David Bradbury
Director
State of Shock (1989)
The 1981 murder trial of Alwyn Peter made Australian legal history when his defence lawyer successfully argued that charges of murder and manslaughter were inappropriate for dispossessed, semi-tribal Aborigines.
Genres: Documentary
Keywords: imdb.first-nations, imdb.aborigine, imdb.australia, imdb.indigenous-australia, imdb.indigenous-australian, imdb.australian-film, imdb.australian-cinema + 19 more, imdb.australian, imdb.independent-australian-cinema, imdb.alcoholic, imdb.aboriginal-australia, imdb.aboriginal-australian, imdb.alcoholism, imdb.trial, imdb.murder, imdb.murder-trial, imdb.drinking, imdb.state-of-shock, imdb.wife, imdb.girlfriend, imdb.australian-aborigine, imdb.australian-aboriginal, imdb.self-mutilation, imdb.suicide, aspectratio.1-33-1, aspectratio.4-3
Production Companies: Australian Film Commission, Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Country: Australia
Production Country:
Australia
Languages:
English
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58 min
March 1, 1989
Released
NR