About this Short Film
Puppet maker Peta Lipski is a prolific artist with a disability who makes hundreds of puppets all with personalities and voices. Peta sings and dances her way around the local op shops as she looks for materials to make her hand-made puppets and perform puppet shows all over the Northern Rivers. Peta hand draws her life story in photograph albums with descriptive captions including her father drowning. As an artist with multiple disabilities, Peta expresses herself through her puppet making, drawings, story writing and performing as a dancer and singer
Film Details
Country:
Australia
State:
New South Wales
Category:
Open Entrant Documentaries
Genre:
Personal Story
Festival Year:
2026
Filmmaker:
Andy Bambach
Film Transcript
The white box it my baby. I make that me all I am and find the mouth and open not move and the mouth and move it not talking not a puppet. I can't see you on it let go with the rain. I believe the art is it make me feel more happy.
I have been doing that photo about my family. I have been writing about my life story and the family history when I'm a baby right up here where my father passed away in the water. My father round of the man in that black diamond. I think that might be wonderful for me to make a bit of my family by dancing it my life the way I feel.
I never have no m and I want to do and dancing. I feel great. I feel happy. I thought I feel alive. I don't think I'll be stopping doing all the dancing and all that artwork and I hoping and people will laugh me.
Filmmaker
Andy Bambach is the filmmaker behind this entry. See every Focus on Ability entry from Andy Bambach.
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