'Faraway Downs': Baz Luhrmann's Serialized Version of 'Australia' Premieres on Hulu

The series attempts to address Australia’s notorious race laws and its Stolen Generations policy, but critics argue Aboriginal people remain spectators in their own lives.

• Baz Luhrmann has created a serialized version of his 2008 film 'Australia', titled 'Faraway Downs', which will premiere on Hulu on November 26.
• The series is told in six chapters and includes unseen footage from the original film, with each episode running 45 minutes or less.
• Set between 1939 and 1942, the plot explores what happens when Nicole Kidman's English aristocrat character Sarah has to team up with a cattle drover played by Hugh Jackman after she finds herself in charge of 'Faraway Downs', a cattle ranch in the Australian outback.
• The series attempts to address Australia’s notorious race laws and its Stolen Generations policy, with each chapter beginning with a tribute to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and their children, who were snatched by the government.
• Despite the series' attempt to explore Australia's racist history, critics argue that Aboriginal people are still spectators in their own lives in the series, where white folks are favored and people of color are sacrificed.

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