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Devil's Dust

Devil's Dust
Genre Drama
Written by Kris Mrksa
Directed by Jessica Hobbs
Starring Anthony Hayes
Don Hany
Ewen Leslie
Alexandra Schepisi
Josef Ber
Theme music composer Antony Partos & Matteo Zingales
Country of origin Australia
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes 2
Production
Executive producer(s) Caroline Sklan
Chris Gist
Jason Stephens
Producer(s) Antonia Barnard
Stephen Corvini
Running time 180 minutes
Release
Original network ABC
Picture format 576i (SDTV)
Audio format Stereo
Original release 11 November 2012
External links
[Official Website]

Devil's Dust is a two-part Australian television docu-drama mini-series on the ABC which first screened in 2012. Based on journalist Matt Peacock's 2009 book Killer Company,Devil's Dust was researched and developed by producer Stephen Corvini for over two years prior to the series' production. Through the factual case of Bernie Banton, it recounts the tragedy of many Australian workers and their families afflicted with asbestosis and mesothelioma in the twentieth-century asbestos mining and processing industries. Though the extreme health risks of exposure to asbestos dust had been documented for many years, manufacturer James Hardie persisted in large-scale use of the material, aided by inadequate regulation by state health agencies.

Timeline of key events from the Devil's Dust TV program:


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