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High Ground is a 2020 Australian film directed by Stephen Maxwell Johnson, based on historical events that took place in Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory of Australia, set just after World War I. It has variously been called a revisionist Western and meat pie Western.
May 14, 2021 · Set against the stunning landscapes of 1930s Arnhem Land, HIGH GROUND chronicles young Aboriginal man Gutjuk, who in a bid to save the last of his family teams up with ex-soldier Travis to track down Baywara - the most dangerous warrior in the Territory, who is also his uncle.
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- Action, Drama, Thriller
- Stephen Johnson
- 2021-05-14
May 14, 2021 · “High Ground” is the latest Australian film—after Jennifer Kent’s “The Nightingale,” Justin Kurzel’s “True History of the Kelly Gang,” and Leah Purcell's “The Drover’s Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson”—to interrogate the belief that the continent was just empty and waiting for foreign settlers.
Nov 12, 2020 · HIGH GROUND Official Trailer (2020) Simon Baker, Drama, Action Movie HD© 2020 - Madman Films
- 2 min
- 169.9K
- ONE Media
Jan 26, 2021 · Initially set in 1919, the film introduces us to World War 1 sniper Travis (Simon Baker), a level-headed officer who is overlooking an operation involving an indigenous family and the white police officers who interrupt their peaceful gathering.
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Set against the stunning landscapes of 1930s Arnhem Land, HIGH GROUND chronicles young Aboriginal man Gutjuk, who in a bid to save the last of his family teams up with ex-soldier Travis to track down Baywara - the most dangerous warrior in the Territory, who is also his uncle.