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Deborah Mailman in Total Control: A Cover-Up

2019

Deborah Mailman in Total Control: A Cover-Up

2019

  • NFSA IDCJQQTPE1
  • TypeTelevision
  • MediumMoving Image
  • FormSeries
  • GenresIndigenous-produced, Indigenous themes or stories, Indigenous as subject, Drama
  • Year2019
  • WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are advised that the following program may contain images and/or audio of deceased persons

Warning: This clip contains spoilers.

This clip is from the gripping final episode of season 1 of Total Control (2019).

During a dressing-down from the Australian Prime Minister(Rachel Griffiths), Alex Irving (Deborah Mailman) makes some damning allegations about a senior member of Parliament (David Roberts) after an informant is suddently killed in what Alex believes are suspicious circumstances.

In the political drama Total Control, Deborah Mailman plays an Aboriginal woman who has become a local hero in her community but gets recruited to Parliament in a cynical and tokenistic political power play.

Courtesy of
Blackfella Films
  • WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are advised that the following program may contain images and/or audio of deceased persons

Warning: This clip contains spoilers.

This clip is from the gripping final episode of season 1 of Total Control (2019).

During a dressing-down from the Australian Prime Minister(Rachel Griffiths), Alex Irving (Deborah Mailman) makes some damning allegations about a senior member of Parliament (David Roberts) after an informant is suddently killed in what Alex believes are suspicious circumstances.

In the political drama Total Control, Deborah Mailman plays an Aboriginal woman who has become a local hero in her community but gets recruited to Parliament in a cynical and tokenistic political power play.

Courtesy of
Blackfella Films
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  • Director
    Rachel Perkins
    Executive Producer
    Rachel Griffiths
    Writers
    Stuart Page, Kim Wilson, Rachel Perkins, Pip Karmel, Angela Betzein
    Cast
    Deborah Mailman, Rachel Griffiths, Harry Richardson, Rob Collins, Aaron Pederson
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