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Short Changed (1985)

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clip 'Because you're black'

Original classification rating: M. This clip chosen to be PG

Clip description

Having won access to his son through the Family Court, Stuart (David Kennedy) must find a new place to live. He and his son Tommy (Jamie Agius) experience first hand the difficulties for a black man seeking to rent a flat. Nine-year-old Tommy, who has not known he is partly Aboriginal until a few weeks earlier, understands very quickly what is going on.