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Events

Polly and Me August screening at Blake Dawson

On 26 August 2010, Lou’s Place and leading law firm Blake Dawson hosted a second private screening of Ian Darling’s film Polly and Me.  The film tells the harrowing story of a mother and child struggling to survive cut off from the usual supports of family and community.  The screening …

Polly & Me June Screening at Dendy Quays

Private Screening of Ian Darling’s new film Polly and Me

We need to drive into the reality of women: you do matter.  We have to come into the lives of women and pull them back.  Give them the ability to make decisions.  Let them choose. Invest them …

Read more about the Dendy screening

When asked why he had made this film and why now, Ian Darling described his experience in filming the documentary OASIS in which he heard many stories of abuse and neglect that he was unable to film but which he believed needed to be told.  Polly and Me is an amalgam of many …