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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Entertainment
Steve Dow

Del Kathryn Barton: ‘I was totally unprepared for how much the story would re-trigger me’

Archibald prizewinner artist Del Kathryn Barton says she hopes her first feature film, Blaze, shows people how to help, and listen to, those who have been traumatised.
Archibald prizewinning artist Del Kathryn Barton hopes her first feature film, Blaze, shows people how to help and listen to those who have been traumatised. Photograph: Eugene Hyland/NGV

Del Kathryn Barton thought she was psychologically resilient enough to make a film that was informed by a traumatic experience from her own life.

She was mistaken.

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