Presented in partnership with the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, ACMI’s Being Seen on Screen: The Importance of Representation Conference pulled back the curtain on how Australia’s intersectional society is represented across the screen. 

On Hannah Bradford’s first day of high school, she experiences all the usual excitement and fear associated with this transition, but her first day is especially significant: Hannah is transgender, and it’s the first time she will wear a girl’s school uniform and go by her chosen name, rather than the boy’s name she was given at birth.

Both series of First Day can now be acquired for broadcast worldwide, with the Australian Children’s Television Foundation securing the international distribution rights for Series 2.

A four-part sequel to the Emmy Award winning first series First Day is now available to educators via the ACTF Shop.

Unconscious bias starts a young age and is informed partly by the stories that we engage with. The female characters depicted in children’s screen stories can help the audience understand and embrace the diversity of girls and women in ‘real life’.