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The Last Wave (1977)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 106 min.
Story: White Australian lawyer David Burton agrees with reluctance to defend a group of aborigines charged with murdering one of their own. He suspects the victim was targeted for violating a tribal taboo, but the defendants deny any tribal association. ...
Style: surreal, cerebral, lovecraft, psychological, atmospheric ...
Plot: end of the world, lawyer, murder, native american, water, nightmare, disaster, cosmic horror, aborigine, shaman, fantasy world, distopia ...
Time: year 1977, 70s, 20th century
Place: australia, oceania, sydney australia
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We of the Never Never (1982)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 134 min.
Story: Based on the well-loved Australian classic by Mrs. Aeneas Gunn, this is the remarkable true story of Jeannie Gunn, a woman who fought to overcome sexual and racial prejudice amid the harsh beauties of the outback. Leaving her Melbourne existence for ...
Style: independent film, realistic, serious, uplifting, sincere ...
Plot: australian aboriginal, aborigine, countryside, strong female lead, sexism, bride and groom, australian outback, killing an animal, feminist, animal cruelty, racism, strong female presence ...
Time: year 1982, 20th century, 1900s
Place: australia, melbourne
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The Naked Country (1985)
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Far North Queensland, 1955. Deep in the untamed frontier tough rancher Lance Dillon and his sensual, but bored wife, battle inhospitable nature to eke out a living from their cattle herd. When the aborigines kill the Dillon's prize bull a ...
Style: retro, serious, realistic, independent film
Plot: couples, escapades, danger, dishonesty, survival, betrayal, infidelity, against the odds, ranch, racism, cave, wilderness ...
Place: australia
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Where the Green Ants Dream (1984)
Genre: Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Extraordinary images from Werner Herzog. Shot in the Australian Outback the Aborigines (in this film anyway) believe that this is the place where the green ants go to dream, and that if their dreams are disturbed, it will bring down disaster on us ...
Style: bleak, contemplative, political, realistic, serious ...
Plot: aborigine, australian aboriginal, survival, desert, environment, nature, mining, explorer, human rights, ecology, expedition, union ...
Time: 80s, year 1984
Place: germany, africa, australia, south australia
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Dead Heart (1996)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Ray Lorkin, chief lawman in the tiny rural settlement of Wala Wala, Australia, fears that long-simmering tensions between the area's aborigine natives and white settlers are on the verge of erupting. When it's discovered that Kate, the ...
Style: tension, serious, realistic, bleak, independent film
Plot: interracial sex, horny wife, aborigine, murder, infidelity, culture clash, interracial relations, female orgasm, sex scene, unfaithfulness, outback, culture ...
Time: 90s
Place: australia
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The Tracker (2002)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: Australia
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Somewhere in Australia in the early 20th century outback, an Aboriginal man is accused of murdering a white woman. Three white men are on a mission to capture him with the help of an experienced Indigenous man.
Style: disturbing, serious, bleak, rough, realistic ...
Plot: aborigine, australian aboriginal, fanatic, outback, racism, murder, australian outback, expedition, injustice, vigilantism, life is a bitch, society ...
Time: 1920s, 2000s, 20th century
Place: australia, oceania
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Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002)
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 94 min.
Story: In 1931, three aboriginal girls escape after being plucked from their homes to be trained as domestic staff and set off on a trek across the Outback.
Style: touching, emotional, poignant, factual, heartbreaking ...
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: child abuse, aborigine, australian outback, racism, kidnapping, children, australian aboriginal, culture clash, survival, indigenous people, women, colonialism ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century, year 2002, year 1931
Place: australia, oceania
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Black and White (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia, UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story: 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 and signs a statement that will send him to the gallows. With no Court of ...
Style: thought provoking, serious, realistic
Plot: courtroom drama, hotshot lawyer, aborigine, racism, illiteracy, injustice, legal investigation, fighting the system, price of justice, false accusation, social differences, society ...
Time: 1950s, 50s
Place: australia, oceania, adelaide south australia
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Ten Canoes (2006)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A story within a story within a story. In Australia's Northern Territory, an Aboriginal narrator tells a story about his ancestors on a goose hunt. A youngster on the hunt is being tempted to adultery with his elder brother's wife, so an ...
Style: atmospheric, melancholic, realistic, serious, witty ...
Plot: tribe, australian aboriginal, swamp, vengeance, indigenous people, murder, love and romance, couples, forbidden love, heroes, couple relations, expedition ...
Time: year 2006, 2000s
Place: australia, oceania
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Samson and Delilah (2009)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Samson and Delilah's world is small- an isolated community in the Central Australian desert. When tragedy strikes they turn their backs on home and embark on a journey of survival. Lost, unwanted and alone the discover that life isn't ...
Style: touching, serious, captivating, atmospheric, sincere ...
Audience: teens
Plot: aborigine, desert, hunger, power of love, teenage love, teenage life, youth, misfit, life is a bitch, fall in love, love and romance, grandmother granddaughter relationship ...
Time: year 2009
Place: australia, oceania
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Around the Block (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A young Aboriginal boy is torn between his unexpected love of acting and the disintegration of his family.
Style: serious, realistic, captivating, touching, deep ...
Plot: teacher, urban ghetto, school, dysfunctional family, youth, idealism, hopes, society, lesbian, lgbtq, fall in love, love ...
Time: 21st century
Place: australia, new south wales
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Indian Horse (2017)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: Canada
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Saul is a great native hockey player who overcomes racism in the 1970s then ultimately becomes tempted by alcoholism.
Style: disturbing, captivating, psychological, social, retro ...
Plot: racism, indigenous people, racial prejudice, hockey, social problems, athlete's life, society, social relations, family problems, social misfits, religion, american indian ...
Time: 70s, year 1979, year 1959, year 1968, year 2008
Place: toronto ontario canada, canada
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Frontier (2016)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, Western
Country: Canada
Duration: 60 min.
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Story: The chaotic and violent struggle to control wealth and power in the North American fur trade in late 18th century Canada. Told from multiple perspectives, Frontier takes place in a world where business negotiations might be resolved with ...
Style: suspense, atmospheric, exciting, harsh, historical drama ...
Plot: native american, trafficking, rivalry, medieval, intrigue, competitor, showdown, fight for supremacy, society, struggle for survival, fight, battles ...
Time: 18th century, 2010s, 1790s
Place: nova scotia, newfoundland, canada
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