I FELT HOPELESS - Laura experienced post natal depression and a community of mums helped her though
"I was supposed to feel this overwhelming joy but I didn't have that"
Laura shares how the pressures of becoming a new mother coupled with the social isolation left her feeling hopeless and overwhelmed. Laura didn't know how to talk about how she was feeling given that society tells mothers they should be feeling elated by the change and welcoming of a new baby into the world. Laura shares how PANDA helped her identify the symptoms of Postnatal depression and that there is a whole community of people that feel the same way. There is a notion that mothers should be in control of everything but it's not the way for everyone and that's ok.
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CREDITS
Director/ Producer/ Writer/ Editor - Darius Devas
Co-Producers - Will Harvey-Jones & Adam Farrington-Williams
Director of Photography & Colourist - Caleb Graham
Camera Operators - Caleb Graham & Darius Devas
Digital Producer/ Publicist - David Elliot-Jones
Sound Recordist - Steve Nossiter
Sound Mixer - Brad Klenk
Assembly Editor - Linda Nossiter
Music - Paul Bender
Indingenous Consultant - Valda Bokmakarray
Legals - Stephen Boyle
Accounts - Nagle Accounting
Thankyou - headspace, Centre for Rural and Remote Mental Health, SANE Australia, Asylum Seeker Resource Centre, Bi-Polar Australia, Screenworks, Michael Eather, Grace Eather, Noni Eather, Luka Lesson, Coralie Tapper, Tim Parish, Geraldine Devas, Tricia Shantz, Amy Essery, Amelia Chambers, Judit Yolanda, Matthew Loft, Elizabeth Devas, Taylor Miller, Kimberley Galceran, Ken Crouch, Oliver Nicholson.
Principal Funding from SCREEN AUSTRALIA
Major Partners - headspace & Centre for Rural and Remote Mental Health
Fundraising Partner - Documentary Australia Foundation
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