'ADHD With Amazing Grace' - Length 3:17 For Tania life is not as simple as it should be. An AVO is being violated. She needs to move fast but finding somewhere to live with benefits of just $35 a day is pretty near impossible. Now she’s also been diagnosed with ADHD but somehow [...]
'When I Lost My Job' - Length 04:02 Jorge is from Portugal. A divorce, loss of a career and financial collapse created a rift between he and his daughter. Things got worse. He now lives on the streets. Only his art reminds him of a wonderful life lost. “True [...]
'Father Bob Maguire'-Part 2- Length 5:08 By the mid 1970s, working class South Melbourne had become bourgeois. Father Bob had lost his flock. He found a new one with the homeless street kids in the red light district of neighbouring St Kilda. Now the Church itself was about to challenge him. [...]
'Father Bob Maguire'-Part 1- Length 4:06 Bill Crews and Father Bob Maguire first met 40 years ago. Twenty five years ago Bill sought Bob’s advice regarding homeless street kids in Kings Cross. Bob had done it all before in South Melbourne. In this two part story Bill visits Bob in Melbourne to [...]
'I Just Hit It' - Length 06:06 Lisbeth used to work with the Police Force. When her violent relationship partner suddenly died she really hit the booze. Depression and all dark things descended. She lost her job and home. She now lives in a tiny Housing Commission flat. She hasn’t had [...]
Stories From The Edge
'Goddess Of Democracy' - Length 1:43 The car park at the back of Exodus has played host to the Dalai Lama and the homeless for Christmas lunch. Now it has a new guest. A replica of the Goddess of Democracy from the 1979 Tiananmen Square student revolution. “Let us [...]
'When We Robbed A Bank' - Length 05:33 We’ve seen Kevin before. He’s good value. He’s open and honest enough to take us on the journey of when he robbed a bank. Having been on the streets at the age of 14, then with a drug addiction his only option seems [...]
'She'll Be Back' - Length 4:57 Carol-Anne is a long time resident of Woolloomooloo who fights for the homeless. She knows the people, the stats, the rorts and the injustices. She’s devoted her life to helping her less fortunate neighbours. “It is amazing that people who think we cannot [...]
"Not Has Beens"- Length 4:03 Russell and Robert have had their lean times - homeless, drugs, alcohol. An important part of their recovery is music. We catch them having a jam in a strange but majestic place – the Church at Exodus. Another Exodus regular pops in to remind us that [...]
