Bit of Black Business – Done Dirt Cheap (2007)
Synopsis
Not far from the bustling Kalgoorlie mines, local Aboriginal couple Amos (Trevor Jamieson) and Gracie (Wendy Martin) are fossicking for gold with a pick and shovel. It seems they have hit paydirt so Amos heads to town where gold is worth $765 per ounce. He ends up at the local watering hole and manages to sell the gold with the help of two miners (Geoffrey Foulkes-Taylor and Jed Elsbury) and an unsuspecting tourist (Alan Dungey).
Curator’s notes
Director Debbie Carmody highlights aspects of prosperous small-town mining life here through her first-hand experience of driving trucks for the gold mines.
Her lead character’s plan hinges on an indignant tourist thinking Amos is being cheated out of his money when the miners in the pub offer only a paltry amount for his gold. The tourist says that any fool can see that it’s worth more than they are offering and outbids them. The deal is done: dirt cheap.
Debbie Carmody previously directed the multi-award-winning documentary Rosie (2004) about Rosalie Fraser.
Done Dirt Cheap was produced by Kath Shelper as part of the Bit of Black Business initiative by the Indigenous unit of the AFC, and premiered at the 2007 Message Sticks Indigenous Film Festival in Sydney.
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