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KIM AND HARLEY AND THE KIDS
Year: 2001
Classification: M
Runtime: 27 min
Produced In: Australia
Language: English
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Kim and Harley are determinedly keeping their family together against the odds. They live in a Ministry of Housing estate with their four little girls, including 12-year old Gabby, the eldest.
The family shows great resourcefulness and humour in surviving below the poverty line but Kim suffers from hepatitis C and this added complication makes it hard for Harley to hold down a regular job.
Sometimes the pressures of life become too much and the family threatens to fall apart as their frustrations turn inward.
This confronting portrait of a family with no support confounds all simplistic explanations of poverty.
Director: Katrina Sawyer
Producer: Steve Thomas
Associate Producer: Kim Anning
Cinematographer: Jenni Meaney, Katrina Sawyer
Sound Recordist: Leonie Dickinson
Editor: Rosie Jones
Music: Al Mullins, Janina DeLorenzo
Executive Producer: Brian McKenzie
Financed by the Australian Film Finance Corporation Lid.
Produced with the assistance of the Australian
Broadcasting Corporation and Film Victoria.
© 2001 Australian Film Finance Corporation Ltd
and Flying Carpet Films Pty Ltd
A film from the documentary series, FAMILY FOIBLES (available from Ronin Films).