Naragebup (2023), film still

Naragebup

2023 • Open Entrant Documentaries
Filmmaker: Jayden Meakins

About this Short Film

#Animals #Employment Related #Individual #Intellectual Disability #Young Adult

Naragebup, by Jayden Meakins (Australia, 2023), is a short film that explores themes of animals, employment and young adulthood within the context of intellectual disability. Presented at the Focus on Ability International Short Film Festival, it showcases the abilities, experiences and achievements of people with disability. The film offers an intimate, grounded view that encourages reflection on work, companionship and independence without simplifying its subjects. It is a quietly powerful addition to our program, reminding audiences of the variety of ways people navigate everyday life and pursue purpose. We are proud to present it.

Film Details

Country: Australia
Category: Open Entrant Documentaries
Genre: Personal Story
Festival Year: 2023
Filmmaker: Jayden Meakins

Film Transcript

My name's Jayden, I work with the Periscope Group and I also work for the Rockingham Environmental Centre where I also look after animals and care for them. These are community gardens and we let people plant whatever they want in there. These are jumbo stick insects, they can grow twice as big as they are normally. These are actual bones from actual animals, so this is an actual turtle bone. This is the reptile display where we have snakes, lizards and frogs. I'm just trying to make sure, I think this one is the one with the bad neck. We've got a couple of lowies, we've got a bander shark, a spied whale and a cobbler fish. We do workshops here, we also have parties in this room and this is where I have my 21st speech. These guys like to accidentally eat my finger. These are our bobtails or witch bugs if you want to say it another way. We have about four bobtails here and the thing that bobtails do is they can store, they're the only reptiles that can store food in their tails for months. This is where we use the four bobtails to keep away the bugs.

Filmmaker

Jayden Meakins is the filmmaker behind this entry. See every Focus on Ability entry from Jayden Meakins.

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20 comments
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Leeanne Miller 26/08/2023

Great job..very informative and such a great video.

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Libbi Mai Onion 25/08/2023

Great work Jayden

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Jaimee Tonkin 24/08/2023

Well done Jay

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Hayley Edwards 23/08/2023

Awesome effort Jayden

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Dewar Lesley 23/08/2023

Loved your video. It's informative and gives a good overview of your activities caring for the wildlife well done

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Graeme Tonkin 22/08/2023

Great work

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Julie Higham 21/08/2023

Great job Jayden

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Louise Grant 19/08/2023

Thanks Jayden really enjoyed your short film

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Chloe Meakins 19/08/2023

Crack up everytime at the frog incident well done buddy

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James Bingham 19/08/2023

Amazing work.

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Wayne Bingham 19/08/2023

Very informative short film.Great work

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Wendy Hughes 19/08/2023

Great film Jayden it looks like a fantastic place.

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Stephenie Fielding 18/08/2023

Well done Jayden

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MARK BARRITT 18/08/2023

Great work Jayden

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Alexa Bunschoten 18/08/2023

I really enjoyed this film full of fascinating facts Congratulations Jayden

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Michael Genovese 17/08/2023

Confident with that snake

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Tam Ponton 17/08/2023

Jaden has done a great job getting this film completed so other viewers can appreciate some of our native creatures and wildlife. He has put a lot of thought into the production giving as much information as possible for others to understand what happens at Naragebup centre. We done Jaden.

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Catherine Kolomyjec 17/08/2023

Such an awesome film Jayden that really shows off your amazing workplace - and how much you love working there. Great editing as well - Congratulations.

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Troy Reberger 17/08/2023

This is such a great flim to show people this great place within the center and outside and outsideand what's their to see .Thank you Jayden.

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Ella Kolomyjec 16/08/2023

Amazing Jay You are a legend

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