Black Snow | |
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Genre | Crime drama |
Created by | Lucas Taylor |
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Country of origin | Australia |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 6 |
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Executive producer | Cailah Scobie / Amanda Duthie |
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Cinematography | Eric Murray Lui |
Camera setup | Multi-camera |
Running time | 52 minutes |
Production company | Goalpost Pictures |
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Network | Stan |
Release | 1 January 2023 – 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]
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]
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]
Black Snow was released on Stan on 1 January 2022. [6]
It was renewed for a second season on 12 March 2024. [7]
In the United States, the series was released on Sundance Now and AMC+. [8] In the United Kingdom, the show aired on BBC Four and streamed on BBC iPlayer. [9]
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." [6] 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". [10]
Year | Category | Nominee | Result | Ref |
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2023 | Most Outstanding Drama Series, Miniseries or Telemovie | Black Snow | Nominated | [11] |
Most Outstanding Supporting Actor | Alexander England | Nominated |
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2024 | Best Drama Series | Black Snow | Nominated | [12] |
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 Television | Helen O'Loan (Episode 1) | |||
Best Sound in Television | Mark Cornish, Tom Heuzenroeder, Justin Spasevski, Robert Mackenzie (Episode 6) |
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