Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo

2011
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The story of Ita Buttrose and Kerry Packer who, in 1972, got together to create a magazine that became one... More

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    Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo episodes

    EPISODE 1.1

    Paper Giants: Part 1

    It’s 1972. Skirts are up, pants are down. Girls can... More have anything. And riding the wave of sexual liberation and feminist freedom is Cleo magazine – fresh, bold and naughty. Two ambitious, young upstarts – Ita Buttrose and Sir Frank Packer’s unregarded second son, Kerry – create their own legends as they fling the modern girl headlong into the passion and politics of this turbulent era.

    EPISODE 1.2

    Paper Giants: Part 2

    As the backlash hits and optimism crumbles, Ita and Kerry... More refuse to take a backward step as they both reach for their own glittering crowns.