As we approach the 40th anniversary of the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, ABC will take us back to where it all began with their original telemovie RIOT. Four decades of glitter and celebration didn’t have such simple beginnings, when years of discrimination and oppression came to a head in 1978 when police and the […]
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25 Feb 2018 /
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Screen Australia and the ABC have announced production of a new film that will chart Australia’s first steps towards gay liberation. Riot will focus on homophobia in Australia in the 1970s and the events that led to the first Mardi Gras march in 1978. The film will be directed by Jeffrey Walker, and focus on […]
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16 Aug 2017 |
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