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- High Ground is a 2020 Australian film directed by Stephen Maxwell Johnson, based on historical events that took place in Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory of Australia, set just after World War I. It has variously been called a revisionist Western and meat pie Western.
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English. High Ground is a 2020 Australian film directed by Stephen Maxwell Johnson, based on historical events that took place in Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory of Australia, set just after World War I. It has variously been called a revisionist Western and meat pie Western.
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May 14, 2021 · “High Ground” is undoubtedly a difficult watch in that it recreates and centers violence inflicted upon Indigenous Australians to progress its narrative, and a predictable one in that it uses such trauma and white guilt to prove its points.
Feb 9, 2021 · The Australian film High Ground, set mostly at a mission in Arnhem Land in the 1930s, blends stories (and languages) from Indigenous Nations across the region. It is a...
2020, Adventure/Drama, 1h 44m. 90% Tomatometer 41 Reviews. 76% Audience Score 50+ Ratings. What to know. Critics Consensus. A gripping action story as well as sobering commentary on colonialism,...
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- Jacob Junior Nayinggul
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Feb 23, 2020 · Home. Film. Reviews. Feb 23, 2020 12:30pm PT. ‘High Ground’: Film Review. Covering a violent chapter of colonial history, Stephen Maxwell Johnson's Australian western excavates ugly truths...
- Guy Lodge
Jan 26, 2021 · Meticulously crafted both on-screen and off – it took director Stephen Maxwell Johnson many years to earn the trust and co-operation of the indigenous communities whose stories and culture would be depicted – High Ground is an intense, visually stunning drama that draws on the genre conventions of the western, whilst transcending such ...
