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6.1

♡ 3

95%

Adventure

Ralph Smart Director

Steve Dodd as Aborigine

Charles 'Bud' Tingwell as John King

Gordon Jackson as Mac

Michael Pate as Trooper

A family buy land set around a water hole in a remote location, that is occupied by native Australians. The two groups clash.

Charlie's Country

2013

7.3

♡ 9

95%

darwin, australia

Drama

northern territory

Rolf de Heer Director

Gary Sweet as Bottle Shop Operator

Damon Gameau as Darwin Hospital Nurse

Paul Blackwell as Errol

J.B. Williams as Gaz's Sidekick

Blackfella Charlie is getting older, and he's out of sorts. The intervention is making life more difficult on his remote community, what with the proper policing of whitefella laws that don't generally make much sense, and Charlie's kin and ken seeming more interested in going along with things than doing anything about it. So Charlie takes off, to live the old way, but in doing so sets off a chain of events in his life that has him return to his community chastened, and somewhat the wiser.

High Ground

2020

6.5

♡ 34

90%

australian outback

based on a true story

Stephen Johnson Director

Ryan Corr as Braddock

Caren Pistorius as Claire

David Field as Kurtz

Aaron Pedersen as Walter

In a remote corner of the wild country, a bloody war rages. Travis is a bounty hunter with one last hope of redemption. Gutjuk is a young Indigenous man trying to save the last of his family. Together they embark on a manhunt, which unravels a secret that ultimately pits them against each other.

Mystery Road

2013

6.6

♡ 29

91%

64%

australia

Ivan Sen Director

Robert Mammone as Constable Roberts

Bruce Spence as Jim the Coroner

Hugo Weaving as Johnno

Samara Weaving as Peggy

A murdered girl is found under a bridge on a remote road and indigenous detective Jay Swan gets the case. Jay finds that no-one is that interested in solving the murder of an indigenous teenager and he is forced to work alone.

Black and White

2002

6.7

♡ 4

33%

Craig Lahiff Director

Robert Carlyle as David O'Sullivan

Natasha Wanganeen as Extra

Penne Hackforth-Jones as Mrs. Aston

Charles Dance as Roderic Chamberlain

Australia, 1958. When a nine year old white girl is found murdered, police are quick to arrest illiterate Aborigine, Max Stuart. Under interrogation Max admits to the killing. With a legal system compromised by intimidation tactics, the skills of his two gifted but naïve defense lawyers are put to the test.

The Art of Incarceration

7.7

Documentary

prison

Alex Siddons Director

Jack Charles as Self

Robby Wirramanda as Self

Christopher Austin as Self Troy

Troy as Self

Narrated by Uncle Jack Charles and seen through the eyes of Indigenous prisoners at Victoria’s Fulham Correctional Centre, this documentary explores how art and culture can empower Australia's First Nations people to transcend their unjust cycles of imprisonment.

Midnight Oil: 1984

2018

7.2

♡ 4

australia

Ray Argall Director

Midnight Oil as Themselves / Midnight Oil

In 1984, Midnight Oil released their iconic record Red Sails in the Sunset. They embarked on a relentless tour around the nation performing raw and electrifying music that reignited the imagination of young Australians. That same year, their lead singer Peter Garrett committed to run for a Senate seat for the Nuclear Disarmament Party. With the mounting pressure of balancing the demands of music and politics this is the year that would make, but nearly break, Australia's most important rock and roll band. Thirty years in the making and featuring never seen before seen footage of the band on and off the stage, Midnight Oil: 1984 is the untold story of the year Australia’s most iconic rock band inspired the nation to believe in the power of music to change the world.

In My Blood It Runs

2019

7.7

♡ 2

100%

71%

alice springs

language and communication

indigenous australians

tradition

Maya Newell Director

Carol Turner as Self

Dujuan Turner as Self

Megan Turner as Self

The story of Dujuan, a 10-year-old Aboriginal boy living in Alice Springs, Australia, who is struggling to balance his traditional Arrernte/Garrwa upbringing with a state education.

Sweet As

2022

6.5

♡ 1

89%

coming of age

Drama

indigenous australians

Jub Clerc Director

Carlos Sanson as Fernando

Mark Coles Smith as Ian

Tasma Walton as Mitch

Shantae Barnes-Cowan as Murra

With problems on the home front, 15-year-old Murra is on the verge of lashing out. That is, until her policeman uncle thwarts her self-destructive behaviour with a lifeline: a “photo-safari for at-risk kids”. Murra isn’t entirely convinced, but she soon joins cantankerous Kylie, uptight Sean, happy-go-lucky Elvis, and camp counsellors Fernando and Michelle on a transformative bus trip to the Pilbara. On the trail, the teens learn about fun, friendship and first crushes, as well as the forces of ‘reality’ that puncture the bubble of youth.

Samson & Delilah

2009

7.0

♡ 5

95%

76%

Warwick Thornton Director

David Page as Kenny - Green Bush Show

Audrey Martin as Payback Auntie

Ricardo del Rio as Priest

Rowan McNamara as Samson

Samson, a cheeky 15-year-old boy, and Delilah, live in an isolated Aboriginal community in the Central Australian desert. The two teenagers soon discover that life outside the community can be cruel. Lost, unwanted and alone they discover that life isn’t always fair, but love never judges.

Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line

2024

7.4

♡ 2

100%

90%

australia