'Standing up for Sunny' follows an isolated guy with cerebral palsy who is railroaded into helping an unassertive comedienne, and finds love and acceptance through standup comedy.
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The third season of 'Struggle Street' extends the exploration into the economic, social and intergenerational struggles facing Australia’s often-invisible battlers, with a focus on the experience of those living in rural and regional communities.
Following 'I am Eleven', Australian filmmaker Genevieve Bailey was inspired to find more diverse and positive portrayals of men exploring their emotional selves. We journey from Bondi Beach to the outback; we laugh and cry alongside a war photographer traversing global conflict zones, we visit a farmer and outreach worker from rural Victoria, a musical nomad and a sensitive dog-loving artist. Each portrait is an intimate and heartwarming look into vulnerability, friendship and compassion
Ten-year-old Dujuan is a child-healer, a good hunter and speaks three languages. As he shares his wisdom of history and the complex world around him we see his spark and intelligence. Yet Dujuan is ‘failing’ in school and facing increasing scrutiny from welfare and the police.
Filmed over three years, 'The Show Must Go On' is an important and moving exploration of the mental health of the 42,000 people working in the Australian entertainment industry.
Stretching along the river Ganges rests Varanasi, the holiest of India’s seven sacred cities, and a place where devout Hindus go to die in hopes of achieving moksha - becoming liberated from the cycle of rebirth. Hindu scriptures say that a soul has to undergo 8.4 million rebirths before reaching the human form, the only form one can attain moksha, and dying in Varanasi and being cremated along the banks of the river is believed to be the ideal way of achieving this. Several so-called ‘death hotels’ exist to accommodate believers who abandon their lives and come here in wait for death - some for as long as 40 years.
In Australia, two men work to provide black market medicinal cannabis to thousands of sick and dying people.
A war photographer and a refugee discover a photograph that threatens to destroy them both.