Black and White (2002)

Australia, 1958. When a nine year old white girl is found murdered, police are quick to arrest illiterate Aborigine, Max Stuart. Under interrogation Max admits to the killing and signs a 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 his two gifted but naive defense lawyers are put to the test. Based on a true story.
Craig Lahiff
Robert Carlyle, Charles Dance, Kerry Fox, Colin Friels, Ben Mendelsohn, David Ngoombujarra, Max Stuart, Rhys McConnochie, Bille Brown, John Gregg, Roy Billing, Gary Waddell, Patrick Duggin, Andrew Martin, Frank Gallacher, Vincent Ball, Peter Whitford
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