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Title Australian Story: Scared Straight
Published Australia : ABC, 2011
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Summary Introduced by 'Wild Boys' star Daniel MacPhersonThis week's program tells the story of a most unlikely friendship between a TV Drama legend and three young men who grew up as part of the notorious 'Bra Boys' from the Sydney suburb of Maroubra.Sue Masters is a television producer and writer responsible for some of Australia's best known and best loved dramas including SeaChange and Brides of Christ. At Channel Ten, she oversaw the award winning The Secret Life of Us.She had never even visited Maroubra, 'I had only ever read bad press', but now she's teamed up with 'Bra Boys' Maccario de Souza and his friends Mark Matthews and Richie Vas to work on a big screen documentary about big wave surfing, alcohol fuelled violence and the sequence of events that finally frightened the young men into cleaning up their lives.On the surface, the award winning TV producer and the three young men had nothing in common, but as the story unfolds unlikely connections emerge.Sue Masters says: 'This is very much about young men trying to stop their best friend from ruining their life and doing everything in their power to harness their talents, focus on their fitness and keep them out of the pubs and out of trouble.'
Event Broadcast 2011-09-26 at 20:00:00
Notes Classification: NC
Subject Alcoholics -- Rehabilitation.
Binge drinking.
Male friendship.
Young men -- Conduct of life.
Youth -- Alcohol use.
New South Wales -- Maroubra.
Form Streaming video
Author Butler, Glenda, contributor
De Souza, Macario, contributor
Souza, Maria de, contributor
Lawrence, Michael, contributor
MacPherson, Daniel, host
Masters, Deborah, contributor
Masters, Sue, contributor
Matthews, Mark, contributor
Oliveira, Ingrid, contributor
Vaculik, Richie, contributor