Sheena Irving

In a world full of apps and easy sex, we take glimpse into the lives of several LGBTQIA+ people as they chase after physical and emotional connection.

Blind Bitter Happiness captures the messy awkwardness of family life, the hard and hilarious truths of childhood, and the hilarity in our seemingly banal everyday battles.

Follows the misadventures of our hero, Suzy, who is trying to find where she belongs in New Zealand.

Through first-hand accounts and dramatic re-enactments, the survivors of historic systemic abuse at Auckland’s Dilworth School bravely tell their stories.