The Tall Man

Sunday 5 February at 8:30pm on SBS ONE
Visit the official website: sbs.com.au/thetallman

Viewer warning: SBS advises Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island viewers that this movie clip may include images and voices of deceased people.

The Tall Man is the much-anticipated multi-award winning documentary about the events on Palm Island that follow the death of local Indigenous man Cameron Doomadgee. One morning in 2004, Cameron Doomadgee a resident of the tropical paradise was arrested for swearing at a police officer. Forty five minutes later he lay dead in a watch-house cell. The documentary interviews the family, friends and residents of the community on the island as they struggle to understand what happened to Cameron and the tragic events that subsequently followed his death. The Tall Man was produced by Black Fella Films for SBS.