HIGH GROUND

By Stephen JOHNSON

SAMUEL GOLDWYN FILMS - as DISTR Theatrical, TV, DVD-video, VOD, Airline, USA

Action/Adventure - Completed 2020

In a bid to save the last of his family, Gutjuk, a young Aboriginal man, teams up with ex-soldier Travis to track down Baywara, the most dangerous warrior in the Territory, his uncle.

Festivals
& Awards

Berlinale - EFM 2020
    • Year of production
    • 2020
    • Genres
    • Action/Adventure, Drama
    • Countries
    • AUSTRALIA
    • Languages
    • ENGLISH
    • Duration
    • 104 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Stephen JOHNSON
    • Synopsis
    • Set against the stunning landscapes of 1930s Arnhem Land, HIGH GROUND chronicles young Aboriginal man Gutjuk, who in a bid to save the last of his family teams up with ex-soldier Travis to track down Baywara - the most dangerous warrior in the Territory, who is also his uncle. As Travis and Gutjuk journey through the outback they begin to earn each other's trust, but when the truths of Travis' past actions are suddenly revealed, it is he who becomes the hunted.