Interview: Stephen Maxwell Johnson Talks High Ground (Exclusive)
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Director Stephen Johnson behind the scenes of the action-adventure drama film, ‘High Ground,’ a Samuel Goldwyn Films release. Photo Courtesy of Samuel Goldwyn Films.
The rise in conflict between drastically different cultures is often driven by the missed opportunity between the groups to want to better understand the other’s distinct ways of life. The upcoming action-adventure movie, ‘High Ground,’ challenges the accepted notions of Australia’s settlement, and presents an alternative perspective on how the country was formed by its different cultures. It also explores the themes of identity in both the native Black and foreign white cultures, and the attempts that were made to preserve and progress both groups’ way of life in the face of an overwhelming threat.