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Irreverent

2022

Irreverent (2022) is an Australian television series with a 16-year-old in what appears to be an informal foster care arrangement.

Colin Donnell as Paulo, a career criminal from Chicago who is on the run and forced to hide out in a small town in Far North Queensland.

Posing as a Church of England minister, Paulo is persuaded (by the local cop) to allow homeless Daisy (Tegan Stimson) to continue living in the manse.

Paulo even goes so far as to accept Daisy into his ‘pastoral care’ when a judge wants to send her off to juvenile detention for stealing painkillers.

For her part, clever Daisy figures out Paulo's scam early on and helps to protect his identity.

Children and young people in social care, and those who have left, are often subject to stigmatisation and discrimination. Being stigmatised and discriminated against can impact negatively on mental health and wellbeing not only during the care experience but often for many years after too. The project aims to contribute towards changing community attitudes towards care experienced people as a group. See glossary HERE


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