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Sunshine

The story of Sunshine follows the life of Jacob, a young, aspiring South Sudanese-Australian basketball player who is on the cusp of being picked up by US scouts for the US College league. Jacob's team is not up to his standard and so he angles to bring in a better coach. His choice is Eddie, a local guy in his 50's, who once played for a US college team, but has long since retired and operates a small sports store in Sunshine, a suburb in the west of Melbourne. Almost against his best instincts, he accepts an approach by Jacob to coach his under performing team, The Sunshine Kings. In the midst of aspiring to win at all costs, Jacob finds himself answering to Sunshine-raised lawyer Zara Skelton when he is caught up in a police investigation involving a teenage girl from one of Melbourne's affluent suburbs.

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Cast & Crew See All

Anthony LaPaglia
Eddie
Melanie Lynskey
Zara Skelton
Walleldin Elnour
Jacob Garang

Season 1 Episode Guide See All

Episode 1

Shadow Man

A luxury Porsche is stolen from a wealthy neighbourhood by Santino, who arrives back in Sunshine to take his teammates Jacob, Deng Deng and Dazzler for a joyride. But by the end of the night a young, teenage girl from the affluent Messina family will be lying in a hospital bed fighting for her life. After another demoralising loss, Jacob decides the Sunshine Kings need a better coach if they are going to have any shot at making the finals. Jacob is determined to win to keep his dream alive: landing a US College basketball scholarship that will set him on the path to his ultimate goal: the NBA. A chance encounter with forgotten local hero, Eddie Grattan, a former American College basketball player in the 1980s, convinces Jacob he has found the coach the team needs. But convincing the misanthropic Eddie to do it doesn't prove easy.

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Awards

  • 2017 - AACTA Award - Best Guest or Supporting Actor in a Television Drama - nominated
  • 2017 - AACTA Award - Best Telefeature or Miniseries - winner
  • 2018 - Golden Nymph - Long Fiction Program - nominated
  • 2018 - Golden Nymph - Outstanding Actor in a Long Fiction Program - nominated

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