The story he shares is about how he met an aboriginal women who also lost her son and carries around a book she wrote called a piece of me; the book talks about how she lost her son because of drug addiction.
This book has a similar story to Michael and his wife, thus, he believes that this story needs to be told.
Looped with flash backs of the past and present we delve into a magical dream like sense of story telling.
My name is Justin Rhys Grant I am a Walrpiri/ Jawoyn man and a film director. I began my career in the film industry 11 years ago. Initially as an actor with a Diploma of Theatre Arts from Victoria University; I then went on as a writer and progressed into completing my Masters of Film and T.V. also at Victoria University.
I graduated in 2018 with Honour Marks and won special Recognition Award for my graduating film – A Piece of Us. I was also nominated for a Victorian Indigenous Performing Arts Award in 2013 for Dingoes Baby which I acted in.
I was born in Katherine – NT and grew up listening to my Elders sharing with me their dream time stories from a young age. They always taught me that a story is gifted to you and you must honour it’s life and respect it as a gift to you in your life journey. I am now a story teller for Film and T.V.; currently I’m working on five short films in Adelaide and a music video clip in Melbourne. I have started my own company called Witchenini Entertainment. Within this company we offer Indigenous protocol training for all staff in order to gather and collect traditional stories in the right way, following the lore of communities. We hold high the cultural protocols and respect for each and every Indigenous People treating them as individuals.