Short Changed (1986)

Directed by

George Ogilvie

Genre

drama film

Country

Australia

Runtime

1h 44m

Rated

M

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A separated Aboriginal father fights for custody of his young son. The story follows his struggle against a legal system and social biases that favor the child's white mother.

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What happens

Short Changed is a 1986 Australian film directed by George Ogilvie based on a script by Aboriginal writer Bob Merritt, who described it as a "black/white Kramer vs Kramer". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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