
Protection
2018-06-01 · 90 min · Not rated
Made collaboratively with children from public housing areas in the Illawarra on the south coast of New South Wales, Protection uses a unique blend of film and animation to tell stories about childhood - inspired by the lives and experiences of the film's adventurous and often hilarious young cast.
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- Directors
- Gemma Parsons, Phillip Crawford
- Production companies
- Beyond Empathy, Create NSW
- Countries
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- Status
- Released
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A group of suburban teenagers try to support each other through the difficult task of becoming adults.

When a clumsy deadbeat accidentally kills his landlord, he must do everything in his power to hide the body, only to find that the distractions of lust, the death of his beloved brother, and a crew of misfit characters force him on a journey where a fortune awaits him.

A wheelchair-bound singer and her best friend embark on a roadtrip to Memphis.

An improv group deals with several crises, including the loss of their lease and one member hitting the big time.

In the present, artist Tom Warshaw recalls his traumatic coming of age. As a 13-year-old growing up in New York City in 1973, Tom hangs out with Pappass, a mentally disabled man. With Tom's mother battling depression after the death of her husband, the young boy is left to his own devices. When Tom develops a crush on schoolmate Melissa, Pappass feels abandoned and begins behaving erratically.

A 15-year-old girl incites chaos among her friends and a media frenzy when she accuses her drama teacher of sexual harassment.

In East Los Angeles, an 18-year-old struggles between her ambitions of going to college and the desires of her domineering mother for her to get married, have children, and oversee the small, rundown family-owned textile factory.

A straight-laced pharmacist's uneventful life spirals out of control when he starts an affair with a trophy wife customer who takes him on a joyride involving sex, drugs and possibly murder.

A teenager living with her sister and parents in Manhattan during the 1990s discovers that her father is having an affair.

A widowed new dad copes with doubts, fears, heartache and dirty diapers as he sets out to raise his daughter on his own. Inspired by a true story.

A 16-year-old girl takes her parents hostage after they miss her big jump-roping competition.

The film tells futurist, architect, and inventor R. Buckminster Fuller's incredible story through two teens hoping to get laid, become punk gods, and survive high school.

After winning $6.2 million in the 1976 New York State Lottery, he is arrested for throwing rocks at a church. He then tells his story at the police station.

Ty was a frustrated toy salesman until his collaboration with three women turned his stuffed animals into a defining '90s trend. This behind-the-scenes look at history's biggest toy craze is a wild story about what—and who—is valued in this world.

The legendary Roberto Duran and his equally legendary trainer Ray Arcel change each other's lives.

Story of a promising high school basketball star and his relationships with two brothers, one a drug dealer and the other a former basketball star fallen on hard times and now employed as a security guard.

A successful advertising executive finds his freewheeling life crashing to a halt when his parents end their longtime marriage.

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