Aaron Pedersen, an Aboriginal actor who’s a major star in Australia, first played the indigenous detective Jay Swan in the 2013 film “Mystery Road” (available on Amazon Prime). As embodied by the imposing Mr. Pedersen, he’s also a classic western hero: white hat, casual swagger, stony, squinting stare. In the film Swan operated mostly on his own, a John Wayne-like warrior investigating and avenging the death of an indigenous girl. (“Mystery Road” and another Swan feature, “Goldstone,” were written and directed by Ivan Sen.) But now the character has come to television, spun out in a six-episode Australian series also called “Mystery Road” that makes its American streaming debut Monday on AcornTV. It seems at first as if she might not be right for the part, but eventually you see that she’s perfect.

Source: New York Times August 19, 2018 18:20 UTC