Australian Screen

Australia’s audiovisual heritage online

Backroads 1977

Backroads (1977) is one of the more significant unseen films of the 1970s. It was the first feature (albeit, a short one) by Phillip Noyce, who would go on to make Newsfront (1978) and Rabbit-Proof Fence. It’s clear now that Backroads was ahead of its time.

Length: 61 minutes

Original aspect ratio: 16 x 9 (TV)
Original classification rating: R

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National Film and Sound Archive