Tribeca Film Festival - Cargo
The April 19th premier of Netflix’s Cargo at the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival caused a great stir of excitement among filmmakers, stars, and moviegoers alike. This film, produced by Samantha Jennings and Kristina Ceyton of Causeway Films, follows the story of a loving father who is infected by a violent disease in rural Australia. Amidst post apocalyptic mayhem, he struggles to find a safe home for his child.
Cargo stars - Martin Freeman, Anthony Hayes, Susie Porter, Caren Pistorius, Kris McQuade, Natasha Wanganeen and David Gulpilil showed up and showed out at the premiere. I had the pleasure of discussing the film with Martin Freeman on the red carpet for premier night.
Cargo, which was originally a short directed by Yolanda Ramke and Ben Howling, was sent to Martin alongside the screenplay for the 2018 film. While this film details the hardships that a father must withstand when faced with protecting his child, Martin spoke about why Cargo truly is a movie for everyone.
Martin, who has a daughter of his own, explained that “being a parent does feed into [the storyline], but you don’t need massive amounts of imagination” to understand the extent of what a parent is willing to do for their child. He explained, “Even if I wasn’t a parent, [the story] still would have spoken to me . . . but certainly you are very aware as a parent all the time of the sacrifices that you are prepared to make and the things you are prepared to do to keep your children safe, so I love the fact that this character in this film goes the whole way as far as it could go.”
