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Excellence and the Unexpected: Rebecca Barry (Part 3)

Published on 4 April, 2016

The final part of my interview with Rebecca Barry, a producer of the Good Pitch² Australia 2014 film The Opposition. The film has been selected for the prestigious North American Hot Docs International Film Festival. WATCH trailer below.

Rebecca Barry: “Story is King” (Part 2)

Published on 29 March, 2016

Welcome to Part Two of my interview with Rebecca Barry (to read Part One, click here), where we learn: story comes first, hosted screenings work and the successful distribution model that Impact showed itself to be when I am a Girl was released locally and internationally.

Rebecca Barry: Filmmaker and Impact Producer. (Part 1)

Published on 21 March, 2016

This is part one of an in-depth three-part interview with Rebecca Barry, one of the producers behind The Opposition—a Good Pitch²–Australia–2014–supported documentary screening this week at Hot Docs 2016 in Toronto and Call Me Dad which is screening at the Human Rights Arts Film Festival on May 16.

WATCH: The Consent Sketch by ‘Luke Warm Sex’

Published on 7 March, 2016

The Hunting Ground Australia Project, a Good Pitch² Australia initiative, is a happening thing. One of the main streams in the Impact Campaign is Ethics and Consent Training—I won’t get into the nitty gritty but you can read more here.

Andrea Durbach: The Hunting Ground Australia Project. Part Two

Published on 7 March, 2016

Welcome back. Here is the final instalment of my chat with Professor Andrea Durbach, a senior advisor on The Hunting Ground Australia Project (THGAP).

FLASHBACK: When Australia Led the Way

Published on 5 March, 2016

On Mardi Gras Parade Day, and with the on-going debate about to plebiscite or not to plebiscite (marriage equality), this is a story about a time when Australia showed remarkable leadership.

Larry Kramer: The Disruptor

Published on 4 March, 2016

These days, the only ‘disruptors’ we hear about are in business – Uber, Airbnb, Netflix. Technology, convenience, money. The 21^st Century form of revolution. Ho hum.

LGBTI Rights: Gayby Baby and Larry Kramer

Published on 4 March, 2016

Around the same time that I first saw the Good Pitch² Australia 2014 film Gayby Baby, I was on a plane and saw the HBO documentary Larry Kramer: In Love and Anger. Kramer is an American playwright (The Normal Heart, The Destiny of Me) and public health advocate but it’s for his work as an LGBTI activist that he’s best known.

The Oscars and Social Change

Published on 2 March, 2016

Before Lady Gaga performed her Oscar–nominated song “’Til it happens to you” from the documentary The Hunting Ground—she was introduced by Vice President Joe Biden, and he had this to say:

Gayby Baby

Published on 28 February, 2016

This is an opinion piece about Gayby Baby, a 2014 Good Pitch² Australia film: I look at what the film, and it’s release, revealed to me about where we are in Australia on marriage equality. Not where we should be.

Favourite films: Stories We Tell

Published on 22 February, 2016

I asked Professor Andrea Durbach, a senior advisor, on The Hunting Ground Australia Project, about her favourite film. (For the interview with Andrea, see CLOSE UP in categories).

Andrea Durbach: The Hunting Ground Australia Project. Part One

Published on 22 February, 2016

Andrea Durbach is Professor of law and Director, Australian Human Rights Centre at the University of NSW. The Hunting Ground Australia Project (THGAP) has engaged the Australian Human Rights Commission and the Australian Human Rights Centre at UNSW to develop and implement the Australian Universities’ Sexual Assault and Harassment Survey