Popular Culture
A straight-to-TV film was produced in 2012 by Blackfella Films in association with the ABC and SBS. It provided a dramatised account of the case, focussing on the effect it had on Mabo and his family.
The case was also referenced as background to the plot in the 1997 comedy The Castle.
Read more about this topic: Mabo V Queensland (No 2)
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