My Name is William Cuffay
At trade I am a Taylor
I've been called a Yellow Jacket
A Chartist and a Traitor
But I have no shame
No convict's stain
Has left its mark on me
For I am that rarest of all birds
An English Revolutionary
Chorus
For he is that rarest of all birds
An English Revolutionary
It is the British Empire's boast
That slavery's done away
They should come down
To Van Diemens Land
Where the poor work for no pay
Staring
Owen McDonnell
as Philip Cunningham
Sean O'Meallaigh
as Michael Dwyer
Llion Williams
as Zephaniah Williams
Russell Fletcher
as John Frost
Zachary Lennon
as Linus Miller
Lochlann O'Mearain
as William Smith O'Brien
Kelton Pell
as William Cuffay
Michael Abercromby
as John Flood
Billy Bragg
Known as a powerful song-writing troubadour in the true folk-protest tradition, Bragg talks and sings from the heart. In a musical career that has lasted more than three decades, Bragg is renowned for his passion, wordplay and irreverence.
Mick Thomas
Mick Thomas was the front man for legendary Australian band, Weddings Parties Anything. He has toured Australia with performers like U2, B. B. King, Bob Geldorf, Steve Earl, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Michelle Shocked, Midnight Oil and Billy Bragg.
Lisa O'Neill
O'Neill first found her musical legs supporting David Gray in the USA. With the endorsement of folk-singing legend Peggy Seeger, O'Neill soon found herself touring with many other famous artists. She has a voice that might sit easily on a Carter Family recording. It's a tender and expressive instrument, but possesses a Midlands Irish flintiness.
2015 Roar Film Pty Ltd, Tile Films Ltd, Screen Tasmania and Screen Australia
