Journey out of Darkness
James Trainor | Australia/America 1967 | 92 min
Journey out of Darkness is set in Central Australia in 1901. It tells the story of a young white trooper Peterson who is sent to arrest an Aboriginal man of the Arunta nation responsible for a ritual killing.
On the return journey, the trooper’s Aboriginal tracker dies because a bone had been pointed at him. The tracker’s death leaves Peterson to cross the desert alone with his prisoner.
Their roles are soon reversed and through the experience Peterson gains a new understanding of Aboriginal people and their knowledge.
Despite the liberal message of the plot, Journey out of Darkness was curiously archaic in its casting of a white actor, Ed Devereaux, in a principal Aboriginal role. For this reason, the film was unpopular at a time when consciousness of Aboriginal affairs was growing stronger in the Australian community.
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15 December 1967 (State Theatre of Sydney) |
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Bob Young |
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Epic |
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Journey out of Darkness was filmed around Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia.
Kamahl who plays the Aboriginal captive was born of Sri Lankan parents in Kuala Lumpur.
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