Black River (1993 film)

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Black River
Directed by Kevin Lucas
Written byKevin Lucas
Produced by Aanya Whitehead
Kevin Lucas
Sue Maslin
Starring Akiko Nakajima
James Bonnefin
Maroochy Barambah
John Pringle
Bangarra Dance Theatre
Cinematography Kim Batterham
Edited by Dany Cooper
Music by Andrew Schultz
Release date
  • 1993 (1993)
Running time
55 minutes
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish

Black River is a 1993 Australian film directed and produced by Kevin Lucas and starring Aboriginal mezzo-soprano Maroochy Barambah. It is a film adaptation of an eponymous opera (1989) by Andrew Schultz and Julianne Schultz that tells the story of an Aboriginal death in custody and its consequences. The film was nominated for the 1993 Australian Film Institute Award for Award Best Screenplay and won the 1994 Montréal International Festival of Films on Art Jury Prize for Adapted Screenplay of the Year.