The read
It runs a compact 1h 22m.
Synopsis
Suellyn thought the Department of Community Services (DOCS) would only remove children in extreme cases, until her own grandchildren were taken in the middle of the night. Hazel decided to take on the DOCS system after her fourth grandchild was taken into state care. Jen Swan expected to continue to care for her grandchildren but DOCS deemed her unsuitable, a shock not just to her but to her sister, Deb, who was, at the time, a DOCS worker. The rate of Indigenous child removal has actually increased since Prime Minister Kevin Rudd delivered the apology to the ‘stolen generations’ in 2008. These four grandmothers find each other and start a national movement to place extended families as a key solution to the rising number of Aboriginal children in out-of-home care. They are not only taking on the system; they are changing it…
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Key crew
- Larissa BehrendtDirector
- Larissa BehrendtWriter
- Caitlin YeoOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Debra SwanCast
- Aunty Hazel CollinsCast
- Karen FusiCast
- Suellyn TigheCast