Онлайн-сериал «The Hairy Marys» раскрывает жизнь чернокожих матерей-одиночек в отдаленном австралийском регионе

Heidi Arena and Rarriwuy Hick star in The Hairy Marys, an online comedy series that opens a window into the intense and complex lives of carers, where black humour is the way to survive day to day life. Queen Nwa (Arena) and Revolution (Hick) are single mums living in the remote Northern Territory town of Nhulunbuy caring for their neurodiverse sons. All care and never cared  for, they constantly battle school principals, ex-partners, hospitals, the local cops and busybodies. Sometimes they win, sometimes they lose but they know to keep on going they need to laugh about the absurdity of their situations. Shot on location in Nhulunbuy, Yirrkala and Darwin,  The Hairy Marys  is a 5 x 6min series from co-creators and co-writers Tamara Whyte and Michelle Crozier – friends, mothers, and carers to neurodiverse children and medically vulnerable family members. Starring alongside Arena and Hick are Genevieve Craig as Boogie Woogie Bogan Girl, musician Guruguru Hick as Yellow, singer, dancer and actor Banula Marika as Officer van Dorfen, Michelle Loughed as Beryl, and introducing Molyun Little as Oskar and Wiremu Watt as Timothy. The Hairy Marys  was directed by Whyte and Hick, produced by Whyte and Serena Hunt and associate produced by Tamara Whyte. DOP is Allan Collins ACS, sound recordist is David Tranter, editors are Aras Petrasiunas and Isaac Coen Lindsay, production design by Sera Koth and Genevieve Craig and cultural advisers are Serena Munyarryum and Guruguru Hick. Sean Collins was production assistant. The majority of the cast and crew have caring responsibilities – with children, parents, grandparents or Community. The Hairy Marys  is a The Hairy Marys SPV Pty Ltd Production.. Principal production funding from Screen Australia in association with Screen Territory. Developed with assistance of Screen Australia and Screen Territory. The Hairy Marys  was one of the projects Tamara Whyte brought to the first   Centralised  workshops in 2018, and has been developed over the last six years, including a 2020 writers workshop with Wayne Blair, and a 2022 writers workshop in Darwin with script editor Phillip Tarl Denson and script consultant Tim Ferguson, thanks to development funding from Screen Australia and Screen Territory. Watch all the eps on Facebook:  The Hairy Marys or Instagram: @ thehairymarys _