The Beach (TV series)

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The Beach
Genre Miniseries, Documentary
Directed by Warwick Thornton
Starring Warwick Thornton
Composers
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes6
Production
Executive producers
Producers
  • Michelle Parker
  • Mitchell Stanley
  • Tanith Glynn-Maloney
Cinematography Dylan River
EditorAndrea Lang
Running time24-27 minutes
Production companyWorld Wide Mind
Original release
Network NITV and SBS
Release29 May 2020 (2020-05-29)

The Beach is an Australian television documentary series on SBS TV and NITV. The six-part documentary series first screened as a special three-hour TV event on 29 May 2020. It was created, directed by Aboriginal filmmaker Warwick Thornton who also stars in it and is filmed by his son Dylan River for Exile Productions. [1]

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Filmed in Jilirr, Dampier Peninsula, on the north-west coast of Western Australia, The Beach was filmed over a month at a lone beachside shack that was constructed for the documentary. [2] The series has a focus on food [3] and place [4] .Thornton forages and fishes around his camp, using an ancient Toyota Jeep (which earlier appeared in an episode of Mystery Road [5] ). It is an example of slow television. [6]

The series was shot using a Panavision DXL2 camera. [7]

Awards

Episodes

StoryNo. in
series
TitleOriginal release date
11"Too Mad Too Shy"May 29, 2020 (2020-05-29)
22"Grow You Little Bastard"May 29, 2020 (2020-05-29)
33"Survived Another Day"May 29, 2020 (2020-05-29)
44"Coconut Killer"May 29, 2020 (2020-05-29)
55"Are You Here For Me"May 29, 2020 (2020-05-29)
66"Don't be a D...."May 29, 2020 (2020-05-29)

See also

References

  1. "Prepare to be totally captivated by Warwick Thornton's new documentary the Beach". NITV . 28 April 2020.
  2. Knox, David (25 May 2020). "The Beach". TV Tonight.
  3. Buckmaster, Luke (29 May 2020). "A battery drain on my mind, body and soul: Warwick Thornton on why he needed to escape in The Beach". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 April 2025.
  4. Collins-Gearing, Brooke (27 May 2020). "Review: Warwick Thornton's The Beach is a delicate conversation with Country". The Conversation. Retrieved 23 April 2025.
  5. "TV Review: The Beach is gorgeous but deeply puzzling". ScreenHub Australia. 28 May 2020.
  6. Elliott, Tim (22 May 2020). "Warwick Thornton: the man and his demons, alone together". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 23 April 2025.
  7. Bizzaca, Caris (17 February 2021). "Cinematographers on cameras and lenses from 9 titles in 2020". Screen Australia .