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Down Under director Abe Forsythe on racism, comedy & kebabs

August 11, 2016 in Film, Interviews, SBS, The Feed

Down Under is bound to be one of the most talked about Australian films of 2016. The black comedy is set in the aftermath of the infamous 2005 Cronulla riots and has divided critics, challenged theatres and - it has to be said - made many, many people laugh. So, we took the director out for kebabs to talk about whether dangerous filmmaking is doable in this day and age. 

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