Playground · Television
Chimerica
Channel 4 · 2019
Set against the 2016 US Presidential election, Lucy Kirkwood adapts her Olivier-winning play into a taut and timely geopolitical thriller exploring fake news, censorship and the power of political protest.
When accusations of fake news are levelled against an American photojournalist, he attempts to reclaim his credibility by tracking down the subject of his most famous picture – the Tank Man of Tiananmen Square.
CastAlessandro Nivola · Cherry Jones · Terry Chen · Sophie Okonedo · F. Murray Abraham
Directed byMichael Keillor
Written byLucy Kirkwood
Based onthe play by Lucy Kirkwood
Executive ProducersColin Callender · Sophie Gardiner · Lucy Kirkwood