IN MY OWN WORDS
In My Own Words is a feature length documentary that follows the journey of adult Aboriginal students and their teachers as they discover the transformative power of reading and writing for the first time in their lives. In Australia today between 40–65 percent of Aboriginal adults are functionally illiterate in English. But out in north west New South Wales moves are afoot to whittle away at this appalling statistic, and give hope to some of the most marginalised people in our country.
CAST
Mary Waites, Clarence Gibbs, Janelle Frail, Jose Chala Leblanch, Kurt Waites, Narelle Reynolds, Deborah Durnan, Noelene Murphy, Norman Bloomfield, Douglas Koori Sullivan, Anthony Verall, Connie Shillingsworth, Janine Murphy, John Barker
CREDITS
Writer/Director: Erica Glynn
Producer: Darren Dale
Production Company: Screen NSW & Blackfella Films
DOP: Simon Morris
Additional DOP: Michael Steel
Editor: Karryn De Cinque ASE
Composer: Michael Yezerski
AWARDS
2017 AACTA Awards
NOMINATED Best Documentary Television Program
2017 ASE Awards
NOMINATED Best Editing in a Non-Feature
2018 Ozflix Awards
NOMINATED Best Achievement in Indigenous Film Making
