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Two hundred and fifty young Australians from rural areas and small towns have been given the opportunity to tell their own stories, with their images, in their own words. Challenging, haunting and ultimately uplifting, HURT recounts episodes in the lives of these young people whose faces have been marked with the lines of experiences beyond their years. Cruelty, beauty and isolation seen through young eyes.
Offers a disturbing view of the cycle of violence in a country town in Australia. Tom comes to the shocking realisation that he is repeating his father's behaviour when drunkenness leads to an abusive encounter with his girlfriend. English Common Law defines ‘Rule of Thumb’ as: A man can hit his wife or child with a stick as long as it is not thicker than his thumb.
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