The Tall Man Tony Krawvitz Analysis

To kill a mockingbird, Written by Harper lee, tells the tale of a black man being unfairly prosecuted by the white man. The Tall man Directed by Tony Krawvitz takes us through the events of an aboriginal man’s death while in police custody. Both To kill a Mockingbird and The Tall Man exhibit race being the most significant factor that leads to injustice. This is prevalent throughout both documentary and novel.

In to kill a mockingbird, Atticus finch, a defence lawyer for a black man named Tom Robinson explains to his children “In our courts, when it's a white man's word against a black man's, the white man always wins. They're ugly, but those are the facts of life.”- Atticus. Atticus, a white man himself admitting to unjust society he lives in, where no matter what, the white will always prevail over the black. Likewise, in The Tall Man, an aboriginal man named Tiny Bonner is so defeated by the prejudice that and his community face he is quoted saying “ Palm island is a place where the black fella has always grown under the thumb of the white man”. This illustrates the oppression that he has faced, he lives with the mentality of
A Palm Island resident quoted saying “it comes down to one thing, there has been nothing done about the black deaths in custody over the years”. The police mistreat the Aboriginal people, Chris Hurley has said to have been violent with towns people. He ran over the foot of Barbara Pilot “he Reversed the vehicle real fast and spun it on my foot”. This is only possible because Chris Hurley has the racial advantage over the Aboriginal residents, they are hegemonies and don’t have a voice when it comes to the white police. Similarly in To Kill A Mockingbird, Tom Robinson was shot 16 times while in police custody, both instances capture the police using excessive force when it comes to their prisoner/arrestee who both happen to belong to oppressed racial