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Adaptation of Below Ian Wilding , 2000 single work drama
Issue Details: First known date: 2019... 2019 Below
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'The plot follows darknet grifter Dougie, who is recruited by his stepdad to work security at a detention centre, where he is drawn into an operation blackmailing detainees to fight for profit. When tragedy strikes champion Iranian fighter Azad and his young sister Hamasa is left alone, Dougie locates his hitherto dormant conscience and takes a stand.'

Source: IF magazine (https://www.if.com.au/first-time-director-maziar-lahooti-gets-ready-to-go-below/). (Sighted: 22/11/2018)

Notes

  • Adaptation of Ian Wilding's play, but shifting the setting from a mining community to a detention centre.

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