Experiencing Interruptions?

THE BAULKHAM HILLS AFRICAN LADIES TROUPE

A film about trauma and healing through the transformative power of storytelling through the arts, Four African Australian women all victims of sexual abuse and violence; (3 of them former refugees) take on the risky and difficult challenge of telling and performing their stories in a professional Theatre production.. The film charts their journeys over a 5 year period from tentative and painful beginnings in exploratory workshops through to the eventual triumph of their theatre show in sold-out seasons in Sydney,and then on to perform at the WOW Festival( Women of the World ) at the iconic Southbank Centre in London.It also opens out into their families, relationships, lives to reveal the ways in which they have been changed and empowered by this experience.. It is an inspirational story of courage and resilience, that reveals the transformative power of story-telling through the arts.. It is a story of hope, that will give survivors the confidence to lift their cloak of shame.

  • Ros Horin
    Director
    First Film .3o years experience as a Theatre Director
  • Ros Horin
    Writer
    First film script
  • Katherine Thomson
    Writer
    Multi award winning writer for television drama and documentaries.
  • Ros Horin
    Producer
    produced many new plays for theatre company
  • Yordanos Haile-Michael,
    Key Cast
  • Aminata Conteh-Biger
    Key Cast
  • Rosemary Kariuki
    Key Cast
  • Yarrie Bangurra
    Key Cast
  • Project Type:
    Documentary
  • Genres:
    Women, social justice, Arts, human rights
  • Runtime:
    1 hour 2 minutes 19 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    June 15, 2016
  • Production Budget:
    550,000 AUD
  • Country of Origin:
    Australia
  • Country of Filming:
    Australia
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    DCP
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
  • SYDNEY FILM FESTIVAL-top 5 audience favourite
    SYDNEY
    Australia
    June 9, 2016
    voted in top 5 documentaries
  • MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL-top 3 audience favorite

    Australia
    August 10, 2016
    voted 3rd audience favorite -documentary
  • MUMBAI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
    MUMBAI
    India
    October 21, 2016
  • SANTA BARBARA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
  • FIPA tv FRANCE
  • DURBAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
  • MADRID INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
  • MONTREAL WORLD CINEMA FILM FESTIVAL
Distribution Information
  • TVF International
    Country: United Kingdom
    Rights: All Rights
Director Biography - Ros Horin

Ros Horin, director, dramaturg and writer has been an important figure in Australian theatre.
For twelve years Ros was the Artistic Director of Sydney’s Griffin Theatre Company where she established the company’s national reputation as the home of high quality, bold contemporary Australian theatre, developing and directing over 30 new Australian plays, many of them now considered Australian classics.
Her directing career spans three decades, during which time she has directed productions for nearly all of the major Australian theatre companies. She has always had a passion for thoughtful, provocative contemporary writing, engaged with important social, political and personal issues.
Ros has also been a lecturer in Acting at the National Institute of Dramatic Art and directed productions there regularly. She established Playworks,The Women Writer’s Workshop and was the inaugral Artistic director for five years
Currently Ros runs her own company, Racing Pulse Productions, devising, directing and producing her own theatre projects, such as the award winning play Through the Wire about the refugee experience in Australian detention centres, which premiered at the Sydney Festival, moved to the Sydney Opera House and toured extensively. Her most recent work The Baulkham Hills African Ladies Troupe a celebration of women, human rights, and resilience has just played four seperate packed out seasons in Sydney, toured To London and Nottingham, and returned for a further season at the Sydney Opera house.
Ros is now producing and Directing her first documentary film.

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Director Statement

This film is an absolute passion project for me. I have nurtured, worked and lived with these extraordinary women survivors for 5 years. It has been a life affirming and life changing project for all of us involved. Now we want to get this film out into the world ,in order to bring hope and the possibility of transformation to all survivors of sexual abuse, wherever they may be.