Viewing: October 09,2026
Join us October 9th at 5:00 p.m. as the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism presents an exclusive screening of a powerful film about the plight of Australian journalist Peter Greste!
This event will also include a post-show Q&A with Peter Greste himself
Admission is FREE and open to the public – Tickets are required
About the event
“The Correspondent” chronicles Award-winning journalist Peter Greste’s reporting on the Arab Spring uprising. He becomes entangled in a deadly game of rivalries. Imprisoned ffor sever years despite his innocence, he survives on wits alone before his release in 2015. This exclusive screening is a partnership between the Journalism School and TriCoast Entertainment.
Richard Roxburgh (Moulin Rouge!, Rake) stars as Greste. He’s joined by Rahel Romahn (Furios: A Mad Max Saga, Shantaram), Julian Maroun (Ladies in Black, Romper Stomper). Kriv Stenders directed.
About Peter Greste
Professor Peter Greste is an award-winning foreign correspondent who spent 25 years working for the BBC, Reuters and Al Jazeera in some of the world’s most volatile places. From Afghanistan, to Latin American, Africa and the Middle East, he reported from the frontlines and beyond, although he is best known for becoming a headline himself, when he and two of his colleagues were arrested in Cairo while working for Al Jazeera, and charged with terrorism offences. In letters smuggled from prison, he described the arrests as an attack on media freedom. The letters helped launch a global campaign that eventually got them released after more than 400 days in prison. He has since become a vocal campaigner and advocate for media freedom – a stance that has earned him awards from Britain’s Royal Television Society, the Walkley Foundation, the RSL’s ANZAC Peace Prize, the Australian Human Rights Commission’s Human Rights Medal, and the International Association of Press Clubs’ Freedom of Speech Award. He has written about his experiences in Egypt and what he regards as the global war on journalism in a book, The First Casualty.
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