Big Brother of Christmas Island

Twenty years ago, a hard-drinking, fiery British immigrant called Gordon Bennett, came to the remote Australian territory of Christmas Island to become General Secretary of the Union of Christmas Island Workers. By the time he died in 1991, he was known as 'Tai Ko Seng' which, roughly translated, means "big brother who delivers". Every year since his death, people gather on 30 July at the Island's Chinese cemetery, to pay tribute to Bennett as they would to their honoured ancestors. Big Brother of Christmas Island tells the moving story of how the legend of the "Tai Ko Seng" was born.

Country:

Australia,

Christmas Island

Genre:

Documentary

Duration:

57 minutes

Year:

1999

Director:

Mathew Kelley

Cast:

Narrator (voice)

Himself (archive footage)

Crew:

Director

Producer

Producer

Writer

Writer