Screen Australia says actor will direct television series based on the story of a German-Australian woman who was wrongly detained as an illegal immigrant Cate Blanchett is to manufacture her first foray behind the camera,developing and directing a unique television series, Stateless, and based on the life of Cornelia Rau.
Rau,a German-Australian woman and former Qantas air hostess, attracted attention in 2005 after she escaped the controversial Sydney sect known as Kenja only to be held at the Baxter detention centre in South Australia as a suspected illegal immigrant. Continue reading..., and
Source: theguardian.com