Rachael Turk

Rake
Peter Duncan

On November 4, ABC TV and writer/director Peter Duncan will launch new drama series Rake, chronicling the cases of Cleaver Green (Richard Roxburgh), a criminal defence lawyer who defends “bigamists to cannibals and everything in between”.

With a character inspired by the notorious real-life barrister and author Charles Waterstreet, we look at the rise of the antihero protagonist (think bad boy contemporaries House, Breaking Bad and the BBC’s upcoming Sherlock) and how to build empathy with them.

Special guest:
• Peter Duncan – writer/director (Rake, Unfinished Sky, Children of the Revolution)

Time: 5-6pm
Date: Friday, October 1
Event: Friday On My Mind
Venue: AFTRS Theatre, Fox Entertainment Quarter

An inspiring AFTRS event bringing you face to face with the industry’s brightest thinkers.

Free entry. All welcome.

War and Appease
The Journalist, the Documentarian and the Truth

They say the first casualty of war is truth… The Child, the Death and The Truth*, directed by German journalist and filmmaker Esther Schapira, investigates the shooting and editing of a TV news item that shook the world – the death of a Palestinian boy and the wounding of his father when caught in a deadly crossfire between Israeli soldiers and Palestinian fighters. What unfolds is an intriguing examination of news practice and reportage in the age of celebrity.

– How is the relationship of trust established between newsroom and viewer?
– How are new technologies changing the images we see?
– What are the increasing pressures on networks, journalists and documentary filmmakers alike with the rise of social media?

Special guests:
• Dr Claudia Schreiner – Head of Programming: History, Culture and Science at ARD/MDR Germany
• Liz Jackson – ABC/Four Corners journalist and five-time Walkley Award winner

Time: 5-6pm
Date: Friday, September 24
Event: Friday On My Mind
Venue: AFTRS Theatre, Fox Entertainment Quarter

* change of format for this week only: free screening of the film starts 5pm with panel session starting 6pm.

An inspiring AFTRS event bringing you face to face with the industry’s brightest thinkers.

Free entry. All welcome.