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Raised in complete isolation by her mentally ill mother, 16-year-old Claudia has grown up believing that the outside world is evil. Stranded on their remote property after her mother's death, Claudia is shocked when Grace, a spirited local teen, appears in the garden like a mirage. Both dealing with family trauma, the pair find in each other the support, love and intimacy they need, and teach each other the restorative power of human connection. When suspicion builds around the mother's sudden death, police close in and threaten their secret summer love.
UKRAINE IS NOT A BROTHEL reveals the truth behind Ukraine’s topless feminist sensation Femen. A movement that began in the snow-filled streets of a corrupt, post-Soviet Ukraine, Femen’s naked war against patriarchy has taken the European media by storm. An intimate look into the lives of these women however, and the bizarre revelation of the patriarchal forces that power this organisation, question whether these titillating activists are the ‘fiery feminists’ they claim to be.
In 1822, eight convicts escaped the brutal penal settlement, Macquarie Harbour, in a fateful bid for freedom. Led by ex-sailor and experienced navigator, Robert Greenhill, the men battled against some of the world’s harshest terrain in the unexplored wilderness of Van Diemen’s Land. As supplies run out and tensions escalate, the group soon contemplates the unthinkable. Based on the infamous confessions of Alexander Pearce, Australia’s most notorious convict, VAN DIEMEN’S LAND is a dark gothic tale that reflects Australia’s true colonial heritage.