy Jadai, of the Mangala people, was a real-life brawler living in Broome with his wife, Angelina, and their children. After years on the boxing circuit making money for others, he promises Angelina that he won’t fight anymore. But while keeping a low profile and focusing on feeding their family, the hot-headed brawler is taken in by corrupt cops one night and forced to fight Andre The Mad Russian in a long-odds fight that isn’t in his favor. |
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Country
Australia
Category
Non-European Dramatic Short
Runtime 00:12:17
Directed by
Curtis Taylor and Nathan Mewett
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