Nathaniel is an award-winning Australian/American film director who recently co-directed his first feature documentary, THE LAST DAUGHTER, with Wiradjuri author Brenda Matthews, which won the

Brenda Matthews is a proud Wiradjuri woman living in Bundjalung Country, Queensland, Australia. Brenda is a mother, a grandmother, a poet, a writer, a speaker

Emily Kassie is an Emmy® and Peabody®-nominated investigative journalist and filmmaker. Kassie shoots, directs and reports stories on geopolitical conflict, humanitarian crises, corruption and the

Julian Brave NoiseCat is a writer, filmmaker and student of Salish art and history. His first documentary, SUGARCANE, directed alongside Emily Kassie, follows an investigation

Winslow and Cecilia are the husband and wife duo behind Sideyard Studios. Winslow’s first feature film The Quiet Epidemic was selected at over 20 festivals

About YDA Founded in 2014, the Youth Documentary Academy (YDA) trains young people how to locate stories from their lived experiences and direct their own