Set in the sparsely populated outback of Australia’s Northern Territory, Sweet Country explores the tension between European settlers and indigenous people in the period between the two world wars. Based on true events, the film follows the story of Sam Kelly, an aboriginal farm worker who is accused of murdering a white settler and WW1 veteran. Sam is forced to go on the run from a legal and judicial system almost certainly stacked against him.

The Leo Panitch School for Socialist Education is very pleased to be presenting Sweet Country as the first instalment in 2025 of the ongoing FilmSocial series of film screenings.

Starring Hamilton Morris and Sam Neill, Sweet Country represents a remarkable achievement on the part of award winning director Warwick Thornton. While both starkly harsh and keenly sensitive, the film portrays the kind of “frontier” society divided along strict racial and class lines found all over the former British Empire.

The film will be followed by a short presentation and discussion on the politics and implications of the film’s subject today.

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