Drama
Australian Rules
"The rules are never black and white."
User Score18 votes
57%5.7/10
Release2002→
Runtime1H 35M
LanguageEnglish
StatusReleased
Synopsis
16-year-old Gary Black is an average football player, budding wordsmith and reluctant hero. Gary helps his local Australian Rules football team win the local championship by accident, but celebrations turn to violence when Gary's Aboriginal best friend, Dumby Red is denied the "Best and Fairest" medal because of the racism of local officials.
Principal Cast8
Nathan Phillips
Gary 'Blacky' Black
Luke Carroll
Dumby Red
Lisa Flanagan
Clarence
Tom Budge
Pickles
Simon Westaway
Bob Black
Celia Ireland
Liz Black
Kevin Harrington
Arks
Harrison Gilbertson
Greggy
Media7
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Director
Paul Goldman
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Keywords
based on novel or bookabusive fathersouth australiaaustralian aboriginalaustralian rules football2000srural life
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Countries:Australia
Production:Adelaide Festival of ArtsAustralian Film Finance CorporationSBS IndependentShowtime AustraliaSouth Australian Film CorporationTidy Town Pictures