'Ladies in Black' TV series supported by ABC and South Australian Film Corporation via state government funds
Debi Mazar, Miranda Otto and Jessica De Gouw were to be the stars of the Ladies in Black television series announced in 2023 to be financed by the ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation and SAFC (South Australian Film Corporation) content pipeline fund,
Ladies in Black, the second television series funded under the South Australian government’s $5.2 million local screen investment, was announced by the ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) in 2023.
The six-part drama was the second series financed through the ABC and SAFC (South Australian Film Corporation) content pipeline fund. It followed popular children’s series Beep and Mort, from Adelaide’s Windmill Pictures, that wrapped filming its second season earlier in 2023 at Adelaide Studios.
Ladies in Black starred renowned American actor Debi Mazar (Younger, Entourage), Miranda Otto (The Clearing, Talk To Me) and Jessica De Gouw (The Drover’s Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson, The Secrets She Keeps).
Directed by Gracie Otto (The Arftul Dodger, The Clearing, Heartbreak High), Ladies in Black had an ensemble cast of talented Australian actors including Kate Box (Deadloch, Wentworth), 2022 NIDA graduate Clare Hughes, Azizi Donnelly (Secret Society of Lies), Julian Maroun (Aftertaste), Carlos Sanson Jr (Bump), Tom Wilson (Heartbreak High), Sacha Horler (The Letdown), Huw Higginson (Total Control), Russell Dykstra (Rake), Thom Green (Of an Age), Hamish Michael (The Twelve), Krew Boylan (Simply Red), Ngali Shaw (The Twelve), Hazem Shammas (The Clearing), Peter O’Brien (Tidelands), Gemma Ward (While The Men Are Away) and Todd McKenney (Significant Others).
Following on from the 2018 film of the same name, and drawing inspiration from the 1993 novel, Ladies in Black was set six months after the events of the original story and saw the women from Goodes Department Store fling open their shop doors to the fabulous 1960s. Amid a backdrop of major societal shifts, the women were embracing more freedom and independence while being forced to confront personal choices and challenges that cast shadows over their once-cherished dreams.
