Australian Rules
– Friends Gary Black (Nathan Phillips) and Dumby Red (Luke Carroll) are on the same soccer team in the..
Friends Gary Black (Nathan Phillips) and Dumby Red (Luke Carroll) are on the same soccer team in their coastal Australian town. But to local racists, they're a world apart: Gary is white and Dumby is an Aborigine. This becomes an issue when one of the team's Aboriginal players becomes involved in a crime. In response, Dumby is demoted even though he's the star player, and Gary is given his place. Will Gary have the courage to speak out before tragedy results?
29 Aug 2002
English
Paul Goldman
Paul Goldman (screenplay), Phillip Gwynne (novel), Phillip Gwynne (screenplay)
Nathan Phillips, Luke Carroll, Lisa Flanagan, Tom Budge
In Prospect Bay, a remote outpost on the South Australian coast, two communities, the Goonyas and the Nungas, come together on the one field they have in common, the football field. But the underlying racism and class warfare threatens to make the team's greatest victories irrelevant. This holds particularly true for Blacky, a white teen who is more interested in books than sport, and his best friend, Dumby, the Aboriginal star of the team.
7 wins & 17 nominations.