State of Shock

Name: State of Shock
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1989-03-01
Duration: 58 min

1989 · 58m

Documentary

The 1981 murder trial of Alwyn Peter made Australian legal history when his defence lawyer successfully argued that charges of murder and manslaughter were inappropriate for dispossessed, semi-tribal Aborigines.

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Production

Frontline Films

Directed by

David Bradbury

Where to watch

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Released: March 1, 1989

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