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  • It Starts with Us (2025)
  • Short | 28 min | Documentary, Short
It Starts with Us (2025)
Short | 28 min | Documentary, Short
A group of teenagers who struggle to express themselves join a groundbreaking high school program called Project O, for kids at-risk of family violence. With mentors including family violence prevention advocate Rosie Batty, they use art ...See moreA group of teenagers who struggle to express themselves join a groundbreaking high school program called Project O, for kids at-risk of family violence. With mentors including family violence prevention advocate Rosie Batty, they use art to unpack the social pressures that lead to gender-based violence. It Starts With Us uses the power of story to show audiences the positive impacts of 'prevention in action'. The documentary centres the voices of young people in the context of their often-complicated lives, exploring how they strive to break their own cycles of violence and engage with the key themes of prevention - respect, power, control, identity, gender, stereotyping, equality, independence and leadership. Their experience in the program is part of a complex response to Australia's epidemic of family violence, one that asks: can intervening in the lives of at-risk young people prevent violence in the long-term? See less
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Director
Amelia Tovey
Writer
Amelia Tovey
Producer
Sophia Marinos (producer)
Composer
Jessica Dunn
Cinematographers
Bonita Carzino | Nisa East | Petra Leslie
Editor
Sally Biasiutti
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Updated Aug 17, 2025
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Aug 17, 2025 (Australia)

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