Blackfellas is a 1993 Australian drama film directed by James Ricketson. It is an adaptation of Archie Wellers 1981 novel The Day of the Dog. Blackfellas stars John Moore, David Ngoombujarra, Jack Charles, John Hargreaves and Ernie Dingo. The film won two AFI Awards and had its premier at the Valhalla Cinema in Melbourne onAugust 1993.
James Ricketson became interested in the story in the early 1980s when he was directing an episode of Women of the Sun.
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