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‘Plausible Deniability’ is a dark short-form comedy about the politics of social change and what happens when three kids from the western suburbs face off against a who’s who of Australian ‘thought leaders’ as part of a homelessness documentary they’re making at school.
Abeba, Harriet and Tron (all 11yrs) have persuaded six high-profile Australians to come to their classroom and be interviewed about the problem. Their guests see it as a photo op and a chance to promote their own agendas. But the kids have other ideas.
Each episode we see them interview a leader from a different field – an embattled politician, a disgraced footballer and his club president, a cashed-up Archbishop, an influencer with a new side hustle, a pair of millennial social entrepreneurs and a cancelled popstar. People with the means to make a difference, but often not the will.
One by one they’re asked a series of questions which they do their best to dodge, deflect or segue into a product they’re promoting or a cause they’re fronting. None of which have any relevance to the homelessness crisis. But the kids can smell bullshit a mile away. Hidden agendas are exposed and hollow platitudes are batted aside as our three young social warriors tackle our national disgrace head-on.
One issue. Six leaders. Three children. No bullshit.
7 x 10min comedy series.
Now streaming on Facebook
Created by: Iain Crittenden
Writers: Amal Awad, Claire Christian, Iain Crittenden, Meg Mundell, Samuel Gebreselassie.
Directors: Victoria Thaine, Grace Feng Fang Juan
Executive Producers: Benjamin Law, Catherine Hill
Producer: Iain Crittenden
Director of Photography: Sarah Jo Fraser
Production & Costume Designer: Marc McIntyre
Editor: Greg Cooper
Composer: Keegan Joyce
Casting: Mullinars
Script Editor: Steve Kaplan
Script Producer: Meg Mundell
Story Consultants: Ayub Abdi-Barre, Gabriel Aleksandrs, Maurya Bourandanis, Rachel Kurzyp, Stephanie Dower
Proudly supported by Screen Australia.