True Colours

First up, I am Australian, but I am *not* Indigenous. I live in Melbourne, and while I have visited Darwin, I have never been to Alice Springs, so the land portrayed in this series is not something I have seen for myself.

I am embarrassed to say that the aspects of Indigenous Culture and Customs presented here are not familiar to me - although I have heard other references to it. I am therefore glad that it is so clearly presented here.

That said, this is what some would consider a "slow burn" of a story; one that presents as much about place and culture as it does about solving a crime (or two).

Personally though, I like the way that the story unfolds; I like the acting and the portrayal of the characters; and I like the way that it is filmed (especially because it doesn't rely *too* much on drone camera shots!).

For a city person like me, this shows a completely different view of Australia to what I know, but I recognize that this is a landscape that many foreign viewers fantasize about.

I must say also that I enjoy hearing an example of the Indigenous language (my understanding is that there are a great number of languages spoken by First Nations people, so I am not sure how widely spoken this particular language is.

So, don't expect fast pace and lots of action, but *do* expect to see an interesting story very well told and acted.

This along with so many titles here on IMDB is over rated. If it's not the interested parties doing the abnormally hight star count it's the ignorant, as is the case with True Colours.

As mentioned by other reviewers this mini series is rather slow and drawn out, with a very ordinary ending. It does have some great scenery and gives the viewer a good sample of central Australia. As for the all other aspects film production it rates on par with the (probably) limited budget. Some of the acting is great but mostly it is atrocious.

Why I mention ignorance is much of this story is completely unrealistic and viewers are yet again subjected to the bias interpretation the SBS/NITV & ABC (Australian publicly funded broadcasters). I don't speak Aboriginal but I'm pretty some of the actors that use it don't speak it either, they couldn't even get the aboriginal version of English done well.

Over all not a fan, I wouldn't re-watch but if you like Aussie productions as much as I do give a go..... and don't believe the current 7.1 IMDB star rating.

Very slow at times interesting story line about sadness in the indigenous people of Australia.

Pretty average acting by well worn stars with lots of plastic surgery.

Not the best we have produced.

I was really looking forward to watching this.

A fair amount of the language used by some of the main characters is Aboriginal. It's good thinking by the producers and nice to see, however with no subtitles much of the audience is in a sense left out of these parts, it's not inclusive, and feels a bit rude.

Please provide subtitles in the second series if there is one, like other non-English speaking productions have, and you will have at least one more viewer.

Rarriwuy Hick has great screen presence, and sadly I won't be watching this, particularly with her as the main character.

Let's embrace and protect our First Nations cultural heritage in a way that's accessible to all.

'For we are one and free'

P.s. I am aware subtitles can be switched on, however I only wish to see subtitles appear for the Aboriginal language spoken parts, like seen in the trailer for this series. I have only tried watching the series on SBS On Demand.

What a fantastic original show. Did not know what to expect with this series, and expecting a trend of black fella good and white fella bad, but this was a really good depiction of reality and issues faced by indigenous people living in an white fella world. Original story that was not predictable and nice to see a show where the landscape speaks for itself and the scenes don't have to be filled with incessant dialogue. Great show! Can't wait for the second and further series to follow. Good to see strong female leads with out patronising and 'preaching' messages. Excellent series!