Natural Justice: Heat (or Heat) is a 1996 Australian telemovie drama about a motorcyle-riding lawyer, Asta Cadell, who heads to the rural Western Australia town of York.[1][2] The film details police corruption, racism, violence and murder.[3] Claudia Karvan stars in the lead role, which had previously been portrayed by Deborra-Lee Furness in the feature film, Shame (1988).[3] Also in the cast are Sonia Todd as Jennifer Harivald, who is murdered; Steve Bastoni as Paul Tancred, a police sergeant who arrests Dacey Feguson (John Moore) for the crime and Jeremy Sims as Gavin Larson, a constable who brutalizes the Aboriginal townsfolk.[3]
| Natural Justice: Heat | |
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| Directed by | Scott Hartford-Davis |
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| Starring | Claudia Karvan John Moore Sonia Todd Steve Bastoni Jeremy Sims |
| Cinematography | Russell Bacon |
| Edited by | Christopher Spurr |
| Music by | Mario Millo |
Production company | Barron Entertainment |
| Distributed by | Screenwest |
Release date | 1996 |
Running time | 93 mins |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
It was partly financed by Film Finance Corporation Australia and Screenwest with production by Barron Entertainment's Paul Barron, Billy Hughes and Jan Tyrell.[3] Filming had occurred from 15 January to 15 February 1996 with Scott Hartford-Davis directing.[4] A reviewer with VPRO determined, "It is clichéd because it contains the usual racist attitude of white Australians towards their indigenous people."[5]
The telemovie was proposed as the first instalment of a Natural Justice trilogy, featuring the character, Asta Cadell. Both Natural Justice: The Mad Hatters of Mount Manjara and Natural Justice: Devil and the Deep Blue Sea, were in production during 1997.[6]
On IMDB this film is listed both as a movie and as a TV series, but is the same movie.
Het is clichématig, want het bevat de geijkte racistische houding van de blanke Australiërs tegenover hun oorspronkelijke bewoners.