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  1. 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.

  2. May 14, 2021 · With Guruwuk Mununggurr, Wakarra Gondarra, Mark Garrawurra, Neville Namarnyilk. In a bid to save the last of his family, Gutjuk, a young Aboriginal man, teams up with ex-soldier Travis to track down Baywara, the most dangerous warrior in the Territory, his uncle.

  3. Jan 26, 2021 · Meticulously crafted both on-screen and off – it took director Stephen Maxwell Johnson many years to earn the trust and co-operation of the indigenous communities whose stories and culture would be depicted – High Ground is an intense, visually stunning drama that draws on the genre conventions of the western, whilst transcending such ...

  4. 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.

  5. Mar 8, 2021 · High Ground takes the standard Western narrative of the posse being put together to deal with a marauding tribe of ‘natives’ terrorising settler communities and shifts our perspective on it.

  6. Feb 23, 2020 · Covering a violent chapter of colonial history, Stephen Maxwell Johnson's Australian western excavates ugly truths beneath lush lensing.

  7. Sep 27, 2021 · High Ground is a powerful and hugely effective film, fronting up to significant and necessary debates over Australian culture and identity, while sugar-coated in satisfying genre tropes to make the bitter pill of history more palatable for the masses. 2020 and 2021 have been great years for Australian cinema. With American studios holding back ...