Film Information
Year: 2023
Duration: 88'
Language: VOSC
Genre: Autobiographical documentary
Synopsis
Kindred (2023) is an autobiographical documentary that explores the emotional landscape of conflict arising from family unit division, separation, love, loss of members, and personal experience of social adaptation to circumstances arising from different forms of colonialism in contemporary society. Two friends, Adrian Russells Wills and Gillian Woody, of Aboriginal descent, were adopted by white families and, by reconnecting with their biological families years later, relive the trauma of separation and the difficulty of sharing their experiences.
Director
Adrian Russell Wills
Adrian Russell Wills has directed several standout short films such as Jackie Jackie and Bourke Boy (2010), which won the award for Best Indigenous Film at the St Kilda Film Festival in 2010. His documentaries also include some of Kindred‘s previous work (DGA nominee in 2023) such as Our Bush Wedding (2005) and Black Divaz (2018), not to mention his first original film Ginderella and directing Who’s Afraid as well as the film adaptation of Barbara & The Camp Dogs.
Gillian Woods
Gillian Woods has extensive experience in the film industry. In 2016, she co-produced Family Rules for NITV and in 2019 Nice Shorts with Bunya Productions. Her short film Ties That Bind won the Event Cinema Award for Best Screenplay at the 2019 Sydney Film Festival. The co-direction and co-production of Kindred (2023) is the most personal and recent project she has been involved with so far.
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