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Closed Caption; Digital transfer enhanced for 16:9 televisions; Interview with the real Max Stuart/Theatrical trailers; Liner notes by Kenneth Inglis, Australian historian; Englsih Subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
Full Product DetailsDisc #1 -- Black and White
1. We Found Her [3:21]
2. White Lawyer [9:28]
3. They Beat It Out of Him [12:30]
4. Max Stuart on the Stand [6:06]
5. Grounds for Appeal [9:53]
6. High Court [5:03]
7. The Scandal Rag [8:40]
8. Privy Council [8:22]
9. Seditious Libel [3:41]
10. "What Really Happened" [11:14]
11. The Final Appeal [10:39]
12. Closing Statements [9:39]
13. End Credits [2:49]
Directed by Craig Lahiff, Black and White is a story about bigotry, social injustice, and a real-life murder trial that made Australian headlines in the late '50s. On a December afternoon in 1958, the body of a nine-year-old white girl is discovered in a cave off the coast of Southern Australia. Detective Paul Turner (Roy Billing) quickly arrests a half-aboriginal fair-worker named Max Stuart (David Ngoombujarra), who signs a confession. However, being that Max is illiterate, the legitimacy of the confession is contested by his legal aid representatives, David O'Sullivan (Robert Carlyle) and Helen Devaney (Kerry Fox). Despite the questionable confession, Max is found guilty by the all-white, all-male jury, and sentenced to be hanged. O'Sullivan lodges a series of appeals, but no conclusive evidence of Max's guilt or innocence has been found to this day. ~ Tracie Cooper, All Movie Guide All Movie Guide