Devil's Dust

Name: Devil's Dust
Released: 2012-11-11
Rating: 8
Cast: Anthony Hayes, Don Hany, Ewen Leslie, Alexandra Schepisi, Shannon Dooley

8.0

November 11, 2012

1 Season • 2 Episodes

Ended

Drama

Overview

An intensely personal drama based on one of Australia's most shocking corporate scandals, Devil's Dust tells the story of ordinary Australians caught in a web of deception in the James Hardie asbestos saga. Spanning four decades, Devil's Dust shows how industrial manufacturer James Hardie first covered up its knowledge of the dangers of its asbestos mining and products and then threaten compensation plans by moving the company overseas.

Cast

Anthony Hayes

Bernie Banton

Don Hany

Adam Bourke

Ewen Leslie

Matt Peacock

Alexandra Schepisi

Karen Banton

Shannon Dooley

Lara

Episodes

1. Episode 1

November 11, 2012 • 86m

As Bernie Banton jokes with his workmates on the James Hardie BI factory floor in the 1970s, he and his colleagues are covered head-to-toe in dust. Asbestos dust.

2. Episode 2

November 12, 2012 • 86m

Bernie sits in a meeting at the Asbestos Diseases Foundation of Australia with Karen by his side. He can't listen to what he regards as platitudes any longer and lets rip at the Foundation's President Barry Robson.

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