Black and White (2002)

Directors

Craig Lahiff

Cast

Ben Mendelsohn, Charles Dance, Colin Friels, David Ngoombujarra, Kerry Fox, Robert Carlyle

The story

Based on real events, Black and White tells the story of Max Stuart (Ngoombujarra), a young Aboriginal man who was sentenced to death after being found guilty of the murder of a nine-year-old girl on what was considered questionable evidence. It follows the fight by his lawyers David O'Sullivan (Carlyle) and Helen Devaney (Fox) to save Stuart from execution, as well as Crown Prosecutor, Roderic Chamberlain's (Dance) efforts to convict Stuart. Rohan Rivett editor of an Adelaide paper, The News, and its publisher, Rupert Murdoch (Ben Mendelsohn) also feature as leading the public response in the campaign to save Stuart.

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