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Evil Angels is a 1988 Australian film directed by Fred Schepisi. The screenplay by Schepisi and Robert Caswell is based on John Bryson

John Bryson (author)

John Bryson, is an Australian author and former lawyer. He has authored works of fiction, biography and other non-fiction.- Career :...

's 1985 book Evil Angels, the title under which the film was released in Australia. It chronicles the case of Azaria Chamberlain

Azaria Chamberlain disappearance

Azaria Chantel Loren Chamberlain was a nine-week-old Australian baby girl, who disappeared on the night of 17 August 1980 on a camping trip to Uluru with her family. Her body was never found. Her parents, Lindy and Michael Chamberlain, reported that she had been taken from their tent by a dingo...

, a nine-week-old baby girl who disappeared from a camp-ground near Uluru

Uluru

Uluru , also known as Ayers Rock, is a large sandstone rock formation in the southern part of the Northern Territory, central Australia. It lies south west of the nearest large town, Alice Springs; by road. Kata Tjuta and Uluru are the two major features of the Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National Park....

(also known as Ayers Rock) in August 1980 and the struggle of her parents, Michael and Lindy, to prove their innocence to a public convinced that they were complicit in her death.

The film was released less than two months after the Chamberlains finally were exonerated by the Northern Territory Court of Appeals

Court of Appeal of the Northern Territory of Australia

The Court of Appeal of the Northern Territory of Australia is the name given to the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory when it sits as the Territory's Court of Appeal....

of all charges filed against them.
Seventh-day Adventist Church

Seventh-day Adventist Church

The Seventh-day Adventist Church is a Protestant Christian denomination distinguished by its observance of Saturday, the original seventh day of the Judeo-Christian week, as the Sabbath, and by its emphasis on the imminent second coming of Jesus Christ...

pastor Michael Chamberlain

Michael Chamberlain

Michael Leigh Chamberlain is an Australian writer, retired teacher and former pastor, best known due to the 1980 disappearance of his daughter Azaria whilst camping near Uluru/Ayers Rock in the Northern Territory. When Chamberlain's then-wife Lindy was found guilty of the baby's murder in 1982, he...

, his wife Lindy, their two sons, and their nine-week-old daughter Azaria are on a camping holiday in the Outback

Outback

The Outback is the vast, remote, arid area of Australia, term colloquially can refer to any lands outside the main urban areas. The term "the outback" is generally used to refer to locations that are comparatively more remote than those areas named "the bush".-Overview:The outback is home to a...