High Ground2021
High Ground (2021)
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Critic Consensus: A gripping action story as well as sobering commentary on colonialism, High Ground is a vividly engrossing attempt to grapple with Australian history.
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as Travis
as Gutjuk
as Moran
as Eddy
as Claire
as Braddock
as Baywara
as Grandfather Dharrpa
as Gulwirri
as Bruce
as Old Trooper
as Donovan
as Narbarlam
as 'Jimmy' Croc Hunter
as Narbarlam
as Old Lady
as Old Lady
as Young Trooper
as Kurtz
as Young Baywara
as Mcguiness
as Ngungki
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The ravishing cinematography by Andrew Commis explores the wild and rugged landscapes of Kakadu and Arnhem Land against which a powerful story of white privilege and aboriginal dispossession unfolds.
Between its evocative ensemble, fluid editing, and interest in Aboriginal culture, High Ground is worth a watch, even if it ultimately feels overshadowed by the message it's trying to send rather than being defined by the story it actually tells.
This movie makes a solid case as both a statement and an action picture.
Australian storytelling that packs a punch and pushes you to think deeply about the history of this country, High Ground captures the raw beauty of Arnhem Land as it does the brutality of colonialism.
High Ground doesn't quite have the epic sweep of Warwick Thornton's Sweet Country, nor the white hot fury of say Jennifer Kent's The Nightingale, but is nonetheless a powerful indictment on a past Australia has yet to reconcile as a nation.
To call it a timely film would be simplification. It's timeless -- a classic Australian account of the damage done by rampant colonialism. But it's only one chapter. Let's hope that there are many more to come.
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