The Tracker

The Tracker (2002) is an Australian historical drama from director Rolf de Heer — watch online on iFILM. Early twentieth century, central Australia: three white officers ride into the outback to hunt down an Aboriginal man accused of killing a white woman. Their guide is a skilled Indigenous tracker — the only one who can find anyone in this terrain.

De Heer structures the pursuit as a slow moral unraveling. David Gulpilil, a towering presence in Australian cinema, plays the Tracker as a man who understands exactly where this is heading and has no easy way out. The film handles the violence of colonial policing through paintings by Aboriginal artist Peter Coad rather than live footage — a choice that turns every brutal scene into a question about who gets to record history. Stream The Tracker (2002) on iFILM.