True Colours

This is a very interesting and satisfying show because it has a good script, wonderful performances by all and interesting character actors. Good photography, editing and production value. They speak in English and in different aboriginal languages:dialects with subtitles. The aboriginal culture is so interesting. And being a different culture, we couldn't second guess who-done-it or where the story was taking us. Nothing was predictable. This should have a second season starring Rarriwuy Hick and Luke Taylor (Long John silver in Black Sails). They have a strong screen presence and good chemistry together.

We all know Australian productions can be hit or miss, with misses much more frequent.

Sometime Aussie dramas can be really oustanding, like Mr Inbetween for example or Wentworth. This in particular unfortunately is a miss, despite the obvious good intentions. It is broadcasted on NITV so possibly targeted to a specific demographic. I have watched two episodes and decided to drop it because I have found the plot and the acting not interesting enough to go on for the last two episodes. It is quite boring and with some unavoidable cliches. I give one star to average a bit the overly high rating left by viewers with a guilty conscience.

I wasn't going to review this but then I read a review of someone who gave it 1 lousy star because other people gave it too many stars. Sooooo I had to give it 10. To me, it's a solid 8.

One reviewer said that the stars had "lots of plastic surgery." I don't think we watched the same series. I will say that Nick's hair coloring was a bit overdone, but hey. Each to his/her own. But plastic surgery?! That was very funny!!

I am an American who enjoys films and series from other places, Australia specifically. And especially when the cast is made up mostly of indigenous people.

In this series, I learned more about the deep seeded customs of them than before. And it is, indeed, fascinating.

The scenery is, as with all Aussie project, spectacular.

Is it a bit slow in places? A bit. But the story and acting is all solid.

A very good Who-Done-It.

Enjoy!

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.

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.