Wrong Skin
Wrong Skin: a relationship banned under traditional law.
Two young lovers, forbidden from being together, vanish. Eleven months later … one body is found.
There's been no trace of the other. No words written or spoken. No justice or answers.
Episodes
Episode one: Richard & Julie
When a young couple disappeared in the wet season of 1994, it left a community wanting answers but many too frightened to ask.
Episode two: Big Mob of Lies
Police identified Julie’s body but are without an explanation as to why she died and stories emerge of Richard’s whereabouts.
Episode three: The Troopy
Artist Jimmy was promised a young bride. She was in love, but not with him.
Episode four: A Fair Old Thrashing
The power behind the Kimberley Land Council and their connection to the case.
Episode five: Winners & Losers
The worlds of money and spirituality clash, and the haves and have-nots are moving further apart.
Episode six: Truth
A final push from Richard’s family for people to come forward so they can bring him home and demands for a coronial inquest for both cases.
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