Airdate: Rose Gold

Documentary film Rose Gold goes behind the scenes with Australian sportsman Patty Mills and the Australian Basketball “Boomers” to understand what it takes to build a team culture capable of taking them to a history-making Olympic medal.

On 7 August 2021, the Australian men’s basketball team, the Boomers, defeated European powerhouse Slovenia 107–93 at the Tokyo Summer Olympics. That win earned them a podium spot, behind the US and France, a ‘rose gold’ bronze medal that capped a decade of rebuilding and broke a 65-year streak of agonising nearmisses.

Matthew Adekponya’s feature debut is a clear three-pointer: not only a behind-thescenes look at how the Boomers achieved their first ever international medal, but also the story of basketball, long the outsider in a modern and diverse Australia. AGhanian Australian, and former pro-basketballer, first time feature director, Adekponya weaves behind-the-scenes footage from his years embedded with the. team, with exclusive interviews from coaches, commentators, and a star-studded line-up of Australian and NBA players (including Patty Mills, Joe Ingles, Andrew Gaze, Andrew Bogut and Matisse Thybulle). Rose Gold, with creative consultation from Kriv Stenders (Australia Day, MIFF 2017; Red Dog, MIFF 2011) and Allan Clarke (Dark Emu; Australian Story: Blood on the Tracks), is an unmissable, insiders’-view document of an unforgettable moment in Australian sport and a thrilling account of brotherhood that saw Australia held up on the world stage.

Producer: Richard Finlayson
Executive Producers: Jude Troy & Richard Finlayson, Matisse Thybulle, Paul Wiegard
Writer/Director/Executive Producer: Matthew Adekponya
Co-Writer and Cultural Consultant: Allan Clarke
Creative Consultant: Kriv Stenders
Funded with the assistance of: Screen Australia, Screen NSW & Mind The Gap

8:30pm Tuesday November 14 on ABC.