Blackrock is a 1997 Australian drama film directed by Steven Vidler and written by Nick Enright. In Blackrock, a fictional beachside working- class suburb, a young surfer witnesses his friends raping a girl. When she is found murdered the next day, he is torn between revealing what he saw and protecting his friends. Filming locations included Stockton, New South Wales, where a girl named Leigh Leigh was murdered in 1989. While the film was never marketed as the story of her death, many viewers incorrectly believed it to be a factual account of the crime. Her family objected to what they saw as a fictionalisation of her murder, and residents of Stockton opposed the decision to shoot scenes there. The film received generally positive critical reviews in Australia, where it was nominated for five AACTA Awards and won two AWGIE Awards, though it received mixed reviews elsewhere. Adapted from Enright's play of the same name, the film stars Laurence Breuls, Simon Lyndon and Linda Cropper, and features the first credited film performance of Heath Ledger.
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1638:
Construction began in Delhi on the Red Fort (Lahori Gate pictured), the residence of the Mughal emperors, now an iconic symbol of India. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Fort
1888:
Princess Isabel of the Empire of Brazil signed the Lei Áurea into law, formally abolishing slavery in Brazil. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_Brazil
1917:
Ten-year-old Lúcia Santos and her cousins Francisco and Jacinta Marto reportedly began experiencing a Marian apparition near Fátima, Portugal, now known as Our Lady of Fátima. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Lady_of_F%C3%A1tima
1985:
Eleven members of the American black liberation group MOVE were killed when a Philadelphia police helicopter dropped a bomb on their house during a raid. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOVE
2005:
Uzbek Interior Ministry and National Security Service troops fired into a crowd of protesters in Andijan, Uzbekistan, killing anywhere from 187, the official count of the government, to a reported 1,500 people. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andijan_massacre
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