Shifting Shelter 3
Ivan Senn | Australia 2006 | 52 min
Ivan Senn interviewed four then teenagers in small towns in north western NSW over a period of ten years - in 1995, 2000 and 2005. This feature documentary follows Willy, Cindy, Danielle and Ben through a vital period in their lives, the transition from a teenager into a young adult.
While the young teenagers see a world open to them and light-heartedly share their many dreams, five years on many things have changed. Some wish they could turn back the clock as they experience first personal disappointments. Some dreams are on a knife-edge or already given up. The girls "find out" that that they are pregnant. A baby is given away.
It is captivating with how much honesty these young people share their life. It's a movie about hopes, disappointments, drugs, single motherhood, domestic violence, trust, fears, prison, suicide attempts, loss of loved ones, responsibility and, ultimately, love.
A strong and powerful movie, not only because the subjects are Indigenous, rather because these young people could have been me and you.
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| Release dates |
May 13th, 2006 - Australia World premiere at the Indigenous Arts Festival, Sydney. | ||
| Video/DVD Release Date | not available | ||
| Awards | not available | ||
| Rating | M - mature (adult themes, my rating) | ||
| Language level | medium to difficult (some strong accents) | ||
| Distributor | not available | ||
| Soundtrack | not available | ||
| Genre | Documentary | ||
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| Find this movie | Indigenous film suppliers and distributors |