General Hercules

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.

Country:
Genre:

Documentary

Duration:

97 minutes

Year:

2022

Director:

Brodie Poole

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Company:

Toy Shop Entertainment

Cast:
Crew:
Brodie Poole

Director

Ruby Schmidt

Producer

Brodie Poole

Screenplay

Matthew Bate

Screenplay

Brodie Poole

Cinematography