Media for social change

In September 2004, as part of a pre-employment program, a handful of young people with no previous experience set out to make a documentary film about poverty and homelessness in Victoria. All of the filmmakers faced particular issues in their lives that made securing employment difficult. Coordinated by a social worker who had no filmmaking experience outside of a one-week crash course, these youth created an emotionally and politically charged film that challenges the way society and government portrays and addresses the issue of homelessness and poverty.