Dustin Martin's story to be told in 'MJ' style documentary (7news)

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Dustin Martin's story to be told in 'MJ' style documentary

Joey Riordan
7news
25 June 2020

Dustin Martin will have an ‘MJ’ style documentary filmed about his life with production already underway.

Martin’s father Shane, a former high-ranking member of the Rebels motorcycle gang, will feature heavily in the storyline.

The inspiring story will be told by Richard Lowenstein’s Ghost Pictures alongside independent producer Mark Fennessy, according to Inside Film Magazine.

The two producers successfully worked together last year on a documentary called Mystify: Michael Hutchence.
Sydney has emerged as a genuine contender to snatch the AFL Grand Final away from the MCG as doubts grow over Melbourne's ability to host a capacity crowd by October.

“It will be a fascinating story; the treatment reads beautifully,” Lowenstein said.

Screen Australia is providing development funding to the project, with the documentary to be called ‘Gold Dust’.

https://7news.com.au/sport/afl/dustin-martins-story-to-be-told-in-mj-style-documentary-c-1124088

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It will only work if they film for a few years and document his career and release it say 5 years or so after he retires. It would be a dumpster fire if they just Film a few days in 2020 then rush it out

[Andyy]

Agreed. Not a story I want to see until he is well and truly done. Will cop huge criticism and be a distraction.

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AFL star Dustin Martin to feature in documentary about private life

Sahar Mourad
Daily Mail
29 June 2020

Dustin Martin is set to feature in a groundbreaking new documentary about his fiercely-guarded private life.

The feature-length fly-on-the-wall style film, with the working title Gold Dust, will showcase the 29-year-old AFL Richmond star player's life outside football.

The Brownlow Medalist's Rebels bikie boss father Shane, who was deported to New Zealand and refused re-entry to Australia, will also feature heavily.

Martin and his manager Ralph Carr have teamed up with director Richard Lowenstein's Ghost Pictures and producer Mark Fennessy.   

'It will be a fascinating story; the treatment reads beautifully,' Lowenstein told Inside Film Magazine.

Carr said the exciting new project had been on the horizon for some years revealing that there is already four years of footage available.

'Obviously we have marketed Dustin differently, because he is a different kind of individual,' he told Herald Sun.

'So it was important it had to be done properly. I'm a huge fan of the Amy Winehouse documentary. It had to be someone who understood my and Dusty's vision.'

Screen Australia has provided development funding.

Shane Martin was deported in 2016 with officials citing his criminal record, which included drug trafficking and assault charges.

In February Shane flew back to Australia with a lawyer, after reportedly claiming he has a grandmother in Tasmania with Indigenous heritage.

A week prior to his arrival the Australian government passed a law to forbidding any Aboriginal person from being deported, but the former Rebels outlaw motorcycle gang president was turned back at the border and sent back to New Zealand.

Border officials claimed he did not show any proof of Indigenous heritage.

The High Court accepts biological descent, self-identification, and whether or not a person has been accepted by an indigenous community in Australia as proof of Indigenous status.   

Shane was born in New Zealand but considered Australia home after moving to New South Wales at age 20.

He joined the notorious Rebels outlaw motorcycle gang, eventually rising to the role of club president and had three children in Australia, including superstar Dustin.

He now lives in Auckland.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8468947/Documentary-feature-AFL-Richmond-player-Dustin-Martin-father-Shane-former-Rebels-bikie.html