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Director: Alister Grierson
Cast: Matthew Le Nevez, Adelaide Clemens, Rob Carlton, Lindsay Farris
Parer's War is the true story of World War II frontline cameraman, Damien Parer, whose work won Australia’s first Oscar. His desperate efforts to return to the battlefield to capture what he believed was the ‘truth’ of war were thwarted by his own government. Caught between two worlds, his own personal demons almost cost him the woman he loved.
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Fans of gripping wartime dramas and emotionally-charged character studies will appreciate Parer's War, the 2014 film directed by Alister Grierson that tells the true story of WWII frontline cameraman Damien Parer. Matthew Le Nevez's powerful performance captures Parer's internal turmoil as he wrestles with his government's restrictions and his own personal demons in his desperate quest to document the 'truth' of war.
Parer's War is a 2014 television film about Damien Parer, the Australian war photographer whose Second World War documentary film Kokoda Front Line! documenting the Kokoda Track campaign was the first Australian film to win an Oscar at the 15th Academy Awards.
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