True colours

I wasn't going to review this but then I read a review of someone who gave it 1 lousy star because other people gave it too many stars. Sooooo I had to give it 10. To me, it's a solid 8.

One reviewer said that the stars had "lots of plastic surgery." I don't think we watched the same series. I will say that Nick's hair coloring was a bit overdone, but hey. Each to his/her own. But plastic surgery?! That was very funny!!

I am an American who enjoys films and series from other places, Australia specifically. And especially when the cast is made up mostly of indigenous people.

In this series, I learned more about the deep seeded customs of them than before. And it is, indeed, fascinating.

The scenery is, as with all Aussie project, spectacular.

Is it a bit slow in places? A bit. But the story and acting is all solid.

A very good Who-Done-It.

Enjoy!

Found this series interesting and real. An indigenous detective walking the fine line between white laws and and confronted with the preferred law of her people. THe reference to skin and who could talk to who was also eye opening and the storyline was far from predictable which kept us watching. Many of the performers were not seasoned actors but carried themselves well , and though the pace was slow, it was more realistic of a police investigation and not at all like the crime being solved in an hour of television. And there was more than one crime happening here - a constant sadness that aboriginal works are treated so carelessly by white entrepreneurs looking exploit and to make a lot of money out of them . Kudos to all involved in bringing a new aspect of aboriginal life to our screens.

This along with so many titles here on IMDB is over rated. If it's not the interested parties doing the abnormally hight star count it's the ignorant, as is the case with True Colours.

As mentioned by other reviewers this mini series is rather slow and drawn out, with a very ordinary ending. It does have some great scenery and gives the viewer a good sample of central Australia. As for the all other aspects film production it rates on par with the (probably) limited budget. Some of the acting is great but mostly it is atrocious.

Why I mention ignorance is much of this story is completely unrealistic and viewers are yet again subjected to the bias interpretation the SBS/NITV & ABC (Australian publicly funded broadcasters). I don't speak Aboriginal but I'm pretty some of the actors that use it don't speak it either, they couldn't even get the aboriginal version of English done well.

Over all not a fan, I wouldn't re-watch but if you like Aussie productions as much as I do give a go..... and don't believe the current 7.1 IMDB star rating.

I was really looking forward to watching this.

A fair amount of the language used by some of the main characters is Aboriginal. It's good thinking by the producers and nice to see, however with no subtitles much of the audience is in a sense left out of these parts, it's not inclusive, and feels a bit rude.

Please provide subtitles in the second series if there is one, like other non-English speaking productions have, and you will have at least one more viewer.

Rarriwuy Hick has great screen presence, and sadly I won't be watching this, particularly with her as the main character.

Let's embrace and protect our First Nations cultural heritage in a way that's accessible to all.

'For we are one and free'

P.s. I am aware subtitles can be switched on, however I only wish to see subtitles appear for the Aboriginal language spoken parts, like seen in the trailer for this series. I have only tried watching the series on SBS On Demand.

Very slow at times interesting story line about sadness in the indigenous people of Australia.

Pretty average acting by well worn stars with lots of plastic surgery.

Not the best we have produced.