Black and White

2002
1 Std. 39 Min.

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6,7/10

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BLACK AND WHITE is a highly charged period drama about one man's conviction that changed a nation. Based on true events, BLACK AND WHITE is a compelling and even-handed look at a trial that galvanized Australia in the fifties.

It is Christmas 1958 in Adelaide, a city that prides itself on its peaceful, well-bred qualities. An excitable young lawyer, David O'Sullivan (Robert Carlyle), is given the news that he has drawn a 'bad lottery prize' - a no fee case where he must defend a young Aboriginal man Max Stuart (David Ngoombujarra) who has been arrested for the murder of a nine year old white girl.

O'Sullivan and his partner, Helen Devaney (Kerry Fox), faces a most erudite and ambitious prosecutor, Roderic Chamberlain (Charles Dance), who feels he is the empire's last bastion against barbarism. But O'Sullivan is immediately suspicious. It's obvious that Max did not write his own confession and the prosecution changes evidence willy-nilly, torpedoing any proper defence. O'Sullivan fights for Max like a man possessed.

BLACK AND WHITE is eerily, painfully contemporary; its real focus is the nature of justice in a world overrun by prejudice and suspect media - and populated by inevitably flawed human beings.

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Füge eine Handlung in deiner Sprache hinzuRecreation of the landmark 1958 South Australian Court trial of young aboriginal Max Stuart.Recreation of the landmark 1958 South Australian Court trial of young aboriginal Max Stuart.Recreation of the landmark 1958 South Australian Court trial of young aboriginal Max Stuart.

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6,7/10

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The Hon Justice Michael Kirby AC, CMG said that this film ''is a reminder to us of the dangers of formalism and blindness to prejudice that can be inherent in our work unless we are on guard. Although there have been great improvements in the courts of our country since the proceedings portrayed in Black and White, we the judicial officers of Australia today should watch the film to reinforce our commitment to the avoidance of errors of the kind that the film chronicles."

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Featured in Black and White: Featurette (2003)

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Traditional Chant
Performed by Max Stuart

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A harsh reminder of what still lies under the surface

The world of the movie is one of the few areas where Australians care to face up to their unjust and brutal treatment of the Aboriginie. This movie is based on a disturbingly recent true story and is brilliantly understated. One never feels one knows what really happened, but the legal processes are a shocking inditment of racial prejudice and power politics. Even today Australia still struggles to come to grips with this shameful side of their past. Black and White should be seen in every Australian household as similar events almost certainly still go on today in the far flung reaches of this vast land mass. Highly recommended. (Available on dvd in Australia.)