I really didn't know what to make of this show when I started watching the first episode, but after completing the first episode I thought it was a well made drama with pretty good writing and acting. The end of the first episode seemed a bit rushed since I guess each episode will be self-contained, but overall I enjoyed it.
shareI couldn't agree more, this show is really impressive & way better than most shows on TV these days.
shareI am another impressed viewer of this series, and am about to catch up on the most recent ep on ABC iView. I am impressed by the production values, indicating that $$$ was spent on this. It's so good to see so many talented aboriginal actors getting their faces on the screen, and showing us what they are capable of.
I felt in the episode about the boy who had won a scholarship to the school that the script was somewhat heavy handed (and TBH, showed signs of Jimmy McGovern's touch, himself the script producer.) and simplistic. I am also aware that the boy's refusal to stand for the national anthem was symbolic. I never stand for Advance Australia Fair. It is far too funereal to be an anthem. Musically it is rubbish, and the words are mawkish and out-dated.
I love the format, which is the same format used in Jimmy McGovern's wonderful series, "The Street". It is a perfect format for this kind of story-telling.
In many ways the most unrealistic portrayal of Aboriginal people I've ever seen on the screen - how may can afford to live in multi-million dollar inner-city Sydney terraces? Have the writers seen how many of them actually DO live?
On the other hand though, some are able to rise above entrenched disadvantage so in a way this show does a bit to dispel the stereotype.