The Show Must Go On : / Spotlight on mental wellbeing in the entertainment industry

<i>Shining a spotlight on mental wellbeing in the entertainment industry.</i> Filmed over three years, <i>The Show Must Go On</i> is an important and moving exploration of the mental health of the 42,000 people working in the Australian entertainment industry. While 'sh...

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Format:
Elektronisch Film
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Film Art Media Pty Ltd (FAM), 2019.
Zusammenfassung:
<i>Shining a spotlight on mental wellbeing in the entertainment industry.</i> Filmed over three years, <i>The Show Must Go On</i> is an important and moving exploration of the mental health of the 42,000 people working in the Australian entertainment industry. While 'show business' is often seen as glamorous, fun, exciting, and well paid, recent and alarming world-first research from Entertainment Assist and Victoria University paints a darker picture for entertainment workers. <i>Anxiety symptoms are 10 times higher, sleep disorders are 7 times higher and symptoms of depression are 5 times higher than the national average. Suicide attempts in the industry are double the national average.</i> This film is the debut documentary from filmmaker and former Home and Away actor, <i>Ben Steel </i>and is produced by award-winning feature film and documentary producer Sue Maslin (<i>The Dressmaker</i>). In the film, Ben shares his intimate experiences living with depression and anxiety and along the way, we are witness to his intimate conversations with key creatives and crew, actors, dancers, musicians, performers - many of them household names - who have likewise struggled and how they have survived. Participants from all corners of the entertainment industry feature in the documentary including <i>Sam Neill, Michala Banas, Jocelyn Moorhouse, David McAllister AM, Shane Jacobson, Dean Ray, Sarah Walker</i> and many more. Ben Steel's soul-searching investigation into why are there so many entertainment workers developing and struggling with mental wellbeing issues, has been an all-consuming project for the past three years. He comments "It has been a huge labour of love completing this film, and I'm so grateful for the support of everyone who either featured in the documentary or played a role in bringing it to audiences. Overwhelmingly people felt connected to this issue and wanted to get behind the project, and that to me was an indicator that this story needed to be told. The fact that through the making of this film I was able to begin to heal myself, has made this a life-changing experience for me" Producer Sue Maslin adds "<i>I am enormously proud of Ben, the colleagues he interviewed and what we have all achieved in making this documentary. It has made me think deeply about how I might do things differently going forward as a producer and a teacher. If we can help people, particularly students entering this business, feel a little less alone and a little more prepared for the challenges ahead - and if we can help save one life - then we will have done our job</i>." .
Umfang:
1 online resource (1 video file)
Zielpublikum:
12+.
Produktionsangaben:
Director, Ben Steel ; producer, Sue Maslin ; screenwriter, Ben Steel.
ISBN:
9781350911819
DOI:
10.5040/9781350911819
Schlagworte:
Documentary film
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