Black and White (2002)
One man's conviction divided a nation.
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. With a legal system compromised by intimidation tactics, the skills of his two gifted but naïve defense lawyers are put to the test.
- Date of release
- 2002-10-31
- TMDB
- 6.2 / 10 (15)
- Runtime
- 1h 39m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Craig Lahiff
Casting
- Robert Carlyle — David O'Sullivan
- Charles Dance — Roderic Chamberlain
- Kerry Fox — Helen Devaney
- Colin Friels — Father Tom Dixon
- Ben Mendelsohn — Rupert Murdoch
- David Ngoombujarra — Young Max Stuart
- Max Stuart — Old Max Stuart
- Rhys McConnochie — Justice Abbott
- Bille Brown — Thomas Playford
- John Gregg — Rohan Rivett
- Roy Billing — Det Sgt Turner
- Gary Waddell — Constable Jones
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