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High Ground 15 rating

A young Indigenous man teams up with a policeman to track down a warrior outlaw in this piercing exploration of justice and morality within the Australian settlement.

Action and Adventure 2019 105 mins

Director: Stephen Maxwell Johnson

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Overview

Twelve years after a brutal Indigenous massacre during Australia’s colonial period, three of its protagonists are brought back together when a child survivor (Jacob Junior Nayinggul) and a policeman (Simon Baker) are enlisted to track down a tribal outlaw (Sean Mununggurr) who’s enacting his own reign of terror on new settlers.

As with Sweet Country, director Stephen Maxwell Johnson uses the skin of a fugitive thriller to explore notions of justice, morality and cultural imperialism. Featuring stunning images from the wilderness of the Northern Territory, and with exceptional performances, High Ground is both a thrilling drama and a powerful corrective to accepted notions of the Australian settlement.

Director
Stephen Maxwell Johnson
Featuring
Jacob Junior NayinggulSimon BakerCallan MulveyAaron PedersenSean Mununggurr
Genres
Action and Adventure
Certificate
15strong bloody violence, threat, racism, sexual threat, language
Released
2019
Country
Australia
Language
English

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