featherStrength documentary - Auckland world premiere
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Parent to Parent and our disability sector partners are working with Kiwi artist and film maker Jon Earle to promote his 47 min documentary, featherStrength. This beautiful film follows the journey of Jon, his high needs daughter, and their family over ten years and is a cinematic portrait of care, endurance, and vulnerability.
With a camera and no crew, Jon films intimate fragments of daily life over a decade as he relinquishes his professional life to meet the demands of raising a child with 24/7 needs.
featherStrength speaks to primary carers and their support networks; those in long-term care; and anyone whose mental and emotional reserves have been quietly depleted by the story they are living.
The film highlights how Jon and his wife made conscious choices to look after their wellbeing through fitness, time in nature, having fun, and living life. Carers so often put themselves last, it’s a great message that when you’re caring for a loved one, it’s essential to care for yourself too.
We hope featherStrength will help build a bridge to those who feel isolated, and increase society-wide understanding of the challenges and joys of family-carers’ daily lives.
Jon Earle will be available for Q&A, post-screening conversation, and community events during his Auckland Doc Edge Festival visit in July 2026.
Watch the trailer here: https://www.featherstrength.com/#fsx-trailer
Read more about the film here: https://parent2parent.org.nz/news/featherstrength-living-the-life-you-didnt-plan-for/
Buy tickets here: https://docedge.nz/events/feather-strength/
With a camera and no crew, Jon films intimate fragments of daily life over a decade as he relinquishes his professional life to meet the demands of raising a child with 24/7 needs.
featherStrength speaks to primary carers and their support networks; those in long-term care; and anyone whose mental and emotional reserves have been quietly depleted by the story they are living.
The film highlights how Jon and his wife made conscious choices to look after their wellbeing through fitness, time in nature, having fun, and living life. Carers so often put themselves last, it’s a great message that when you’re caring for a loved one, it’s essential to care for yourself too.
We hope featherStrength will help build a bridge to those who feel isolated, and increase society-wide understanding of the challenges and joys of family-carers’ daily lives.
Jon Earle will be available for Q&A, post-screening conversation, and community events during his Auckland Doc Edge Festival visit in July 2026.
Watch the trailer here: https://www.featherstrength.com/#fsx-trailer
Read more about the film here: https://parent2parent.org.nz/news/featherstrength-living-the-life-you-didnt-plan-for/
Buy tickets here: https://docedge.nz/events/feather-strength/
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Where is it happening?
The Capitol Cinema, 610 Dominion Rd, Mount Eden, Auckland 1041, New Zealand, Auckland
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Host or PublisherParent to Parent (Auckland North)
