27 Sep 2007
Leroy
A gently humorous look at otherness and xenophobia in modern day German with this tale of a black Berlin teen named Leroy who rediscovers his roots after falling for a pretty white girl and meeting her racist family.
Backroads
Two strangers – one white, one black – steal a car in western NSW and head for the coast. Jack is abrasive, cunning and disparaging about Aborigines. Gary doesn’t really care – he just wants to escape. En route, they pick up Gary’s Uncle Joe, a French hitchhiker and a young woman who’s running away. Their petty crimes escalate as they go, heading towards disaster.
Top Billed Cast
Bill Hunter Jack
Gary Foley Gary
Zac Martin Joe
Terry Camilleri Jean Claude
Julie McGregor Anna
Allan Penney Shopkeeper
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