Under Streetlights was inspired by a hip-hop song by a young Indigenous rapper.
It started with a hip-hop song that Alice Springs legal aid solicitor turned filmmaker Danielle Loy heard after arriving home from a long day at work three years ago., about a time in his childhood when his struggling family had to sleep under a street light in a park to feel safe. He wanted to know if she would direct a music video for it.“I listened to this song about 1am and I just froze in my tracks,” Loy said. “I was just so moved by its words, its poetry.
Harvey, 26, plays Izak, an Indigenous rapper whose fractured family is dealing with poverty, racism and alcoholism. As well as helping him cope, music is a chance to have a different life. “With the added crime and violence around Alice Springs, people are just not wanting to park their cars and come out in the evening, not only to the cinema but to other local attractions restaurants,” she said. “ those that see it have got nothing but good things to say about it ... It has so much heart.”
Instead of casting established actors, Loy thought it would be more authentic if Harvey and Hull drew on their own lives and music.
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