Sweet Country (2017)
Australian western set on the Northern Territory frontier in the 1920s, where justice itself is put on trial when an aged Aboriginal farmhand shoots a white man in self-defense and goes on the run as a posse gathers to hunt him down.
Primary Title
- Sweet Country
Date Broadcast
- Sunday 3 January 2021
Release Year
- 2017
Start Time
- 20 : 30
Finish Time
- 22 : 30
Duration
- 120:00
Channel
- Maori Television
Broadcaster
- Maori Television Service
Programme Description
- Australian western set on the Northern Territory frontier in the 1920s, where justice itself is put on trial when an aged Aboriginal farmhand shoots a white man in self-defense and goes on the run as a posse gathers to hunt him down.
Classification
- 16
Owning Collection
- TV & Radio
Broadcast Platform
- Television
Languages
- English
Captioning Languages
- English
Captions
Live Broadcast
- No
Rights Statement
- Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Subjects
- Indigenous peoples--Drama
- Self-defense--Drama
- Murder--Drama
- Justice--Drama
- Feature films--Australia
Genres
- Adventure
- Crime
- Historical drama
Contributors
- Warwick Thornton (Director)
- Steven McGregor (Writer)
- David Tranter (Writer)
- Hamilton Morris (Actor)
- Shanika Cole (Actor)
- Ewen Leslie (Actor)
- Sam Neill (Actor)
- Bryan Brown (Actor)
- Tremayne Doolan (Actor)
- Trevon Doolan (Actor)
- Anni Finsterer (Actor)
- Gibson John (Actor)
- Thomas M. Wright (Actor)
- David Jowsey (Producer)
- Greer Simpkin (Producer)
- Michael Yezerski (Composer)
- Warwick Thornton (Cinematographer)
- Nick Meyers (Editor)
- Bunya Productions (Production Unit)
- Sweet Country Films (Production Unit)
- Screen Australia (Funder)
Subjects
- Indigenous peoples--Drama
- Self-defense--Drama
- Murder--Drama
- Justice--Drama
- Feature films--Australia