''The Lives of Mount Druitt Youth'' is a 2010
documentary film
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produced, and directed by Saad Adam,
covering multiple subjects with intentions of "living a good life in
Mount Druitt
Mount Druitt is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Blacktown, and is part of the Greater Western Sydney reg ...
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inspired by Mount Druitt, NSW, Australia, being the place where the director was raised.
Production
Saad created his own production company, 'Question Mark Films', and began working on the documentary in the autumn of 2009.
The film was produced and directed with no budget, with the cinematographer/director using a
Canon
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HG 21 camera, a broken camera stand, and an inexpensive microphone.
The director interviewed 28 persons, 22 of whom appear in the documentary.
The filmmaker noted that family trips to the now-closed
Wonderland Sydney
Wonderland Sydney (originally known as Australia's Wonderland), was an amusement park in Eastern Creek, Sydney, Australia. Officially opened in December 1985 by the Premier of New South Wales, Neville Wran, the park was the largest in the southe ...
helped him keep away from crime when growing up, and so recently created a petition calling on the State Government to build a theme park in western
Sydney
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as both a boost to local economy and a destination for Mount Druitt youth away from crime areas.
The film is being screened at such film festivals as the American Artist Film Festival, INDIE World Film Festival & Jura Books Festival.
Storyline
In the documentary Saad returns to Mount Druitt and offers a view that is rarely seen by "outsiders", through his exploring the lives of various youths in a suburb that has otherwise built up a notorious reputation for crime and drugs. The documentary explores the real-life backgrounds and stories that run contrary to the stereotypical branding of the suburb.
Interviewees
* Saad Adam
* Evan Adam
* Simon Bodie
* Marisa Boye
* Kane Browning
* Michael Chippendale
* Kimberly Delia
* Matt Green
* Andrew Herreros
* Craig Hudson
* Alan John
* Steven John
* Ringo Madut
* Sione Mahe
* Mathew Muddle
* Sean O'Malley
* Justin Pearce
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Drew Pearson
* Sage Pratt
* Amy Robertson
* Suny Sidhoo
* Mitchell Sparkes
* Aida Takla
* Matthias Tuifua
* Beniamin Tupu
* Catalin Tupu
* Damien Vella
* Bowen West
References
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2010 films
Australian documentary films
2010 documentary films
Mount Druitt
2010s English-language films