Entertainment community calls for support amid existential crisis

In a heartrending video, entertainers and artists express despair over the lack of government support as the pandemic threatens their careers.

In a promotional video organised by entertainer James Bustar, artists from a range of disciplines express their loneliness, despair, and a deepening concern that the arts are being overlooked for government support during the last 18 months of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The video allows artists whose careers have been directly impacted by the pandemic to share their stories directly, in their own words.

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