Jordan has missed the bus. And as any 15-year-old Aboriginal boy knows, he’s not safe alone on the streets at night. Suddenly he is terrorised by a relentless cop, chasing him through the midnight streets of Western Sydney. But they are not alone... What’s that sound? Is it a possum? A fruit bat? Or could it be a Drop Bear? When they find that they are both trapped in the lair of a vicious natural predator, they must put aside racial prejudice and work together to survive.
Racial profiling and institutionalised racism is a massive problem in Australia. It has led to the deaths of many Indigenous people. Young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders make up 7% of the general youth population but 54% of those are in youth detention across Australia. And in the Northern Territory it’s even worse at 97%.
Suspect is a comedy horror film that explores racial profiling and turns the tables on the truth. It’s a fantasy world where an Australian policeman experiences what it’s like to be the target of a malevolent force that he is powerless to stop.
