In partnership with Prevention United and 5% for Prevention
Presents
a free online screening
Superheroes
What if mental illness was preventable?
- November 12 – 18
- Watch any time
No cost, just your email
Watch any time during the week
[Watch after the film]
About the Film
Anxiety, depression, self-harm and suicide are rising among young people, and everyone has a theory about why. Australian journalist and mother Shannon Harvey went looking for the real answer.
Her search takes her around the world, from early childhood programs in Boston to trauma-informed schools in Nashville, from community hubs in Detroit to remote Himalayan villages in Nepal, and to schools in Adelaide rewriting the rules on technology and online safety.
What she finds is radical and hopeful. Mental illness is not inevitable. When protective factors like safety, connection and stable relationships outweigh the risks, children’s outcomes change, even in the hardest conditions.
Which means the question was never what is wrong with our children. It is what is wrong with the world around them, and what we are prepared to do about it.
Featuring world-leading experts in mental illness prevention
After the film
Join the Conversation
A special Q&A on what prevention looks like in real life, and what it will take to make it happen in Australia.
Streaming for free
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Free to watch
Don’t Stop at the Credits
Prevention is possible. Here are four ways to help make it happen.
START HERE
Raising Superheroes shows the solutions already exist. What’s missing is the funding.
Back the call for 5% for Prevention in the May 2027 budget.
Bring the film to your school, workplace or community.
Free screenings are available across Australia until March 2027.
Politicians pay attention to what their communities are talking about. Help make prevention impossible to ignore.
Our advocacy guide has everything you need.
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More About Movember
Movember is the leading charity changing the face of men’s health. What began with a handful of moustaches in Melbourne in 2003 has grown into a global movement that has funded hundreds of men’s health projects around the world.
Mental health and suicide prevention are at the centre of Movember’s work. It funds programs that help men and boys build strong relationships, talk openly about how they’re feeling and reach out for support when things get tough.
Movember knows that the foundations of good mental health are laid early, long before a crisis. That’s why it backs prevention that starts in childhood, supporting the parents, coaches, schools and communities who shape how boys grow up, so fewer of them ever reach the point of needing help.
- Founded in Melbourne, Australia, in 2003
- Funds mental health and suicide prevention programs for men and boys
- Supports parents, coaches and communities to help young people thrive
- Backs prevention that starts early, at home, at school and in sport
We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the lands across Australia on which we live and work, and pay our respects to Elders past and present. We recognise that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have cared for the wellbeing of children, families and communities on this land for more than 60,000 years.
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