ABC - Folau
This two-part documentary is the story of one of Australia's most gifted and controversial athletes and how a social media post landed him at the heart of our culture wars.
Folau’s story is examined in all its multilayered complexity, featuring crucial Pasifika voices and exploring the nexus between freedom of religion and speech, protection from discrimination for the LGBTQIA+ community, and how far the workplace can reasonably go to balance the two.
Tracking Folau’s story from his record-setting rise through three football codes to his dismissal by Rugby Australia after posting bible verses widely perceived as homophobic, Folau is at once the story of a migrant family struggling to make good, a story of faith; colonialism, money and power. It is also about who, in modern day society, gets a microphone when issues get thorny.
Folau’s story is examined in all its multilayered complexity, featuring crucial Pasifika voices and exploring the nexus between freedom of religion and speech, protection from discrimination for the LGBTQIA+ community, and how far the workplace can reasonably go to balance the two.
Tracking Folau’s story from his record-setting rise through three football codes to his dismissal by Rugby Australia after posting bible verses widely perceived as homophobic, Folau is at once the story of a migrant family struggling to make good, a story of faith; colonialism, money and power. It is also about who, in modern day society, gets a microphone when issues get thorny.
Director: Nel Minchin
Production Company: In Films
DOP: Dale Cochrane
2nd Cam: Eugene Perepletchikov
Production Company: In Films
DOP: Dale Cochrane
2nd Cam: Eugene Perepletchikov