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Adaptation of A Long Way Home Saroo Brierley , Larry Buttrose , 2013 single work autobiography
Issue Details: First known date: 2016... 2016 Lion
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'A five-year-old Indian boy gets lost thousands of kilometers from home. He survives many challenges before being adopted by a couple in Australia; 25 later, he sets out to find his lost family.' (Production summary)

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Google Earth and Google Babies : Nation, Transnation and the Australian Reproscape Vera Mackie , 2021 single work criticism
— Appears in: Transnational Spaces : India and Australia 2021; (p. 105-132)

'If the transnational is often mapped at a macro scale, it also occurs at many micro levels, some of which centre on the human body. This chapter surveys a range of print and visual media to see how the movements of genetic material are represented as they occur within and across national spaces, and how transnational surrogacy contracts, third-party provision of gametes and adoption reconfigure the family. Key genres dealing with the ‘reproscape’ are outlined: documentaries, memoirs, fiction, digital media, television dramas and film. The focus is on Australia and two central examples involve Australian-Indian exchanges: a memoir of commissioning surrogacy by Barry du Bois and the memoir of adoption by Saroo Brierly, which was made internationally famous as the film Lion.'

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Aactas 2017 : Do Australia's Biggest Screen Awards Have a Problem with Populism? Luke Buckmaster , 2017 single work column
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 7 December 2017;

'There were notable snubs again this year and the most popular movie always wins. Still, quibbles aside, Lion is a great film.'

AACTA Awards 2017 : Lion and Ali's Wedding Sweep Early Categories Stephanie Honor Convery , 2017 single work essay
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 4 December 2017;

'The internationally acclaimed film Lion has swept the early prizes of Australia’s biggest film and TV awards, winning seven of eight feature film categories at the industry luncheon on Monday, before the main award announcements on Wednesday.' (Introduction)

2017 Arts Highlights of the Year Various , 2017 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , November no. 396 2017; (p. 39-43)

'To celebrate the year’s memorable plays, films, concerts, operas, ballets, and exhibitions, we invited twenty-six critics and arts professionals to nominate some personal favourites.' (Introduction)

True to His Words Philippa Hawker , 2017 single work essay
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 14 January 2017; (p. 4)
The tale of one man’s quest to find his biological mother captured all the qualities of the movies — and of life itself, writes Philippa Hawker.
Harvey Weinstein Gets Oscar Boost After Lion Screens at Toronto International Film Festival Brooks Barnes , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: Brisbane Times , 14 September 2016;

— Review of Lion Saroo Brierley , Luke Davies , 2016 single work film/TV

'A week ago, most Oscar prognosticators and strategists had effectively written off Harvey Weinstein as a player in this year's awards race.'

'His movie company, troubled by executive departures and box-office misfires, had neither the money nor the manpower needed to sustain an awards campaign, Hollywood conventional wisdom held. And Weinstein's primary contender this time around, Lion, an adoption drama set in India and based on an astonishing true story, was generating virtually no tastemaker buzz. ...'

Destiny’s Child Susan Chenery , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 10 December 2016;

— Review of Lion Saroo Brierley , Luke Davies , 2016 single work film/TV
Kidman Backs First-Timers Garry Maddox , 2014 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 11 December 2014; (p. 30)
Saroo on Set to See Story Take Shape Emma Hope , 2015 single work column
— Appears in: The Mercury , 31 January 2015; (p. 10)
'Hobart's Saroo Brierley is watching his life play out on camera in front of his eyes...'
Stars Sparkle as Filming Hits Hobart Emma Hope , 2015 single work column
— Appears in: The Mercury , 14 April 2015; (p. 1)
'Hollywood has come to Hobart with filming of a block-buster movie in locations from the River Derwent to a Dunalley oyster shed...'
Stars Align for Saroo's Story Emma Hope , 2015 single work column
— Appears in: The Mercury , 9 April 2015; (p. 1 and 4)

'Academy Award nominee Rooney Mara and Aussie star David Wenham will join Divian Ladwa, Nicole Kidman and Dev Patel in the film Lion, which starts shooting in Hobart next week...'

Nicole Sneaks Back For a Shoot Antimo Iannella , Anna Vlach , Matt Gilbertson , 2015 single work column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 13 May 2015; (p. 26)
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