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TV films
Young people tell their own stories. Tales of trouble, hope, insight and survival.

knot at home project is a series of eight television half hour films.

The knot at home project films present their stories using interview, narratives, vignettes, songs, animations, dramatised scenes and memories.

The unique style of these films is created by allowing the story tellers to be hands on, mentored by experienced film makers in the process of filming, performing, writing and editing.

The story tellers have visited and revisited their stories over a period of seven years. And so the audience becomes privy to them growing up, and to the changes that occur in the way they feel about ,and convey their experiences.

Directly to camera, they openly express the personal struggles of their lives.

Each of the eight films is able to viewed as a stand alone piece. They explore different thematic connections in the stories beginning with stories of survival, to stories of security, love, dreams, family, loyalty and insight.

Program 1: Stories of Survival
Program 2 Stories of Security
Program 3: Stories of Love
Program 4: Stories of Dreams
Program 5: Stories of My Family
Program 6: Stories of Loyalty
Program 7: Stories of Insight
Program 8: Stories about Telling my Story

Program 1: Stories of survival
Stories from young people who have experienced homelessness, the whole city being their backyard, how bad things can feel inside themselves, being excluded, growing up and expressing themselves.

Stories of Survival deals with the issues of homeless and self harm. Nine young people tell their own story in their own way about how they survived living on the streets and dealing with depression.

Story Tellers: Miranda Grigg-Makepeace, Ashley Kilner, Nicky Dennis, Jack Long, Sam Powdrell, Kiri Smith, Jemma Heale, Wayne Cutmore and Rose Connors. Short Film sections directed by Sian Davies featuring Kiri Smith.
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Program 2: Stories of security
Stories about the vulnerability of young people who find that home doesn’t feel like home.

Seven young people tell their own story in their own way about how they survived living in domestic situations without a feeling of security.

Their lack of security is caused by troubles in family relationships or times when they were vulnerable and were taken advantage of. We consider with them what it might take to regain their sense of security for themselves.

Stories of Security deals with the issues of domestic violence, neglect, sexual abuse and self harm.

Story Tellers; Alisha Pringle, Kim Bush, Kirra Davis, Katie Love, Alice Murray, Jemma Heale, Sam Powdrell and Amy Carlisle. Short film section directed by Brendan Fletcher.
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Program 3:Stories of Love
Stories of love explores love between parents and their children. After hearing tales about the first moments between parent and child we then look at this “love” through the prism of stories about losing relationships with parents. Some of our storytellers are on a journey to regain these relationships and for some their story is about coping when the loss is permanent.

stories of love deals with the issues of parental love, drug use, gaol and grief. Seven young people tell their own story in their own way about how they survived having a child, losing a parent, re-discovering parental love and having a parent incarcerated.

Story Tellers: Melinda McManus, Priscilla Russell, Katie Isemonger, Will Lawrence, Michael Forster, Bek Smith, Annette Smith, Matt O’Connell, Lucy Lloyd. Dramatised scenes directed by Bek Smith and Matt O’Connell mentored by Sian Davies, Nell Butler and Rhys Graham.
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Program 4:Stories of dreams
Indigenous and refugee young people in Australia tell their own stories. Stories of their hope for a better life through learning, freedom, recognition and friendship.

stories of dreams deals with issues of access to education and opportunity when you are black, a woman or a refugee. Seven young people tell their own story in their own way about how they still dreamed for their future even when education systems failed them and opportunities for freedom were denied.

Story Tellers: Jason Dixon, Yarnus Thomas, Charmaine Wells, Lesley Barlow, Laila Azimi, Najibha Azimi, Guida Correia. Short Film sequences directed by Matthew Priestley and Bronwyn Purvis.
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Program 5: Stories of my family
stories about how the histories of love and hurt run deep in families
stories of my family deals with the issues of family bonds broken by violence. Five storytellers talk about their personal and family histories and their desire to connect and look after those close to them even when all concerned have been affected by tragedy.

A major part of stories of my family follow Trevor Jamieson and his brother Jarman who are on a journey to find out their families history. Their close and extended family were all moved from Maralinga lands in South Australia to Kalgoorlie in Western Australia when atomic testing was conducted in their home country in the 1950’s. We hear stories about the different struggles that Jarman, Trevor and their relatives have had over the three generation since that removal from their homelands.
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Program 6:Stories of loyalty
Yarns about family loyalty, friendship and bravery in unexpected places.
stories of loyalty deals with the issues of friendship and family duty. Seven young people tell their own story in their own way about how they survived a time when they needed to make some very tough choices in the face of adversity.

Story Tellers: Katherine Fuller, Allan Hart, Neil Gardam, Lisa Sowter, Amanda Shillingworth, Douglas Barlow, Chris Callow, Carl Astil, Rob Astil. Short film sequences directed by Nathan Brown and Phillip Crawford.
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Program 7:Stories of insight
Stories from young people about the point when they understood themselves better and realised that change was possible.

stories of insight deals with issues related to taking responsibility for past mistakes. Eight young people talk about how they realised they had taken a wrong turn in their lives and what they are doing now that they desire to get back on track.

Story Tellers: Stuart Anderson, Jess Johnson, Lynette Philips, Michael Sharp, Todd Boggs, Christina Hunt, Crystal Bates, Paul Muldoon, Claudette Muldoon.
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Program 8:Stories about telling my story
Stories about the process of relating a personal part of your life for a film project and what it feels like to have you story heard.

stories about telling my story deals with the issue of disclosure of your personal story to an audience and looks deeper into the process of the knot at home project.. Five young people tell their own story in their own way about how they got involved in the knot at home project and what it was like for them to have their personal stories heard.

Story Tellers: Sam Powdrell, Nicky Dennis, Nathan Broadrick, Amy Carlisle, Rose Connors, Wayne Cutmore, Boz Martin. Short Film Sequences directed by Rachel Ward.

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