Protection

Protection

"There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in." – Graham Greene

2018 · 90 min · Drama, Comedy

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.

Directed by Gemma Parsons

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