High Ground (2020)

Directed by

Stephen Johnson

Genre

action film

Country

Australia

Runtime

1h 44m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 82 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Set in northern Australia after World War I, a former soldier helps a young Aboriginal man track a group of people across the bush. The film follows their journey as past violence and cultural tensions come to a head.

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What happens

High Ground is a 2020 Australian film directed by Stephen Maxwell Johnson, based on historical events that took place in Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory of Australia, set just after World War I. It has variously been called a revisionist Western and Australian Western. However, it tells of a true historical event in a fictionalised manner but with very close attention to and respect for Aboriginal culture. The film premiered at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival on 23 February 2020, with the Australian premiere at the Brisbane International Film Festival later that year, and theatrical release in Australia on 28 January 2021. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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