BLACK AND WHITE
by Craig Lahiff
synopsis
The script is based on a real life miscarriage of justice that is part of Australian history. It is 1958 in conservative Adelaide, a city that prides itself on it's peaceful, well-bred qualities. A young lawyer, David O'Sullivan, excitable and charming, is given the news that he has drawn a 'lottery prize' - a legal aid case for an aborigine who has been arrested for the rape and murder of an eight year old girl in the far west desert town of Ceduna. O'Sullivan soon concludes that the aborigine has been framed by the local police and decides he must take a stand.
original title: | BLACK AND WHITE |
country: | United Kingdom, Australia |
sales agent: | Svensk Filmindustri International |
year: | 2001 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Craig Lahiff |
film run: | 99' |
screenplay: | Louis Nowra |
cast: | Robert Carlyle, Charles Dance, Kerry Fox, Colin Friels, Ben Mendelsohn, David Ngoombujarra, Roy Billing, Bille Brown |
cinematography by: | Geoffrey Simpson |
film editing: | Lee Smith |
art director: | Murray Picknett, Sarah Gilligan |
costumes designer: | Annie Marshall |
music: | Cezary Skubiszewski |
producer: | Helen Leake, Nik Powell |
production: | B & W Productions Pty Ltd, Scala Productions Ltd., Duo Art Productions (AU) |
distributor: | New Vision (AU) |