Upcoming factual series The Assembly will screen on ABC in August.
In each of the six episodes, autistic journalism students, taught by Macquarie University and mentored by Leigh Sales, interview with an A-lister that is described as ‘disarming, surprising and engaging.’
These include some of Australia’s biggest names including Sam Neill, Hamish Blake, Delta Goodrem, Adam Goodes, Amanda Keller and PM Anthony Albanese.
The Assembly offers an opportunity to include diverse voices and their perspectives in conversations of national interest, while providing audiences with a fresh, funny and poignant take on the traditional interview format to reveal the real person behind the public figure.
The Assembly is a Helium Pictures production for the ABC in partnership with Aspect, Australia’s largest service provider for people on the autism spectrum, Macquarie University, who developed and taught Australia’s first journalism course for Autistic people in their world leading facilities, and Bus Stop Films, Australia’s leading social enterprise supporting people with disabilities in film making.
Production Credits: The Assembly is produced by Helium Pictures for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, financed with assistance from Screen NSW and financed with support from Screen Australia’s Skills Development Fund. The Assembly is an inclusive production proudly supported by Aspect (Autism Spectrum Australia), Bus Stop Films and Macquarie University. Executive produced and directed by Melissa Maclean, executive produced by Mark Fennessy, Therese Hegarty, Vanessa Oxlad and ABC Commissioning Editor, Factual TV Julie Hanna. ABC Head of Factual Susie Jones. Helium has developed The Assembly for an Australian audience from a format created by Eric Toledano and Olivier Nakache, originally produced by Kiosco.TV & Quad+Ten, and distributed by Can’t Stop Media.
Tuesday, 20 August at 8.30pm on ABC.
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