Legendary Australian actor Jack Thompson juggles shooting his new film, Higher Ground, in the Top End and end-stage kidney failure. The Australian screen icon will need dialysis five hours a day, three days a week for the rest of his life. But at age 78, he’s not shying away from the camera just yet. He opens up to Australian Story about his new role.

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