Lyn Hegarty’s Another Tuesday Night explores the challenges faced by working parents, from exhaustion and the burden of unpaid domestic labour to the constant balancing act required to keep family life running smoothly.

This excerpt focuses on Bridget (Karen Vickery) during one particularly difficult evening. After a demanding day at work, she is kept awake by her young daughter’s cries while grappling with the emotional strain of not being able to spend as much time with her child as she would like. A tense yet vulnerable conversation with her partner, Mark (Richard Healy), highlights the complexities of sharing household and caregiving responsibilities – an experience many working parents will recognise.

Produced by Film Australia, Another Tuesday Night was created to raise awareness of the pressures facing working families. The film examines issues that remain highly relevant today, including the gendered division of domestic labour, the impact of competing responsibilities on relationships, and the emotional costs of balancing paid work, housework and childcare.

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