Black and White (2002)
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50% of critics liked it
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58% of users liked it
(90 ratings)
Directed by Craig Lahiff, Black and White is a story about bigotry, social injustice, and a real-life murder trial that made Australian headlines in the late '50s. On a December afternoon in 1958, the body of a nine-year-old white girl is discovered in a cave off the coast of Southern Australia.… More Directed by Craig Lahiff, Black and White is a story about bigotry, social injustice, and a real-life murder trial that made Australian headlines in the late '50s. On a December afternoon in 1958, the body of a nine-year-old white girl is discovered in a cave off the coast of Southern Australia. Detective Paul Turner (Roy Billing) quickly arrests a half-aboriginal fair-worker named Max Stuart (David Ngoombujarra), who signs a confession. However, being that Max is illiterate, the legitimacy of the confession is contested by his legal aid representatives, David O'Sullivan (Robert Carlyle) and Helen Devaney (Kerry Fox). Despite the questionable confession, Max is found guilty by the all-white, all-male jury, and sentenced to be hanged. O'Sullivan lodges a series of appeals, but no conclusive evidence of Max's guilt or innocence has been found to this day. ~ Tracie Cooper, Rovi
- Directed By
- Craig Lahiff
- Written By
- Louis Nowra
- Genres
- Drama
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Oct 31, 2002 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Anton Bitel, Movie Gazette
finds just the right balance between scenes inside and outside the courtroom, and deftly juggles an unusually large number of characters without ever seeming cluttered.
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Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone, TheMovieChicks.com
Some fine performances, but the story lacks focus and spends too much time in the gray area.
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Louise Keller, Urban Cinefile
Unlike the title, life is far from black and white, and this satisfying journey offers us a menu of many of its shades of grey.
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Cast
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Robert Carlyle
as David O'Sullivan
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Charles Dance
as Roderic Chamberlain
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Kerry Fox
as Helen Devaney
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Colin Friels
as Father Tom Dixon
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Ben Mendelsohn
as Rupert Murdoch
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David Ngoombujarra
as Max Stuart
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Roy Billing
as Det. Sgt. Paul Turner
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John Gregg
as Rohan Rivett
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Bille Brown
as Premier Thomas Playford
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Chris Haywood
as Det. Sgt. Karskens
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Gary Waddell
as Constable Jones
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Heather Mitchell
as Roma Chamberlain
- Frank Gallacher
- Rhys McConnochie
- Vincent Ball
- Peter Whitford
- Peter Carroll
- Petre Gheorghiu
- Penne Hackforth-Jones
- Max Stuart
