Mystery Road (2013)
In an outback town, Jay Swan, an Indigenous cowboy detective, returns home to solve the murder of a teenage Indigenous girl whose body is found under the highway trucking route out of town. Jay is alienated from both the white-dominated police force and the Indigenous community, including his teenage daughter, whom he discovers is connected to the murdered girl.
Primary Title
- Mystery Road
Date Broadcast
- Sunday 30 January 2022
Release Year
- 2013
Start Time
- 20 : 30
Finish Time
- 22 : 30
Duration
- 120:00
Channel
- Maori Television
Broadcaster
- Maori Television Service
Programme Description
- In an outback town, Jay Swan, an Indigenous cowboy detective, returns home to solve the murder of a teenage Indigenous girl whose body is found under the highway trucking route out of town. Jay is alienated from both the white-dominated police force and the Indigenous community, including his teenage daughter, whom he discovers is connected to the murdered girl.
Classification
- M
Owning Collection
- TV & Radio
Broadcast Platform
- Television
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
- Criminal investigation--Australia--Drama
- Detective and mystery plays
- Police--Australia--Drama
- Murder--Investigation--Drama
- Indigenous peoples--Australia--Drama
- Feature films--Australia
Genres
- Crime drama
- Mystery
Contributors
- Ivan Sen (Director)
- Ivan Sen (Writer)
- David Jowsey (Producer)
- Aaron Pedersen (Actor)
- Hugo Weaving (Actor)
- Ryan Kwanten (Actor)
- Jack Thompson (Actor)
- Tony Barry (Actor)
- Robert Mammone (Actor)
- Tasma Walton (Actor)
- Bruce Spence (Actor)
- Tricia Whitton (Actor)
- Siobhan Binge (Actor)
- Samara Weaving (Actor)
- Roy Billing (Actor)
- Ivan Sen (Composer)
- Ivan Sen (Cinematographer)
- Ivan Sen (Editor)
- Screen Australia (Funder)
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation (Production Unit)
- Mystery Road Films (Production Unit)
Subjects
- Criminal investigation--Australia--Drama
- Detective and mystery plays
- Police--Australia--Drama
- Murder--Investigation--Drama
- Indigenous peoples--Australia--Drama
- Feature films--Australia