Article One

16/07/2025

So interesting being in front of the camera! Yep, it's my first time...

At the moment we're filming for a new doco funding pitch on housing affordability. Stay tuned for updates!

15/07/2025

Over the past few months we've been working with the Granite Belt Neighbourhood Centre to create a set of road safety resources to support Pacific Islanders moving into the region. So far we've recorded Bislama and Samoan and over the next week we'll be recording the remaining languages. We're excited about how the video has turned out and are looking forward to sharing it with the community.

08/07/2025

An update from our Three Quarters documentary project on mens mental health and su***de prevention in Warwick, Qld

29/04/2025

Tomorrow is the final day for our crowdfunding campaign to support the making of Three Quarters, a feature documentary on men's mental health.

And for this final post I thought I'd just share photos of some of the people our four main characters from Warwick, Qld have been engaging with to discus how mens mental health can be supported differently.

This project truly has been a whole-of-community collaboration, brought together through real relationships and a shared interest in a better future. A future where more cultural and community-led approaches to supporting mental health are resourced and valued. A future where health professionals genuinely work together with communities and advocates. A future where our mental health journeys are shared more openly so we can move away from the shame and stigma that often comes with them.

From the Three Quarters team big thanks for those who have supported this fundraising and those who might jump on in these last 36hrs. Thank you so much for taking the time to engage and share what we're doing. And we look forward to sharing this film with you later this year.

With your support, we can FIX IT TOGETHER.

Support us to produce this important documentary by checking out our crowdfunding campaign, making a donation and/or sharing it with your friends and family - https://artists.australianculturalfund.org.au/s/project/a2EMn00000GAfIP/three-quarters-documentary

29/04/2025

Please support this important project with a donation, like and share - only 36hrs to go in our crowdfunding for Three Quarters, a feature documentary on men's mental health.

19/04/2025

We now have a webpage that shares info, photos and videos supporting our crowdfunding campaign.

We could really use your support - no donation is too small, ALL donations are TAX DEDUCTIBLE, and even if you can't afford it, just sharing the campaign with a personal support message helps so much.

Three Quarters is a feature doco about mens mental health and su***de prevention, made with the Warwick community.

Together we can fix it.

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19/04/2025

17/03/2025

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One of the really positive outcomes of the momentum in Warwick towards creating better support for men struggling with their mental health has been through the School of Total Education in Warwick (SoTE - www.sote.qld.edu.au).

I'll feature them in more detail in a post in the coming weeks, but I just wanted to mention the importance of working with children to focus "upstream" from where the impacts are felt later in life. And SoTE is doing just this, collaborating with local mental health agencies and individuals in the community to deliver self regulation programs and work towards engaging kids and their parents in related discussions and skill building.

It's transformational. They are seeing the evidence already. Building emotional capacity and resilience is vital if men (and everyone struggling) are able to better articulate what they're feeling and seek appropriate help.

Three Quarters is working closely with SoTE and the Men's Circle that is being facilitated at the school, helping to connect people and encourage new thinking as we document stories as they unfold. We want to show viewers what a community-led movement looks like and what's needed to resource it.

Please like our social media pages and share them as widely as you can, with your personal message about why this work is important.

With your support, we can FIX IT TOGETHER.

Support us to produce this important documentary by checking out our crowdfunding campaign, making a donation and/or sharing it with your friends and family - https://bit.ly/433NIxP

04/03/2025

Nathan is on a mission to find out how young Aboriginal men in his community of Warwick can be supported so they stop struggling with mental health and taking their lives. Three Quarters is a feature documentary project we'd love your help to create. See below for more info.

04/03/2025

Meet Nathan, a young Githabul man who has grown up in Warwick amongst family and friends. He's on a mission to find out why young Aboriginal people are taking their lives and struggling so much with mental health. Below is a post I wrote about Nathan a few months ago when we first started filming.

Nathan is one of 4 Warwick men who are looking for answers about why men are struggling and what can be done about it. Join us to complete this documentary by donating or sharing the page or this link - https://bit.ly/433NIxP

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Nathan is a Githabul Aboriginal man born in Warwick. And despite only being in his 30s he has led a pretty interesting and diverse life already.

I met Nathan through his Mum, Delphine, who was participating in The Big Anxiety’s mental health and su***de prevention programs in Warwick over the past few years. I was there to document the program and to direct and film content for Changing Our Ways, the feature doco we completed last year focused on The Big Anxiety’s work in the community.

I have to be honest, I really wasn’t sure how Nathan fitted into those events that were designed to help people break down their own emotional barriers and connect with each other. He was quiet and mostly just spent his time talking with Delphine or drawing on his own. But despite being quiet Nathan was always ready for a chat and seemed quite open.

When I approached him about being involved in Three Quarters Nathan was really excited about the opportunity to share his story and to help other men in the community. So eventually we sat down for his first interview, designed primarily to share his back story and his focus for finding out more about men’s mental health struggles in Warwick.

The contrast from when I’d first met Nathan to when we did the interview a few weeks ago was incredible. When I designed the questions for Nathan’s interview, I thought I’d have to really work hard to get him to open up and share his story.

I couldn’t have been more wrong. Here was a confident, open and humble man who had many, many stories to share. And considering his journey, which included being in and out of prison and some tough situations that he placed himself in, he was now apparently more than ready to step into his power and be a change agent for his community.

According to Delphine, she’d had a premonition years earlier that she would lose her son Nathan at 30. And in some ways she was right. His last stint in prison coincided with that birthday and due to an important connection he made in there It turned out to be his rebirth instead, emerging a changed man.

Since then, Nathan has thrown himself into connecting deeper with his culture. He has so much knowledge about the area, his mob and what they need to improve health and wellbeing. A few days after the interview we met up again, this time to talk through other filming options, and the conversation lasted for over 4 hours covering local area history, our family backgrounds and so many other topics.

And now, through Three Quarters, he will take us on a journey talking to mob about the tragic rates of su***de they’re experiencing.

Through the film we’ll learn to look beyond judging Nathan for his face tattoos and past lifestyle choices. We’ll understand that this young man has the ability to help us all understand how connection and culture can help us not only manage the harder things that life can throw at us, but also to learn to thrive.

With your support, we can FIX IT TOGETHER.

Support us to produce this important documentary by checking out our crowdfunding campaign, making a donation and/or sharing it with your friends and family - https://bit.ly/433NIxP



The Big Anxiety Festival
Queensland Mental Health Commission
Southern Downs Regional Council
The Outback Mind Foundation

02/03/2025

I wrote this post last year but thought I'd reshare to re-introduce Darren, one of the four men the Three Quarters story is being told through as they look for answers to how they can support men who are struggling with mental health in their community.

Join us to produce this important documentary by checking out our crowdfunding campaign, making a donation and/or sharing it with your friends and family - https://bit.ly/433NIxP

I first met Darren through his wife Cushla who I was working with on the Changing Our Ways documentary in 2022 and 2023.

I interviewed Darren for that doco but in the end the focus was more on the group of women that included Cushla so only a small part of his interview was used in the final edit.

But Darren’s story is big, he’s been through a lot. He’s open to new thinking and change around men’s mental health too. But, he’s still a bloke. A bloke who struggles with his own communication blocks and troubles with showing emotions.
So, in many ways, he’s the perfect person to be part of Three Quarters. He’s open to the objective of talking to men in the community about their struggles and their ideas for change. He already works in disability support and so he has the ability to empathise, care and listen. Yet he has changes to make for himself so that he can deal with issues as they arise, rather than continually pushing them down.

The first few production shoots have been mainly with Darren. He’s sat down with Graham, a lively guy with a big story and an even bigger heart. Not only did he share the things that have happened to him, Graham had no issue with sharing the ways he now manages his mental health and his ideas for what needs to change so that men can feel more supported and access help. Darren also sat down with Brendan, one of the care workers that Darren employs, to talk more about what he’d been through and his views on mental health support.

Both of these men have contemplated su***de at times in their life. They’ve experienced rock bottom. And, in front of cameras, they both shared those depths in an incredibly inspiring and moving way. Equally, they spoke freely about the type of support they want to see in the community, both institutional and community-led.
What’s emerging so far is that it’s complex for communities like Warwick. There are drastically different needs across age, ethnicity, location, employment and interests. Distance and culture stand out as major themes to address. And generational norms around masculinity and emotional capacity are obvious focal points also.
Despite the crisis, no one I’ve spoken with wants to wait for government to somehow find a way to magically create systems and approaches that are needed, especially when they require intricate cultural and social connections to actually work. People know there must be community-led action too, but these haven’t always worked, catered for a diverse enough range of people or been resourced and funded

There’s still months of filming remaining. But, even at this early stage, I have no doubt that the conversations will have some impact on Darren’s thinking. I’m just not sure what, yet.

With your support, we can FIX IT TOGETHER.

Support us to produce this important documentary by checking out our crowdfunding campaign, making a donation and/or sharing it with your friends and family - https://bit.ly/433NIxP



Darren Rabbitt

28/02/2025

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