Sweet country

Resource Information

The work Sweet country represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

Sweet country

Creator

• Sweet country (Motion picture : 2017)

Contributor

• Neill, Sam
• Thornton, Warwick
• Memento Films
• Screen Australia
• Screen NSW (New South Wales)
• Screen Territory
• South Australian Film Corporation
• Wright, Thomas M., 1983-
• Brown, Bryan, 1947-
• Morris, Hamilton

Actor

• Wright, Thomas M., 1983-
• Brown, Bryan, 1947-
• Morris, Hamilton
• Neill, Sam

Director

• Thornton, Warwick

Presenter

• Screen Territory
• Memento Films
• Screen Australia
• Screen NSW (New South Wales)
• South Australian Film Corporation

Subject

• Aboriginal Australians -- Criminal justice system
• Fugitives from justice -- Australia -- Drama
• Fugitives from justice -- Drama
• Historical films
• Indigenous films -- Australia
• Indigenous peoples -- Drama
• Jurisprudence -- Australia
• Justice -- Drama
• Manslaughter -- Australia -- Drama
• Manslaughter -- Drama
• Motion pictures, Australian
• Murder -- Drama
• Northern Territory -- History -- 20th century -- Drama
• Northern Territory -- History -- Drama
• Northern Territory -- Social conditions -- 20th century -- Drama
• Self-defense -- Drama
• Video recordings for people with visual disabilities
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• trueWestern films
• Farmers, Aboriginal Australian -- Drama
• Feature films -- Australia
• Aboriginal Australians -- Legal status, laws, etc
• Aboriginal Australians -- Drama

Genre

• Indigenous films
• Video recordings for people with visual disabilities
• Historical films
• Western films
• trueDrama
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Feature films

Language

• eng
• eng
• eng
• eng

Summary

Inspired by real events, Sweet Country is a period western set in 1929 in the outback of Northern Territory, Australia. When Aboriginal stockman Sam (Hamilton Morris) kills white station owner Harry March (Ewen Leslie) in self-defence, Sam and his wife Lizzie (Natassia Gorey-Furber) go on the run. They are pursued across the outback, through glorious but harsh desert country. Sergeant Fletcher (Bryan Brown) leads the posse with the help of Aboriginal tracker Archie (Gibson John) and local landowners Fred Smith (Sam Neill) and Mick Kennedy (Thomas M. Wright). Fletcher is desperate to capture Sam and put him on trial for murder - but Sam is an expert bushman and he has little difficulty outlasting them. Eventually, for the health of his pregnant wife, Sam decides to give himself up. He is put on trial in the courtroom of Judge Taylor (Matt Day). But will justice be served?

Cataloging source

AUTNL

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Directed by Warwick Thornton

Intended audience

MA15+ - Strong violence

Language note

In English. [CC] English Captions: (Descriptive subtitles for the hearing impaired). [AD] English Audio Description: (Descriptive narration for the vision impaired)

PerformerNote

Hamilton Morris, Bryan Brown, Sam Neill, Thomas M. Wright

Runtime

108

Target audience

adult

Technique

live action