The Killing of Angel Street (1981)

Directed by

Donald Crombie

Genre

thriller film

Country

Australia

Runtime

1h 41m

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 8 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An activist disappears while fighting against waterfront property development in Sydney. The film follows a group of locals trying to uncover what happened to her.

suspensefulgrittytenseatmosphericslow-burnpoliticalmysterious

What happens

The Killing of Angel Street is a 1981 Australian thriller film loosely based on the Builders Labourers Federation (BLF) green bans against development in inner Sydney city waterside suburbs. It briefly touches on the real-life disappearance of Juanita Nielsen, an activist against mass development in Sydney in the late 1970s. The film was directed by Donald Crombie and shot in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. In the commentary on the DVD, the location is incorrectly stated as Edward Street in Balmain (East). In fact, the location was Weston Street, at the end of Paul Street. The mysterious disappearance of Juanita Nielson also inspired Phillip Noyce, who directed the 1982 film Heatwave. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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