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Careless (2025)
Directed by Sue Thomson
“Growing old never cost so much”
Documentary · 1h 28m
When director Sue Thomson’s 89-year-old mum, Margaret, begins to need additional help with day-to-day life, they face a decision that most families will encounter: whether to consider a residential aged-care facility; and, if so, how to find a suitable one amid a sector with a reputation for neglect and mistreatment. Margaret’s story becomes a springboard for an investigation of the political history of aged care in Australia, marred by a 40-year bipartisan privatisation agenda. As we hear from advocates, journalists and senior citizens who have experienced the system, a group of schoolkids discuss the situation we’ve reached with aged care and where we need to go from here – and of what they, and we, can expect in the future.
Cast
Sarah Holland-Batt
Cassie Robb
Libby Segal
Crew
- Director
- Sue Thomson
- Writer
- Adam Farrington-Williams, Sue Thomson
- Director of Photography
- Ben Bryan
- Original Music Composer
- Mark D'Angelo
- Editor
- Uri Mizrahi
- Producer
- Lola Nankervis, Adam Farrington-Williams, Sue Thomson
Details
- Release date
- 2025-08-16
- Runtime
- 1h 28m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- Australia
- Production
- The Backlot Films, MIFF Premiere Fund, Shark Island Foundation, b00mdone