Persons of Interest Roger Milliss - The Cold War & Beyond
ASIO tracked the Milliss family for two generations as it was torn apart by politics. The family was divided, as father and son, both Communists, argued differing paths to Socialism. A tragic story played out against a backdrop of the great events of the 20th Century. The most personal details of his life were investigated in ASIO's hunt for communist spies. These are personal stories in a political landscape. Funny, tragic and at times absurd.
For forty years the Australian Intelligence & Security Organistion (ASIO) hunted spies and subversives. In the process it opened files on students, unionists, Aboriginal activists, and writers and as many as half a million other citizens. Persons Of Interest shows how things really happened in this dirty war against dissent. Using actual files, recently discovered secret surveillance film and photographs, these films are the personal stories of lives under the microscope of Government surveillance. In each episode of this Award winning series a Person Of Interest is given their previously secret ASIO intelligence file, and asked to respond to the allegations it contains.
Primary Title
- Persons of Interest
Episode Title
- Roger Milliss - The Cold War & Beyond
Date Broadcast
- Friday 2 December 2022
Start Time
- 21 : 30
Finish Time
- 22 : 30
Duration
- 60:00
Series
- 1
Episode
- 1
Channel
- Whakaata Māori
Broadcaster
- Whakaata Māori
Programme Description
- For forty years the Australian Intelligence & Security Organistion (ASIO) hunted spies and subversives. In the process it opened files on students, unionists, Aboriginal activists, and writers and as many as half a million other citizens. Persons Of Interest shows how things really happened in this dirty war against dissent. Using actual files, recently discovered secret surveillance film and photographs, these films are the personal stories of lives under the microscope of Government surveillance. In each episode of this Award winning series a Person Of Interest is given their previously secret ASIO intelligence file, and asked to respond to the allegations it contains.
Episode Description
- ASIO tracked the Milliss family for two generations as it was torn apart by politics. The family was divided, as father and son, both Communists, argued differing paths to Socialism. A tragic story played out against a backdrop of the great events of the 20th Century. The most personal details of his life were investigated in ASIO's hunt for communist spies. These are personal stories in a political landscape. Funny, tragic and at times absurd.
Classification
- PGR
Owning Collection
- TV & Radio
Broadcast Platform
- Television
Languages
- English
Captions
Live Broadcast
- No
Rights Statement
- Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Subjects
- Intelligence service--Australia
- National security--Australia
- Documentary television programs--Australia
Genres
- Biography
- Documentary
- History
Contributors
- Haydn Keenan (Director)
- Gai Steele (Producer)
- Andrea Lang (Editor)
- Haydn Keenan (Editor)
- Glenn Hanns (Director of Photography)
- Charlie Chan (Composer)
- Hadyn Keenan (Narrator)
- Smart St. (Production Unit)
- SBS (Production Unit)
- Screen Australia (Funder)
- Roger Milliss (Subject)
Subjects
- Intelligence service--Australia
- National security--Australia
- Documentary television programs--Australia