General Hercules

97 mins
In June 1893, European prospectors unlawfully took claim to ‘The Golden Mile’ on Aboriginal land. In little over a hundred years the natural landscape has been transformed into the industrial hellscape of Kalgoorlie-Boulder. As incumbent Mayor John Bowler starts to campaign for a second term, independent prospector John ‘General Hercules’ Katahanas decides to run against him on an anti-corruption ticket. What starts out as a quirky David-vs-Goliath political battle, unravels into a portrait of a man, a town and a country sent mad by the timeless cycles of exploitation, racism and greed.

Brodie Poole

Director

Ruby Schmidt

Producer

Brodie Poole

Screenplay

Matthew Bate

Screenplay

Brodie Poole

Cinematography

Jaydon Martin

Cinematography

Joe McLaren

Cinematography

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