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Two young Indigenous cricketers follow in the footsteps of Australia's first ever sporting team to tour overseas - an Aboriginal Cricket team in the year 1868. FROM THE ASHES sees rising sportsmen Worrin Williams and Cameron Trask travel to country Victoria, the lands of the 1868 history-making squad, before travelling on to the United Kingdom as part of the Australian Indigenous Cricket Team - and recreating history. This unknown chronicle of Indigenous endeavour is told through the eyes of Worrin and Cameron as they learn about the astonishing and tragic stories to come out of the 1868 tour.

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Crew

Director
Dean Gibson
Writers
Dean Gibson
Producer
Donald Johannessen  Helen Morrison
Executive Producers
Wayne Denning
Dir. of Photography
Nik Lachajczak

Cast

Worrin Williams - Cameron Trask - William McInnes (Narrator)

Production Details

Production Completion
2009
Genre
Art and culture, History and national identity
Production Company
Carbon Media Pty Ltd

Sales

International Sales
Carbon Media Pty Ltd

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  • Production support