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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.
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Accolades
Winner:
-2011 AWGIE Award for Best Documentary, Public Broadcast
-Best Documentary at the ImagineNATIVE Film and Media Arts Festival 2011
-Walkley Award Long-form Journalism: Documentary
Nominated:
-Public Broadcast Documentary Category, Australian Writers Guild Awards 2011
-Best Feature Length Documentary in the inaugural Samsung AACTA Awards (a continuum of the Australian Film Institute Awards) 2011
-2011 Documentary / AACTA Award for Best Direction in a Documentary
-2011 Documentary / AACTA Award for Best Cinematography in a Documentary
-2011 Documentary / AACTA Award for Best Editing in a Documentary
Selected:
-Toronto International Film Festival 2011
-International Documentary Festival Amsterdam
-Palm Springs Film Festival
-ImagineNative Film Festival
-Brisbane Film Festival
-Adelaide Film Festival
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