Australian actors Colin Friels and Ben Mendelsohn about six years earlier both previously appeared in the Australian movie 'Cosi' (1996).
The Hon Justice Michael Kirby AC, CMG said that this film ''is a reminder to us of the dangers of formalism and blindness to prejudice that can be inherent in our work unless we are on guard. Although there have been great improvements in the courts of our country since the proceedings portrayed in Black and White, we the judicial officers of Australia today should watch the film to reinforce our commitment to the avoidance of errors of the kind that the film chronicles."
The real Max Stuart appears in the final scene of the film as Old Max Stuart / himself as an older man.
Screenwriter Louis Nowra suggested Ben Mendelsohn for the role of Rupert Murdoch.
After portraying the real life young newspaper publisher Rupert Murdoch in this film, actor Ben Mendelsohn would portray another real life ''Rupert'' character just a few years later, when he portrayed the real life Australian film director Rupert Kathner in the docu-drama 'Hunt Angels' (2006). Both productions are period films with the first being set in 1958 and the second in 1939.