Title of film : High Ground
Director Name : Stephen Maxwell Johnson
Cast & crew :
Producer : Witiyana Marika,Greer Simpkin,David Jowsey,Maggie Miles,Stephen Maxwell Johnson
Editor : Jill Bilcock,Karyn de Cinque,Hayley Miro Browne
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Synopsis : After fighting in WWI as a sniper, "Travis", now a policeman in northern Australia, loses control of an operation that results in the massacre of an Aboriginal Australian tribe in 1919. After his superiors insist on burying the truth, Travis leaves in disgust, only to be forced back twelve years later to hunt down Baywara, an Aboriginal warrior whose attacks on new settlers are causing havoc. When Travis recruits mission-raised Gutjuk, the only known massacre survivor as his tracker, the truth of the past is revealed and Travis becomes the hunted.
Director Bio : A director, producer and cinematographer, he grew up in the Bahamas, Africa and in Australia's Northern Territory. He began his film career as a trainee cameraman before attending drama school in London.His debut feature film, Yolngu Boy, premiered at the Telluride Film Festival.
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