Inspired by true events, this mini-series shines a spotlight on a controversial time in Australia's modern history, the 1950s British nuclear testing in outback South Australia.
The indigenous Aboriginal characters of the Maralinga Tjarutja Lands speak in their local dialect in this Australian television mini-series with the language subtitled with English subtitles. These dialects are the Aboriginal languages of Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara which are both native to the Maralinga Tjarutja Lands region of far west South Australia.
This Australian television mini-series was filmed in consultation with the local indigenous Maralinga Tjarutja communities living on the Maralinga Tjarutja Lands in far western South Australia, Australia. The key consultants were advisers and translators Gavin Peel and Dennis Brown and Indigenous Cultural Consultant Dr. Jared Thomas.
This Australian mini-series is a Porchlight Films production for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). It was financed with support from UK based Head Gear Films and the South Australian Film Corporation (SAFC). It was developed and produced in association with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). It was financed with the assistance of Kreo Films, Head Gear Films, and Metrol Technology. Major production investment and principal investment funding came from Screen Australia in association with investment from both Screen NSW (New South Wales) and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC).
This production originally had the series title of ''Fallout'' which was the name of the last and most recent 'Mission Impossible' movie [See: 'Mission: Impossible - Fallout' (2018)].