Get to know screenplay writer, Riwia McKenzie Brown, as I sit down and chat with her about the trials and tribulations that come with being an Indigenous woman in the film industry.
Riwia McKenzie Brown has worked in the film industry for an approximate 30 years, and was responsible for the award-winning film adaption of Alan Duff’s novel, Once Were Warriors, that was released in 1994 – which highlights the story, and unfortunately tragic reality for many women, of domestic violence in a family home. When it comes to discussing the struggles of women in the industry, there is no woman, or film, more appropriate for the job than Brown & her and Lee Tamahori’s screen adaption of Once Were Warriors.