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Sweet Country is a 2017 Australian drama film, directed by Warwick Thornton. Set in 1929 in the sparsely populated outback of the Northern Territory and based on a series of true events, it tells a harsh story against the backdrop of a divided society (between the British settlers and Aboriginal Australians ) in the interwar period in Australia.
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Sep 7, 2017 · In its exploration of legal and bodily liberties, “Sweet Country” emerges as a furious slavery narrative of sorts, and one that should resonate with audiences far beyond Australia as the global...
The film is based on a real life true crime murder case where an Aboriginal man was arrested and put on trial for murdering a white man in central Australia during the 1920s.
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- Adventure, Crime, Drama
- Warwick Thornton
- 2018-04-06
Oct 9, 2017 · In self-defence, an Indigenous man, Sam Kelly (Hamilton Morris) shoots and kills a local landowner, Harry March (Ewan Leslie). Only later, while they are on the run, does Kelly learn that March...
Apr 6, 2018 · Set in frontier Australia in 1929, Sweet Country tells a simple story, one inspired by true events. When an Aboriginal man named Sam Kelly kills a white rancher in self-defense, he goes on...
Apr 6, 2018 · At least in material terms. In terms of racial attitudes, most of the white characters in “Sweet Country” are as contemporary, and/or as ancient and trite, as they come. The movie opens on a peaceful scene as Sam Neill ’s character, Fred Smith, sits on his porch.
Apr 2, 2018 · Based on the true story of an Indigenous Australian man, Sam Kelly, who was arrested and tried for the murder of a white man in the 1920s, director Warwick Thornton’s Sweet Country is meticulous in its examination of institutionalized racism, specifically how the dehumanization of Australia’s native population bred an environment of ...
