Journalism is under attack worldwide. A new Australian film called The Correspondent tells the reverberating story of Peter Greste’s imprisonment in Egypt. Screenwriter Peter Duncan, director Kriv Stenders and actor Richard Roxburgh, who plays Greste, talk to Elissa Blake about the challenge of making the movie, and why courageous investigative journalism still matters.

The Correspondent
Richard Roxburgh as Peter Greste with Julian Maroun as Mohamed Fahmy and Rahel Romahn as Baher Mohamed in The Correspondent. Photo © John Platt

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