GEN Z

Directed by AMIE ZWAG

Australia, 2022
Musical, Experimental

An original musical that investigates the question, 'what is hope for the first fully digital youth?'.

 

Read the synopsis below to learn more about the film.

 
 

AMIE ZWAG

Film Synopsis

AMIE GEN Z is a ten-minute original musical theatre film which explores the unique social issues people born from 1997-2010 experience in the West, investigating the question, 'what is hope for the first fully digital youth?'.

Delving into the challenges of an increasingly fast-paced society, purposelessness, the battle between privacy and convenience, comparison to an idealized version of self and others online, information overload and loneliness, the film draws on a variety of musical and visual styles to construct five contrasting songs. All the while, a simple metaphor of three teens missing the Millennial bus, arriving and waiting at a bus stop - representing the transit of 'teenhood' - and finally boarding their own bus at the conclusion of the film ties these sub-narratives together as Gen Z begins to form their own identity.

Tags Experimental Live-action Mental Health



The founder of Hommage, Mark Shaba published this page on 14.03.2023. Mark is a filmmaker from Victoria, Australia. He respectfully acknowledges the past and present traditional owners of the land on which he creates, promotes and screens art, the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin nation who are the custodians.

 
 

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