Joh: Last King of Queensland
2025, English. Directed by Kriv Stenders.
A captivating and cautionary portrait of one of Australia’s most controversial politicians, Joh Bjelke-Petersen, whose career can be seen as a playbook for the Trump era.
Premier Joh Bjelke-Petersen reigned over Queensland for 19 tumultuous years (1968–1987). Hugely popular, he presided over enormous growth, but corruption raged under his tenure, as did electoral manipulation and often violent suppression of dissent. This film tells Joh’s story through rare archival footage and revelatory interviews, exploring a life shaped by a hard yakka, god-fearing upbringing on his family’s farm. Trump’s spectre is evoked in Joh’s famously mangled and meandering way of speaking – brilliantly dramatised by Richard Roxburgh – alongside his unyielding execution of power and the desperate denial of his final days in office.
- Runtime
- 1h 39m
- Post-credits
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- Language
- English
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- Released
- 7 June 2025
- Country
- Australia
- Written by
- Kriv Stenders, Matthew Condon
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Who directed Joh: Last King of Queensland?
Joh: Last King of Queensland (2025) was directed by Kriv Stenders and stars Joh Bjelke-Petersen, Matthew Condon, Bob Katter.