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Synopsis - Firestick Farmer

James Farmer grows up in an environment of violence and deprivation, and his eventual academic career focusses on the corresponding history of his people.

As his life takes an increasingly bitter turn his personal and professional obsessions push him through radicalisation towards a terrible conflagation.

Firestick Farmer is an exploration of the forces that shape radical sentiment both in Australia and abroad.

The narrative is sympathetic but also presents the blunt truth about the unpredictability of radical action, and a warning against the use of political violence no matter how just the cause.