Black Snow (TV series)

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Black Snow
Genre Crime drama
Created by Lucas Taylor
Written by
  • Lucas Taylor
  • Beatrix Christian
  • Boyd Quakawoot
Directed by
Starring
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes12
Production
Executive producerCailah Scobie / Amanda Duthie /Travis Fimmel
Producers
  • Lois Randall
  • Kaylene Butler
CinematographyEric Murray Lui
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time52 minutes
Production company Goalpost Pictures
Original release
Network Stan
Release1 January 2023 (2023-01-01) –
present

Black Snow is an Australian crime drama television series set in an Australian South Sea Islander community in northern Queensland. It was released on Stan on 1 January 2023. A second season was announced in March 2024.The second series goes to air on 1 January 2025. [1]

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Synopsis

In 2019, police detective James Cormack investigates the cold case murder of 17-year-old Isabel Baker in 1994.

With a new investigation, Cormack investigates two missing persons cases from 2003, as he investigates the disappearance of his young brother and Zoe Jacobs. [2]

Cast

Series 1

Series 2

Production

The first series of Black Snow was made in 2022 and directed by Matthew Saville and Sian Davies. It was written by Lucas Taylor, Boyd Quakawoot, and Beatrix Christian [3] Season 1 was filmed in and around Proserpine, Queensland. On 9 April 2024 Black Snow would go into production for it's second season, it would film in and around the Glass House Mountains in Queensland.. [4] Fimmel confirmed that he filmed the final episode of the second season. [5] and became executive producer of show for 2nd season [6]

Release

Black Snow was released on Stan on 1 January 2022. [7]

It was renewed for a second season on 12 March 2024. [8]

In the United States, the series was released on Sundance Now and AMC+. [9] In the United Kingdom, the show aired on BBC Four and streamed on BBC iPlayer. [10]

Reception

The Sydney Morning Herald's Karl Quinn wrote "Black Snow is a Trojan horse of a show. It’s an effective crime drama that does pretty much all you could ask of it. But lurking inside there’s a whole legion of more challenging ideas." [7] Luke Buckmaster of The Guardian gave it three stars, saying it is "a mostly well-made murder mystery that starts strong but runs out of gas as it approaches its twist-filled ending". [11]

Awards

Logie Awards of 2023
YearCategoryNomineeResultRef
2023 Most Outstanding Drama Series, Miniseries or Telemovie Black SnowNominated [12]
Most Outstanding Supporting Actor Alexander England Nominated
13th AACTA Awards
YearCategoryNomineeResultRef
2024 Best Drama Series Black SnowNominated [13]
Best Lead Actor in a Drama Travis Fimmel
Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Alexander England
Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Brooke Satchwell
Best Screenplay in Television Lucas Taylor (Episode 1)
Best Production Design in TelevisionHelen O'Loan (Episode 1)
Best Sound in TelevisionMark Cornish, Tom Heuzenroeder, Justin Spasevski, Robert Mackenzie (Episode 6)


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References

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  2. ↑ Knox, David (12 November 2024). "Black Snow: trailer | TV Tonight". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
  3. ↑ Buckmaster, Luke (31 December 2022). "Black Snow review – Australian murder mystery has a corker of a premise". The Guardian . Retrieved 22 July 2024.
  4. ↑ Knox, David (9 April 2024). "Black Snow filming S2 in Queensland | TV Tonight". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
  5. ↑ Laidlaw, Kyle (11 November 2024). "Stan Releases Black Snow Season 2 Trailer as Travis Fimmel Steps Behind the Camera". TV Blackbox. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
  6. ↑ Wigney, James (5 December 2024). "Travis Fimmel: Dune Prophecy star on Black Snow, making beer and putting Australia first". Herald Sun. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
  7. 1 2 Quinn, Karl (29 December 2022), "Black Snow might be the Australian history lesson you never knew you needed", The Sydney Morning Herald
  8. ↑ Knox, David (12 March 2024). "Stan unveils bumper Originals slate". TV Tonight . TV Tonight. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  9. ↑ Knox, David (12 July 2022). "Filming underway on upcoming Stan drama, Black Snow". TV Tonight . TV Tonight. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
  10. ↑ Knox, David (11 August 2023). "Black Snow drifts to BBC Four". TV Tonight . TV Tonight. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  11. ↑ Buckmaster, Luke (1 January 2023). "Black Snow review – Australian murder mystery has a corker of a premise". The Guardian .
  12. ↑ Kelly, Vivienne (19 June 2023), "Logie Awards 2023: Full List of Nominees Revealed", Variety
  13. ↑ "Winners & Nominees". Aacta.org. AACTA Awards. 8 December 2023. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
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