What is the role of documentary film-making in the process of truth-telling? Do we trust what we read in books more than what we see on our screens? How can script writers, producers and directors contribute to the conversations that we need to have - and need to have now. Indeed, do such screen practitioners determine the course of public debate though the very power of their medium? A star-studded panel discusses these hot-button issues.

Tosca Looby (See What You Made Me Do, Strong Female Lead)

Sally Aitken (The Pool)

Phil Craig (former Commissioning Editor, ABC; Discovery Channel)

Chair: Alex West (Head of Documentaries, Screen Australia)

Recorded at the Bendigo Writers Festival on 6th May, 2023