Soaring prices, rental stress and intergenerational inequality are fuelling new films, books and plays, including Birthright and Kill Your Boomers
“I wanna go home,” sobs a heavily pregnant woman, sitting in a car stacked with her and her husband’s worldly possessions. “I want a home.”
This isn’t a scene from one of the parks, campgrounds or parking lots around the country that have become an alarming symbol of Australia’s housing crisis. It’s from Birthright, a new Australian film about a millennial couple, Jasmine (Maria Angelico) and Cory (Travis Jeffery), who are facing parenthood and homelessness at the same time.