The Mosaic Escalator entertains and absorbs. Four university students from Melbourne are on a guided tour around Uluru, the red monolith at Australia’s centre. Entering a mysterious opening into the rock, they are unable get back out; with their indigenous guide, Yvonne, an adopted Dingo pup, and conflict and humour, they embark on an amazing journey through time and space. As they travel through the unknown, the question invariably arises; whatever happened between the Free and the Obediently Confined…?
Michael Nicholson has been an independent filmmaker since the mid-1970s, writing, filming, directing, editing, some animations, and selling his films of various lengths to Australian television over the years. Nicholson has also written various books and has had several art exhibitions. He is married to Fatma Beyen, an architect from Istanbul, and they have a daughter, Melissa, who has a bachelor’s degree in filmmaking.