The Tall Man (2011)

The story about the death of Cameron Doomadgee, an Aboriginal man accused of swearing at a Palm Island police officer. 45 minutes later, he lay dead in a cell.

"When Cameron Doomadgee was found dead in the Palm Island police station, his injuries were like those of someone who’d been in a fatal car crash. The police claimed he had tripped on a step. The Palm Islanders rioted and burnt down the police station. The subsequent trial of Senior Sergeant Chris Hurley – who had been decorated for his work in Aboriginal communities – made headlines day after day, shadowed by Queensland police threatening to strike... tells the story of the trial, of the complex Hurley, and of the Doomadgee family as they struggle to understand what happened to their brother... This is Australia, but an Australia few of us have seen." (Official Synopsis)

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