SYNOPSIS

Family violence is a national crisis in Australia, and after 8 years as a leading advocate in the spotlight — Rosie Batty is turning her attention towards young people. Rosie works with teenagers to put the theories of family violence prevention into action: challenging stereotypes, raising their voices and talking about respect.

But stopping violence before it starts is confronting, long-term work, and challenging the social conditioning of individual teenagers reveals the hard questions we must grapple with as a nation. SPEAKING OUT OF SCHOOL is an intimate collective portrait that follows Rosie and the teenagers, and reveals that only by challenging entrenched attitudes can we imagine a future free from violence.