Black and White is a 2002 Australian film directed by Craig Lahiff and starring Robert Carlyle, Charles Dance, Kerry Fox, David Ngoombujarra, and Colin Friels.
Based on real events, Black and White tells the story of Max Stuart (Ngoombujarra), a young aboriginal man who was sentenced to death after being found guilty of the murder of a nine-year-old girl on what was considered questionable evidence.
Rohan Rivett editor of an Adelaide paper, The News, and its publisher, Rupert Murdoch (Ben Mendelsohn) also feature as leading the public response in the campaign to save Stuart.
[5] On its theatrical release in the UK, reviewers called it "[a] gripping, well-crafted tale",[6] and "a challenging film that dares to trust our intelligence".
[8][citation needed] - review not found --> However Philip French, writing in The Observer, called it "heavy handed".