EVOLUTIONARY Films will be hosting an “Event Screening” of upcoming feature Acceptable Damage at Harlow Cineworld Cinemas alongside Q&A sessions with cast members & Producer/Writer Fiona Whitelaw, and Director Lavinia Simina.

It will take place at 6pm on Sunday March 3rd.

Local organisations and community groups that work with young people and those with learning difficulties are being invited to attend and take part in the conversation about the themes of the film.

Katy, an Aspergic teenager dreams of becoming a ‘Rock Star’. Three things stand in her way. She is being harassed by a gang of ex school friends. Her mother Lucy is so keen to protect her from abuse that she restricts her freedom.

Katy is unaware that her boyfriend Roxy is one of the gang. Gang leader Rabbit wants to make Katy feel as low as he has been made to feel by the world around him. When Katy sings live she feels that the future she has planned is on it’s way. But when the gang break into her house and she sees Roxy with them, the situation escalates. Lucy frantically calls the police. Katy responds wildly by attacking one of them. She is arrested and taken to the police station alone. Katy wants Roxy to choose between her and Rabbit. But has his loyalty come too late?

Producer/Writer, Fiona Whitelaw said: “Telling stories that have not been told in voices of those who are not always listened to, is my passion as a writer. People being ‘othered’ because of difference can be destructive to everyone involved.

“Too often those in authority do not recognise the needs of the individual in front of them and this causes unacceptable damage to all involved.

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