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The Gods of Wheat Street

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Written by
  
Jon Bell

Created by
  
Jon Bell

Composer(s)
  
Directed by
  
Wayne BlairCatriona McKenzieAdrian Russell Wills

Starring
  
Kelton PellLisa FlanaganShari SebbensBruce CarterMark Coles SmithRarriwuy HickMiah MaddenUrsula YovichBrett MolloyMouche Phillips

The Gods of Wheat Street is an Australian television drama series that screened on ABC TV from 12 April 2014. The six-part series tells the stories of the Freeburn clan, an Australian Aboriginal family.

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Synopsis

Odin Freeburn, head of the family, is being pulled in all directions as he tries to keep his family together. Odin has one brother in jail, another brother is in love with the daughter of the family enemy and his wife has run away to the city leaving him to raise their two daughters. To complicate matters, his employer has just died, his sister-in-law is in love with him and the spirit of his mother Eden has come back on a mission to protect the important destiny of the Freeburn family line.

Cast

  • Kelton Pell as Odin Freeburn
  • Lisa Flanagan as Libby Lavelle
  • Shari Sebbens as Isolde Freeburn
  • Ursula Yovich as Eden Freeburn
  • Mark Coles Smith as Tristan Freeburn
  • Bruce Carter as Ares Freeburn
  • Rarriwuy Hick as Electra Freeburn
  • Miah Madden as Athena Freeburn
  • Tessa Rose as Teri Lavelle
  • David Field as Harry Hamilton
  • Millie Samuels as Anastasia Hamilton
  • Mouche Phillips as Petra Hamilton
  • Alfie Gledhill as Fables
  • Lauren Hamilton Neill as Shaz
  • Frederick Copperwaite as Jonesy Brown
  • Richard Green as Knuckles
  • Jack Charles as Old Uncle
  • Gregory J Fryer
  • Isaiah Smith as Bucky
  • Luke Carroll as Wayne
  • Riley Nottingham as Constable Craig Woods
  • Production

    The series is written by Jon Bell, who is also a producer with Lois Randall. Executive producers are Fiona Eagger and Deb Cox from Every Cloud Productions along with Sally Riley, ABC TV’s head of Indigenous Unit. It is directed by Catriona McKenzie, Wayne Blair and Adrian Wills. The show was filmed around Casino and Lismore in Northern NSW in late 2012.

    References

    The Gods of Wheat Street Wikipedia


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