Jacob exposes the stigma that is keeping rural communities isolated and his hope for change
“I think with Mental Health specifically how it’s looked at in the country, it has been slower to change. What we have been through in regards to drought and families impacted by that I think it is getting to a point where it’s turning, the wheel is turning and it’s becoming more accepted to discuss it, but in the country communities it has been somewhat of a stigma.”
Jacob lives in Dubbo Country Australia and has struggled with anxiety and depression for many years. Thankfully he has found support through family and having access to professionals who have given him a tool to help. What gives Jacob hope is knowing that he is not alone in his struggles and that is other people can be helped so can others.
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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 - Christopher Bolton
Indigenous 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