Protection
"There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in." – Graham Greene
2018 · 1h 30m · N/A Comedy, Drama
Overview
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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