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 The Tracker

26 Sept 7:30pm HKAC
27 Sept 7:00pm HKSM

Cast: David Gulpilil, Gary Sweet, Damon Gameau, Grant Page
Director: Rolf de Heer
Genre: Drama
Category: IIA
2002, 98 min, English with Chinese subtitles

It’s 1922 and Aboriginal tracker (David Gulpilil) leads three white men in the hunt for an aboriginal fugitive who is suspected of murdering a white woman. As they move deeper into the outback, the clear cut notions of truth and justice are subverted and the questions become not will the fugitive be caught, but what is black, what is white and who is leading whom?

Though fictional, The Tracker recounts a violent stain in Australian race relations in this, a year when Australia took a great step forward in reconciliation with the National Apology to the Stolen Generations.

Awards:

  • 2002 Film Critics’ Circle: Best Film, Best Actor – David Gulpilil, Best Music Score
  • 2002 Cinematography IF Awards: Best Film, Best Actor - David Gulpilil, Music Score
  • 2002 AFI Awards: Best Actor - David Gulpilil
  • 2002 Tudawali Award: Best Actor – David Gulpilil