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Dead Heart (1996)

play May contain names, images or voices of deceased Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
Coarse language – medium
clip 'I don't hate Aboriginal people'

Original classification rating: MA. This clip chosen to be M

Clip description

Ray (Bryan Brown) finds David (Ernie Dingo) asleep at a waterhole after both men have spent the night in the desert. Ray talks about his father who was also a Northern Territory policeman, who used to take children from their Aboriginal parents. Ray confronts the escaped prisoner Tjulpu.