A Beginner's Guide to Grief: Denial 'Stung by a Thousand Bees'
2022
A Beginner's Guide to Grief: Denial 'Stung by a Thousand Bees'
2022
- NFSA IDSQRAGQWT
- MediumMoving Image
- FormSeries
- GenresComedy
- Year2022
- WARNING: This clip contains human suffering or death
The opening scene of A Beginner’s Guide to Grief: Denial (Stung by a Thousand Bees) establishes the series’ tension between personal grief and the expectations of a tight-knit religious community. Harry grapples with losing both parents in the same week and having to process her father’s deathbed rejection of God and request to be cremated.
Writer and creator Anna Lindner draws on her own experiences with loss, shaping the material with a deft blend of vulnerability and absurdity. The scene’s tonal shifts – from caregiving to chaos as unwelcome visitors arrive – reflect the series’ grounded approach to grief and mourning, which is emotionally truthful yet sharply comic.
A Beginner’s Guide to Grief won the AACTA Award for Best Digital Series in 2022.
- WARNING: This clip contains human suffering or death
The opening scene of A Beginner’s Guide to Grief: Denial (Stung by a Thousand Bees) establishes the series’ tension between personal grief and the expectations of a tight-knit religious community. Harry grapples with losing both parents in the same week and having to process her father’s deathbed rejection of God and request to be cremated.
Writer and creator Anna Lindner draws on her own experiences with loss, shaping the material with a deft blend of vulnerability and absurdity. The scene’s tonal shifts – from caregiving to chaos as unwelcome visitors arrive – reflect the series’ grounded approach to grief and mourning, which is emotionally truthful yet sharply comic.
A Beginner’s Guide to Grief won the AACTA Award for Best Digital Series in 2022.
- NFSA IDSQRAGQWT
- MediumMoving Image
- FormSeries
- GenresComedy
- Year2022
- Series castAnna Lindner, Cassandra Sorrell, Georgina Naidu, Carlo Ritchie, Rory Walker, Caitlin McDougall, Glenn Nicholas, Brett Goldstein, Danny Ball, Lori BellCinematographerSky DaviesCreatorAnna LindnerProducersRebecca Elliott, Julie Byrne, Linda Ujuk, Kate ButlerDirectorRenee MaoExecutive ProducerLinda UjukScriptwriterAnna LindnerProduction CompaniesKojo Studios, SBS AustraliaCostume DesignerLouise McCarthyComposerJed PalmerMakeup ArtistRebecca BurattoFirst Assistant DirectorChris OdgersFilm EditorLily DavisProduction DesignerDavid OckendenSound DesignerPete Best
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