REVELATION
Directed by Nial Fulton
& Sarah Ferguson
‘Walkley award-winning journalist Sarah Ferguson has delivered some of the best TV journalism this country has ever witnessed but this might just be the pinnacle.’
- Daily Telegraph
‘Hauntingly poetic…compelling, gruelling, harrowing television.’
- Graeme Blundell, The Australian
‘It’s taken me until now to get over watching this extraordinary, devastating bit of television. Brace yourself to watch it but watch it you should.’
- Australian Financial Review
‘Unflinching and brutal...a brilliant accomplishment.’
- Graeme Tuckett, Stuff NZ
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REVELATION
ABC Television | 2020 | 3 X 90mins
Revelation is an enthralling and confronting account of the dark forces behind clerical sex abuse in the Catholic Church.
This is the story of a criminal enterprise hiding in plain sight.
In a world television first, Revelation takes cameras into the trials of notorious child abusers and interviews the ordained men facing charges of sex crimes against children. Their disclosures and frank confessions are shocking.
With the help of victims and police investigators, Revelation brings to account some of the most powerful figures in the Australian church.
Sarah follows the trail to the Vatican and uncovers the story of a high-ranking Cardinal, accused of abusing orphans in Ballarat, one of the epicentres of abuse world-wide.
Over three gripping episodes, the series reveals the culture that enabled these crimes against children, for the first time in the words of the perpetrators themselves.
DISTRIBUTION
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AWARDS & NOMINATIONS
WALKLEY AWARDS 2020
WINNER - Documentary Award (Sarah Ferguson, Nial Fulton, Tony Jones)
Nominated - Walkley Television Camera Award (Aaron Smith ACS)
ASIAN ACADEMY CREATIVE AWARDS 2020
WINNER - Best Documentary Series (Sarah Ferguson, Nial Fulton, Tony Jones)
WINNER - National Winner (Sarah Ferguson, Nial Fulton, Tony Jones)
AACTA AWARDS 2020
Nominated - Best Cinematography in a Documentary (Aaron Smith ACS)
Nominated - Best Editing in a Documentary (Philippa Rowlands ASE)
AUSTRALIAN DIRECTORS GUILD AWARDS 2021
Nominated - Best Direction in a Documentary Series (Nial Fulton, Sarah Ferguson)
AUSTRALIAN CINEMATOGRAPHER SOCIETY AWARDS 2020
WINNER - Documentary Gold Award (Aaron Smith ACS)
AUSTRALIAN SCREEN EDITORS AWARDS 2020
WINNER - Best Editing in a Documentary (Philippa Rowlands ASE)
FLORENCE FILM AWARDS 2020
WINNER - Best Documentary Series (Sarah Ferguson, Nial Fulton, Tony Jones)
WINNER - Best Editing in a Documentary (Philippa Rowlands ASE)
WINNER - Best Original Score (Helena Czajka)
BANFF WORLD MEDIA FESTIVAL 2020
Nominated - Social Issues and Current Affairs (Sarah Ferguson, Nial Fulton, Tony Jones)
SCREEN PRODUCERS OF AUSTRALIA AWARDS 2021
Nominated - Best Documentary Series (Sarah Ferguson, Nial Fulton, Tony Jones)
AIDC AWARDS 2021
Nominated - Best Documentary Series (Sarah Ferguson, Nial Fulton, Tony Jones)
CRITICAL PRAISE
‘Hauntingly poetic…compelling, gruelling, harrowing television.’
- Graeme Blundell, The Australian
‘A searing documentary series…’
- Bridget McManus
☆☆☆☆☆
Sydney Morning Herald
☆☆☆☆☆
- Critics Choice, The Age
☆☆☆☆☆
- TV Week
☆☆☆☆☆
- TV Tonight
‘So monstrously disturbing, I shudder to think what is coming next.’
- David Knox
‘Astounding television…’
- TV Blackbox
‘What a study in raw courage. Devastating.’
- Annabel Crabb
‘Revelation is extraordinary.’
- Jane Caro
‘Brilliant...jaw-dropping.’
- Mike Carlton
THE REVELATION PODCAST
How do you get a convicted priest to talk to you? And how do you prepare survivors for the prospect of appearing in the same episode as their abuser?
Across three episodes, presenter Sarah Ferguson and producer Nial Fulton talk about how they secured unprecedented access to the criminal trials of some of the Catholic Churches most notorious and prolific paedophile priests, conducted heart-breaking interviews with their victims and interviewed a convicted religious Brother in the maximum security prison he is serving 36 years for his unimaginable crimes.
Journalist Tony Jones interviews presenter Sarah Ferguson and producer Nial Fulton in an ABC News Special podcast.
THE REVELATION SOUNDTRACK
by Helena Czajka
THE REVELATION PRESS KIT
by Nial Fulton & Sarah Ferguson
KEY CREDITS
Directed by
NIAL FULTON & SARAH FERGUSON
Presenter
SARAH FERGUSON
Producer
NIAL FULTON
Written by
TONY JONES
SARAH FERGUSON
Director of Photography
AARON SMITH ACS
Composer
HELENA CZAJKA
Editors
LILE JUDICKAS (Episode 1)
PHILIPPA ROWLANDS ASE (Episode 2, 3)
Research
SOPHIE RANDERSON
ALISON MCCLYMONT
KATE WILD
Executive Producers
NIAL FULTON
IVAN O'MAHONEY
PRODUCED FOR THE AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION
Major production investment from Screen Australia, in association with Screen NSW
ABC Commercial holds worldwide distribution rights