Synopsis

Aboriginal teenagers Samson and Delilah live in an isolated community outside Alice Springs, about 1,500 kms south of Darwin. Delilah spends her days caring for and painting with her Nana, Samson is a chronic petrol sniffer who has cast his eyes on Delilah.

When Delilah is blamed by community women for her Nana's death and violence intervenes in the teenagers' lives, they steal a communal car and head for Alice Springs, a place no safer than their community.

They shelter under a bridge in the town's dry river bed and Samson's sniffing and isolation worsen. Delilah is traumatised by two terrible events and their future seems bleak.

As they discover how harsh life can be for a pair of homeless kids, they also fall in love.

Samson & Delilah resonates with truth and will open the eyes of all those who mistakenly believe the hard-won apology given by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd made life better for the first inhabitants.

It's my life—everything in that film I've seen and I wanted to show the world what Alice Springs is like. It has the most beautiful angels and the most evil devils.

— Warwick Thornton, director of Samson & Delilah

Making Samson & Delilah

Don't miss the Making of Samson and Delilah, a documentary by Beck Cole.

Australian cinema is never going to be the same.

— At The Movies program

Samson and Delilah is a powerfully confronting film which presents the complexities and realities of everyday life for many young Indigenous people.

— Scott Wilson, Chairman, Alcohol Education and Rehabilitation Foundation

Hopefully [Samson & Delilah] will serve as a wake up call to the continuing apathy displayed by the dominant culture in this country toward the plight of disadvantaged Aborigines.

— Review on TwoFlatWhites.com

This groundbreaking, moving film brings [a reality] to the many Australians who don't have a clue just how tough life must be for Indigenous Australians.

— Review on Cinephilia

It's a remarkable achievement in cinema and steps beyond what most filmmakers are trying to achieve.

— Aden Young, actor

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