Sometimes it’s the simplest of stories that utterly disarm you. Like dropping in on the everyday life of the family at the heart of [CENSORED] filmmaker Sari Braithwaite’s latest documentary Because We Have Each Other, which has just debuted at the Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF).
There are many such moments in the film, but none quite so gobsmacking as a dusting down between Buddha and his eldest son Brendan, who works with him in his car repair shop. There are layers to why this scene cuts so deep. ‘Obviously, it was very difficult to film that moment, but afterwards, Brendan really felt it was really important,’ Braithwaite says of the decision to include it. ‘He was like, “I messed up”. And in all of his capacity to be open and vulnerable, that’s why it’s such a gift.’
