Cinema Australia

Episode #138 | Harvey Zielinski

Cinema Australia

Show Notes

In this episode, I’m joined by Harvey Zielinski - writer and director of Sweet Milk Lake who also stars in the film as two twin brothers, Jake and Sam.

I won’t repeat my adoration for Harvey and his career here, because you can hear a lot about that in this interview itself, but here’s the synopsis:

After being mistaken for his twin brother, Sam, by his estranged and dying dad, a soft-spoken trans man, Jake, relishes the opportunity to be one of the boys, until the weight of the lie becomes heavier than his need for the truth.

Zielinski is a transmasculine actor, writer and director working across stage and screen. Sweet Milk Lake is the actor-turned director’s feature film debut as both writer and director.

Beyond Sweet Milk Lake, Harvey is a two-time Heath Ledger Scholarship finalist, recipient of the Casting Guild of Australia’s Rising Star Award, and a Betty Roland Prize finalist.

As an actor, Harvey is best known for playing series regular Charlie in the ABC comedy White Fever. He was also a series regular on Amazon Prime’ Deadloch and Catherine Hardwicke’s Don’t Look Deeper opposite Don Cheadle and Emily Mortimer.

Additional screen credits include Love Me, Spreadsheet, Why Are You Like This and Metrosexual.

Anyway… enjoy.

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