new film about Port Arthur perpetrator is uncomfortable viewing, but not for the reasons you might expect
- Written by: Alison Taylor, Senior Teaching Fellow, Bond University
Madman EntertainmentA film about the perpetrator of Australia’s worst mass shooting was always going to be controversial. After 25 years, Tasmania’s Port Arthur massacre — in which 35 people were killed and scores more injured — is still raw for many Australians.
The announcement that the subject was to be dramatised was...