Midnight Oil The Hardest Line Documentary Movie

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Midnight Oil The Hardest Line Documentary Movie Trailer HD - Plot synopsis: Contrary. Passionate. Outspoken. Over 45 years Midnight Oil helped shape modern Australia.
This is their trailblazing story for the first time on film.
Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line is the definitive story of the seminal Australian rock group tracing their origins from the politically charged atmosphere of the 1970s to their rise as global icons.
Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line, coming only to cinemas from July 4.
Transcript
00:00 [MUSIC]
00:04 >> The day of reconciliation was marked by division.
00:07 [MUSIC]
00:09 >> We will decide who comes to this country and
00:11 the circumstances in which they come.
00:14 [MUSIC]
00:20 >> Please welcome, Meade Maynard.
00:23 [MUSIC]
00:30 >> We wanted to write material that hit you right in the face and
00:33 say, this is the truth.
00:34 [MUSIC]
00:37 >> You need to lend your voice to things.
00:39 You can't stay silent.
00:41 >> Even if you're pushed to the wall for
00:43 the things that you believe in, you don't give in.
00:46 [MUSIC]
00:49 >> And I think in those days, we were just trying to stay alive.
00:52 [MUSIC]
00:54 >> We sent the blue album to the radio stations, and
00:56 they didn't wanna play it.
00:57 They politely told us, look, we'll see you at the bottom of the barrel.
01:00 [MUSIC]
01:04 >> The industry to us looked corrupt, completely corrupt.
01:07 [MUSIC]
01:08 >> You know, that's not what we were like.
01:10 [MUSIC]
01:19 >> The normal thing for a band to do would be to keep on towards the bright,
01:23 shining lights.
01:24 But instead, we went completely in another direction.
01:26 [MUSIC]
01:28 >> We were changed forever, I think, by that experience.
01:31 [MUSIC]
01:35 >> It did feel like, once again, throw away the rule book,
01:38 start our music from scratch again.
01:40 [MUSIC]
01:46 >> This week, Midnight Oil are performing seven sellout concerts.
01:50 No Australian band has ever attracted such support.
01:53 [MUSIC]
01:58 >> Peter was very consumed with politics.
02:01 [MUSIC]
02:06 >> We are part of the nuclear world.
02:08 >> And this is the monster which young people in the world inherit.
02:12 >> It's inevitable that if you stick your neck out far enough or long enough,
02:15 someone's gonna come along and try and chop it off.
02:17 >> Where will you come from?
02:19 [MUSIC]
02:29 [MUSIC]
02:32 >> Sometimes you gotta take the hardest line.
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