Benefited

2016, 45 minutes

Deals with Domestic Violence, drug addiction and housing commission in Sydney.

Benefited is a disturbing eye opening montage detailing the intertwining lives of single mothers, government workers, thieves and drug addicts as they struggle within the Australian housing and government benefit system. The films deal with domestic violence, sexual abuse, classism and societal stigma. The film challenges the perceptions of people living on the benefit system and in the housing system and brings awareness to the lack of safe housing support for victims of domestic violence. It addresses their issues for safety, stability, self worth and support living in a patriarchal modern day society.

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