Savage River (TV series)

Savage River is a six-part Australian crime drama, produced by Aquarius Films, which premiered on ABC TV and iview on 4 September 2022.

Set in country Victoria, the series is led by director Jocelyn Moorhouse and cinematographer Don McAlpine, and stars Katherine Langford, Virginia Gay, Jacqueline McKenzie.

Miki Anderson returns to her hometown in rural Victoria after ten years in prison, intending to get on with her life.

[1] It was filmed in Melbourne, Warburton in the Yarra Valley, and in Bright and Myrtleford in the High Country of Victoria.

[9] Emma Maguire found it a gripping example of the "Australian Gothic" genre: "When Miki gets a job at the abattoir we see a brutal reality: Savage River is a town built on blood and slaughter, a truth that references the colonial violence at the foundation of modern Australia".