In late 1958, in the remote town of Ceduna in South Australia, a nine year old white girl was brutally raped and bludgeoned to death in a beach cave.
Shortly thereafter, in the presence of six local police officers, a full confession was signed by Max Stuart, an itinerant, alcoholic half-caste Aborigine, and his conviction and subsequent hanging for the crime seemed inevitable.
Craig Lahiff's 'Black and White' is a powerful dramatisation of Stuart's ensuing trial and numerous appeals, in a case which divided a nation, and exposed for the first time the rotten foundations on which Australia's most important institutions were built. (source: Movie Gazette)
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| Release dates |
31 October 2002 - Australia 9 January 2004 - Great Britain First shown at the Sydney Film Festival in June 2002 | ||
| Video/DVD Release Date | 11. February 2004 (DVD) | ||
| Awards | Australia 2003: Best S. Actor: David Ngoombujarra | ||
| Rating | M15+ (strong language and moderate violence) | ||
| Language level | not available | ||
| Distributor | Metro Tartan | ||
| Soundtrack | Cezary Skubiszewski | ||
| Genre | Drama | ||
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