Sweet Country
Sweet Country
“ Justice itself is put on trial ”
CINEMA2018-01-25
DIGITAL2018-06-15
RegionAU
Runtime113 MIN
Media TypeMovie
PRODUCTION COMPANIES
Nexus Editorial Perspective Nexus Original
“Shows how law, land, and racial hierarchy structure Indigenous oppression in colonial Australia.”
Storyline
In 1929, an Australian Aboriginal stockman kills a white station owner in self-defense and goes on the lam, pursued by a posse.
DIRECTOR / Director
Warwick Thornton
KEYWORDS
australiarapecourt caseslaverybiblebased on true storyoutbreakdesertaustralian aboriginal1920sabuse of poweraustralian western
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Colonial History & Narratives of Resistance
Bloodstained scars left by imperial conquest—the oppressed rising from the ashes to reclaim sacred human sovereignty.
Shows how law, land, and racial hierarchy structure Indigenous oppression in colonial Australia.
