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name = Black And White |

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image = Black And White.jpg |

| name writer = [[LouisBlack Nowra]]And |White

| image = Black and White (2002 film) poster.jpg

starring = [[Robert Carlyle]],<br>[[Charles Dance]],<br>[[Kerry Fox]],<br>[[Colin Friels]] |

| writer director = [[Craig LahiffLouis Nowra]] |

| starring = [[Robert Carlyle]] <br />[[Charles Dance]] <br />[[Kerry Fox]] <br />[[David Ngoombujarra]] <br />[[Colin Friels]]

producer = [[Helen Leake]],<br>[[Nik Powell]] |

| director = [[Craig Lahiff]]

distributor = |

| releasedproducer = [[OctoberHelen 31Leake]], <br />[[2002Nik Powell]](Australia) |w

| editing = [[Lee Smith (film editor)|Lee Smith]]

runtime = 99 min.

| distributor = New Vision Films

language = English |

| released = {{Film date|2002|10|31|Australia|df=yes}}

budget = |

| music runtime = [[Cezary99 Skubiszewski]] |minutes

| awards country = |Australia

imdb_id | language = 0299547 |English

| budget =

| music = [[Cezary Skubiszewski]]

| gross = A$177,866 (Australia)<ref>[http://www.film.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/967/AA4_Aust_Box_office_report.pdf "Australian Films at the Australian Box Office", ''Film Victoria''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140209075310/http://film.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/967/AA4_Aust_Box_office_report.pdf |date=9 February 2014 }} accessed 11 November 2012</ref>

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'''''Black and White''''' is a [[2002]] [[Australian]] [[film]], directed by [[Craig Lahiff]] and starring [[Robert Carlyle]], [[Charles Dance]], [[Kerry Fox]], [[David Ngoombujarra]], and [[Colin Friels]]. [[Louis Nowra]] wrote the screenplay, and [[Helen Leake]] and [[Nik Powell]] produced the film. For his performance in the film, Ngoombujarra won an [[Australian Film Institute]] award in 2003 as Best Actor in a Supporting Role.

[[Louis Nowra]] wrote the screenplay and [[Helen Leake]] and [[Nik Powell (film producer)|Nik Powell]] produced the film. The film won an [[Australian Film Institute]] award in 2003 for David Ngoombujarra as Best Actor in a Supporting Role.

== Plot ==

Based on real events, it tells the story of [[Max Stuart]] (Ngoombujarra), a young [[Indigenous Australians|aboriginal]] who was sentenced to death after being found guilty of the murder of a nine year old girl on what was considered questionable evidence. It follows the fight by his lawyers David O'Sullivan (Carlyle) and Helen Devaney (Fox) to save Stuart from execution, as well as Crown Prosecutor, Roderic Chamberlain (Dance) efforts to convict Stuart. Rohan Rivett editor of an [[Adelaide]] paper, ''[[The News (Adelaide)|The News]]'', and it's publisher, [[Rupert Murdoch]] ([[Ben Mendelsohn]]) also feature as leading the public response in the campaign to save Stuart.

Based on real events, ''Black and White'' tells the story of [[Max Stuart]] (Ngoombujarra), a young [[Indigenous Australians|aboriginal]] man who was sentenced to death after being found guilty of the murder of a nine-year-old girl on what was considered questionable evidence. It follows the fight by his lawyers David O'Sullivan (Carlyle) and Helen Devaney (Fox) to save Stuart from execution, as well as Crown Prosecutor, Roderic Chamberlain's (Dance) efforts to convict Stuart. [[Rohan Rivett]] editor of an [[Adelaide]] paper, ''[[The News (Adelaide)|The News]]'', and its publisher, [[Rupert Murdoch]] ([[Ben Mendelsohn]]) also feature as leading the public response in the campaign to save Stuart.

In the final scene of the film, [[Max Stuart]] appeared as himself as an older man, driving along a dirt highway near [[Alice Springs, Northern Territory|Alice Springs]] where he lived at the time, and saying: "Yeah, some people think I'm guilty and some people think I'm not. Some people think Elvis is still alive, but most of us think he's dead and gone."<ref name="Age2002">{{cite web | author=Penelope Debelle | year=2002 | url=http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/08/18/1029114051911.html | title=Max Stuart reflects, finds peace | work=[[The Age]]| access-date=21 February 2006}}</ref>

[[Image:Blackandwhite outback.jpg|left|thumb|Image from the film]]

==Cast==

Max Stuart appeared in the film as himself as an older man, driving along a dirt highway near [[Alice Springs, Northern Territory|Alice Springs]] where he now lives, and saying: "Yeah, some people think I'm guilty and some people think I'm not. Some people think Elvis is still alive, but most of us think he's dead and gone."<ref name="Age2002">{{cite web | author=Penelope Debelle

* [[Robert Carlyle]] as David O'Sullivan

| year=2002 | url=http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/08/18/1029114051911.html | title=Max Stuart reflects, finds peace | work= | publisher=[[The Age]] | accessdate=2006-02-21}}</ref>

* [[Charles Dance]] as Crown Prosecutor, Roderic Chamberlain

The film's producer, Helen Leak has reported that Stuart's response to seeing the film was, "It ain’t half bad, but it’s a long time to wait between smokes"!<ref name="ABCInglis">{{cite web

* [[Kerry Fox]] as Helen Devaney

| author=Ken Inglis interviewed by Terry Lane

* [[David Ngoombujarra]] as [[Max Stuart]]

| year=2002

* [[Colin Friels]] as Father Tom Dixon

| url=http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/natint/stories/s662208.htm

* [[Ben Mendelsohn]] as [[Rupert Murdoch]]

| title=Transcript of The National Interest: writing history

* [[Marshall Napier]] as Prison Warden

| format=

* [[Frank Gallacher]] as [[Geoffrey Reed|Justice Reed]]

| work=The National Interest

* [[Peter Whitford]] as Justice Windeyer

| publisher=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] [[Radio National]]

* [[Roy Billing]] as Detective Sergeant Turner

| accessdate=2006-02-21

* [[Penne Hackforth-Jones]] as Mrs Aston

| accessyear=

* [[Heather Mitchell]] as Roma Chamberlain

}}</ref>

* [[Peter Carroll (actor)| Peter Carroll]] as Viscount Simonds

* [[Susan Lyons]] as Dr Thompson (uncredited)

==Critical response==

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On [[Rotten Tomatoes]] ''Black and White'' has an approval rating of 43% based on reviews from 7 critics.<ref>{{cite web |title=Black and White (2002) |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/10002076-black_and_white |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |access-date=2021-01-01 }}</ref> Australian reviewers praised it as "the sort of film Australia should be making"<ref>{{cite web |author=Andrew Urban |title=BLACK AND WHITE |url=http://www.urbancinefile.com.au/home/view.asp?a=6676&s=Reviews |website=Urban Cinefile |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021224161821/http://www.urbancinefile.com.au/home/view.asp?a=6676&s=Reviews |archive-date=2002-12-24 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and "another notch in the belt for the Australian film industry".<ref>''Insight'', October 2002</ref> On its theatrical release in the UK, reviewers called it "[a] gripping, well-crafted tale",<ref>{{cite web |author=Neil Smith |date=January 2004 |title=Black And White review |url=https://www.gamesradar.com/uk/black-and-white-1-review/ |website=Total Film |publisher=GamesRadar.com }}</ref> and "a challenging film that dares to trust our intelligence".<ref>John Cooper, ''The Times'', 9 December 2003.</ref> !-- "[a] watchable fictionalisation [that is] interestingly ambiguous where another sort of film might have been content with PC certainty".<ref>Peter Bradshaw, ''The Guardian'', 9 January 2004</ref>{{Citation needed|date=February 2023}} - review not found --> However [[Philip French]], writing in ''[[The Observer]]'', called it "heavy handed".<ref>{{cite web |date=11 January 2004 |author=Philip French |author-link=Philip French |title=Other films: Cruise round the Orient |url=https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2004/jan/11/features.review17 |newspaper=The Observer }}</ref>

==Awards==

In 2003, David Ngoombujarra won the [[Australian Film Institute]] award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his role.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.australiantelevision.net/awards/afi2003.html |title=Australian Film Institute Awards 2003 |website=Australian Television Information Archive |access-date=9 February 2023}}</ref>

==Festivals==

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* [[Sydney Film Festival]] 2002 (opening film)

* [[Toronto International Film Festival|Toronto IFF]] 2002

* [[London International Film Festival]] 2002

* Hawaii International Film Festival 2002 Gala

* [[Pusan International Film Festival]], Korea 2002

* [[London Australian Film Festival]] 2003

* [[Dublin International Film Festival|Dublin Film Festival]] 2003

* [[Taipei Film Festival]] 2003

* [[Valenciennes]] Film Festival France 2003 Competition

* [[Belfast Film Festival]] 2003

* Taos Film Festival USA 2003

* [[Singapore International Film Festival]] 2003

* [[Karlovy Vary International Film Festival]] 2003

* [[SXSW]] USA 2004

* Beijing Australian Film Festival 2004

* Guangzhou Film Festival 2004

* Cancun Film Festival 2004

* Australian Embassy Roadshow – multiple countries

==See also==

* [[Cinema of Australia]]

==References==

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==External links==

[[Category:2002 films]]

* {{IMDb title|0299547}}

[[Category:Australian films]]

* [https://www.ozmovies.com.au/movie/black-and-white Black and White] at Oz Movies

[[Category:Drama films]]

* [https://archive.today/20121128185341/http://colsearch.nfsa.afc.gov.au/nfsa/search/display/display.w3p;adv=yes;group=;groupequals=;holdingType=;page=0;parentid=;query=541625;querytype=;rec=0;resCount=10 Black and White at the National Film and Sound Archive]

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