How To Be Cool In Melbourne (2021)
This documentary program follows the intense transformation of Aretha from “awkward loner” to “cool person”, by talking to some of the coolest people ever known (in Melbourne), as she gains secret insider knowledge in hopes that they can help her to overcome being a social reject.
Directors: Aretha Brown, Sophia McKinnon.
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Aretha Brown as Self |
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Sophia McKinnon as Sonya Fowler |
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Joseph Doggett-Williams as Julian Chambers |
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Mabel Hutterer as Milly Peters |
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Myles Carew as Matthew Howe |
| Directing | Aretha Brown | Director |
| Directing | Sophia McKinnon | Director |
| Crew | Hannah Moffat | Cinematography |
| Crew | Heath McCullough | Cinematography |
| Editing | Tyler Bain | Editor |
| Writing | Aretha Brown | Writer |
| Writing | Sophia McKinnon | Writer |
| Art | Rebecca Suares-Jury | Location Scout |
| Costume & Make-Up | Rebecca Suares-Jury | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Ajak Chol | Music |