Rent Black and White (2002)
3.5 of 5 from 73 ratings
1h 40min
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- Synopsis:
Australia. 1958. When a nine-year-old white girl is found murdered in a remote cave the local police are quick to arrest an illiterate Aborigine named Max Stuart. Under interrogation Max admits to the killing and signs the statement that will send him to the gallows. With no Court of Appeal established in the country, and with a legal system compromised by intimidation tactics and the stain of institutional racism, the skills of David O'Sullivan and Helen Devaney - two gifted but naive young defense lawyers - are put to the test. Soon, a rising press mogul called Rupert Murdoch uses his headlines to lend full support to the defendant, and the lawyers' efforts take them all the way to the Privy Council in London. Starring Robert Carlyle and Kerry Fox as the idealistic lawyers who take on the might of a rigidly conservative establishment, this compelling real-life drama is based on a landmark case that changed a nation forever. - Actors:
- Robert Carlyle, Charles Dance, Kerry Fox, David Ngoombujarra, Max Stuart, Colin Friels, Ben Mendelsohn, Bille Brown, John Gregg, Roy Billing, Gary Waddell, Patrick Duggin, Andrew Martin, Frank Gallacher, Rhys McConnochie, Vincent Ball, Peter Whitford, Donald McDonald, Peter Carroll, Heather Mitchell
- Directors:
- Craig Lahiff
- Writers:
- Louis Nowra
- Studio:
- Tartan
- Genres:
- Drama
- Countries:
- Australia
