Have a look at the biography and family of David Bradbury
Earlier this month, Australian documentary filmmaker David Bradbury and his kids were detained at the Chennai airport.
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The well-known director David Bradbury who has already received an Oscar nomination, was allegedly halted when he arrived in Chennai and held for a day before being sent back to Australia. On September 10, the 73-year-old, multi-award-winning director and his two kids, Omar (14), and Nakeita (21) landed in India.
In an interview, the director revealed that he intended to take his children to Varanasi and demonstrate to them how “Hindus deal with death.” Five months earlier, the filmmaker’s spouse, Treena, who was also a documentary filmmaker, passed away due to cancer. But Bradbury said that he was detained for 24 hours at the airport after arriving.
72-year-old David Bradbury was born in Sydney, New South Wales, on May 7, 1951. He received his political science degree from the Australian National University. He was married to Treena Lenthall and the couple was blessed with two kids Omar and Nakeita.
Bradbury’s wife, Treena, an activist and filmmaker, passed away five months ago from cancer and David’s trip to India was meant as a tribute to her. w
David Bradbury career
Australian filmmaker David Bradbury started his career as an ABC radio journalist in 1972. Since then, he has made 21 documentaries, many of which address contentious political subjects and draw attention to the suffering of the underprivileged.
Bradbury has been nominated for two Academy Awards, won numerous honours at foreign film festivals, and received five awards from the Australian Film Industry.
In his film Public Enemy Number One, Bradbury chronicled the life of Australian journalist Wilfred Burchett, who was the first Western journalist to enter Hiroshima following the bombing. Burchett was a contentious figure in the city.
The movie was never broadcast on Australian television, although it did win several accolades, including the Christopher Statuette, the Golden Gate Award for Best Documentary, and Best Documentary at the Sydney Film Festival.
The combined military training center at Shoalwater Bay, close to Rockhampton was the subject of the novel Blowin’ In the Wind. This movie is a sequel to Shoalwater: Up for Grabs which Bradbury co-wrote with Peter Garrett who was the lead vocalist of Midnight Oil at that time. Blowin’ In The Wind examines the health risks associated with the training facility in Shoalwater Bay as well as the consequences of depleted uranium in combat zones.