Short of the Week
Payload
Directed by Stuart Willis · Starring Deng Abul, Ryan Beard, Khrob Edmonds, Sepideh Fallah · 2012
In a dystopian future where the lower classes are stranded on Earth, a lone space elevator offers the only route to a better life, and reaching it demands sacrifice.
Gritty, ambitious Australian sci-fi that builds a convincing dystopia around a space elevator and a story of family sacrifice.
Set in a dystopian future where the lower classes are left on Earth with only a space elevator that connects them with the possibilities of a better life.
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