Polarised is an upcoming powerful and much needed documentary about Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Queer young people living in London and suffering from mental illness.
In this ground-breaking documentary, Charlie Smoke and his contemporaries explore what it means to be LGBTQ+ and mentally ill at a time when vital services and support are being slashed by austerity economics.
Polarised is important because LGBTQ+ mental health needs to be visible.”
Charlie Smoke (23) London
The film will include interviews with members of the LGBTQ community and it’s allies, social commentators as well as candid footage and animation.
Filming will begin in late July, wrapping at the beginning of September. The documentary will be released in autumn 2014.
A crowd-funding campaign is currently underway to raise the £5,000 needed to make the film. This began on April 25th, and will finish on June 24th at 11.59pm. This can be found at indiegogocom/projects/polarised.
