True Colours (Australian TV series)

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True Colours is an Australian drama miniseries broadcast from 4 July 2022 on SBS TV and NITV. The four-part miniseries was created, written and directed by Erica Glynn and Steven McGregor, and stars Rarriwuy Hick as a detective in a remote community in the Northern Territory.

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Synopsis

True Colours tells the story of detective Toni Alma, who is assigned to investigate a suspicious car accident in Perdar Theendar, the Aboriginal community she left as a child. The story touches on the place of Indigenous Australian art and the practices of the global art world, and explores Aboriginal culture. [1]

Cast

Episodes

No.TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateAustralia viewers
(millions)
1"Episode 1"Erica GlynnSteven McGregor, Warren H Williams, Erica GlynnJuly 4, 2022 (2022-07-04)N/A
2"Episode 2"Steven McGregor Danielle MacLean, Warren H Williams, Erica GlynnJuly 5, 2022 (2022-07-05)N/A
3"Episode 3"Erica GlynnErica Glynn, Warren H WilliamsJuly 6, 2022 (2022-07-06)N/A
4"Episode 4"Steven McGregorSteven McGregor, Warren H Williams, Erica GlynnJuly 7, 2022 (2022-07-07)N/A

Production

The four-part miniseries was created, written and directed by Erica Glynn and Steven McGregor. [2] Danielle MacLean also wrote for the series, which was produced by Greer Simpkin, David Jowsey and Penny Smallacombe for SBS Television and NITV. [3]

It was filmed entirely on location in the Macdonnell Ranges, east of Alice Springs, [3] including in the community of Amoonguna. [4] Hundreds of works by artists from Central Australia feature in the series, which represents Arrernte culture and language. [5]

Release and reception

True Colours premiered simultaneously on SBS Television and National Indigenous TV on 4 July 2022 as well as on SBS on Demand, running over four consecutive nights on television. [5]

Critics gave the series favourable reviews, with TV Week calling it "authentic and powerful". [5]

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References

  1. ↑ Knox, David (5 August 2021). "SBS / NITV begin filming new local drama, True Colours". TV Tonight . Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  2. ↑ Keast, Jackie (18 November 2020). "SBS orders 'Copping it Black'; Yoson An, Alyssa Sutherland to lead 'New Gold Mountain'". if.com.au. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  3. 1 2 "SBS & NITV team up with new murder mystery drama 'True Colours'". NITV . 4 August 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  4. ↑ "SBS continues proud drama tradition with new commission True Colours". FilmInk . 4 August 2021. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  5. 1 2 3 "What the critics are saying about groundbreaking drama 'True Colours'". SBS Television. 1 July 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
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