Podcasts about Gayby Baby

Matt Young is an American-born, Australian stage and screen actor living in Australia. Matt is best known for his television appearance as navigator James Cook in the multiple award winning CAPTAIN COOK:  OBSESSION AND DISCOVERY for Australia's ABC, and the ground breaking documentary GAYBY BABY, which premiered at Canada's Hot Docs before its festival, theatrical and television releases in Australia and internationally. A former Broadway dancer, Matt toured the USA, Canada and Europe in musicals including ON THE TOWN, A CHORUS LINE and WEST SIDE STORY.  He was in the original Australian casts of THE PRODUCERS , YANK! and the self devised CIRCUS CARNIVALE CABARET. As an Australian theatre actor, highlights include playing Jack Cole in GOODBYE MISS MONROE, Jeffre Skilling in ENRON, Joseph in Campion Decent's THREE WINTERS GREEN, Bruno in Guillem Clua's SMILEY and Max Bialystock in THE PRODUCERS, The Mel Brooks Musical. Matt is a private acting coach, and the founder of Tukuna Acting Club in Suva, Fiji.  He has been the screen acting trainer for Film Fiji, speaker coach for TEDxSuva and show producer for Fiji Fashion Week.He made his film choreography debut with Mitch Davis's THE OTHER SIDE OF HEAVEN 2.  He was the Fiji casting director for the 2020 Netflix hit series #blackAF.  He is the host of THE STORY CHUNDER, a live event and podcast recorded at Brisbane's BackDock Arts.  He also serves as an occasional co-host for the podcast THRASH 'N TREASURE.In 2023,  Matt will serve as director/choreographer for Central Queensland Conservatorium of Music's production of SONG CONTEST, THE ALMOST EUROVISION EXPERIENCE.   More info: https://www.mattyoungactor.com/

Maya Newell is a documentary filmmaker in Sydney whose body of work is a beautiful testament to the power of documentary to engender empathy. Her first feature documentary, Gayby Baby, followed the experiences of children of same-sex parents, and her second, In My Blood It Runs, is a cinematic portrait of a young Indigenous boy in central Australia - it was selected for the Sundance Music and Sound Design Lab. Often working with her participants as credited collaborators, Maya's documentaries are emotionally stunning and politically vital. Her most recent film, The Dreamlife of Georgie Stone, is a half-hour Netflix Original following teenage trans activist Georgie Stone. In this interview, we chatted about her beginnings in video art, the experience of recording an orchestral score for In My Blood It Runs at Skywalker Sound, and how she and Georgie Stone discovered a format and tone that would suit Georgie's story. More about The Dreamlife of Georgie Stone here Follow us on Facebook Follow me on Instagram @alfiefaber and on Letterboxd @alfiefaber

In My Blood It Runs was made and distributed through a deeply collaborative process between the filmmaking team and the communities in the film, which this episode dives into. The acclaimed documentary was directed by Maya Newell who has previously directed the 2015 film Gayby Baby which streamed on Netflix. Rachel Edwardson, producer, is a Native from Alaska and her documentary series on the history of the Iñupiaq was the first all-native produced and directed history series in the United States.

Hey kids, this week our hormones are all aflutter cause we are BABY CRAZY!! First up, we Ru-cap last week's Drag Race and we ponder why Kandy Muse, who coincidentally looks like a giant baby, still has not gotten sent home!! Then we take on a new "Is This Problematic" and consider how someone as unremarkable as Prince Philip could be considered a deity by certain Native peoples. (Answer: Colonialism). Then it's time for a new Stupid Quiz we're calling "Baby Truth", and that leads us into this week's Pop Culture Moment: the recent announcement that Tan France and his husband are expecting a child! This takes us down the rabbit hole as we consider baby culture and how we childless folk can possibly navigate a world of endless baby books, playdates, and instagram updates. As always, we end the episode with these week's ConsQUEERacies: Caitlin starts putting together what's really behind her obsession with peanut butter. And Jordan wonders how much control Amazon truly has over his life. (Answer: Total). The truth is here. The truth is queer. And she just made a doo-doo in her diapies. 

In this episode, Asabi & Ness chat with actor, dancer, and podcast host Matt Young. They discuss Matt's extensive career as a dancer on Broadway, moving to Australia, and opening an acting school in Fiji, and the impetus behind his podcast, The Story Chunder. They also discuss Matt's involvement with the Netflix series, #BlackAF and the documentary Gayby Baby.Wine & Sympathy is a That's Not Canon production and is sponsored by Naked Wines Australia.Theme song, Ready to Go, by Lecia Louise.Social Links:Facebook - www.facebook.com/winesympathyInstagram - www.instagram.com/winesympathyTwitter - www.twitter.com/sympathywineWeb - www.winesympathy.pageTranscripts - winesympathy.tumblr.comMusic by Lecia Louise - www.lecialouise.comGuest Links:Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/matt.young.fan.page/Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/mattyoungactor/Website - https://www.mattyoungactor.comThe Story Chunder Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/thestorychunder/Subscribe to us on ITUNES, STITCHER, SPOTIFY, RADIOPUBLIC or your podcatcher of choice.Find us on FACEBOOK, TWITTER or INSTAGRAM.Become a Patron of That’s Not Canon Productions at Patreon! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The Lighthouse + 73 Questions with Greta Gerwig, Gayby Baby director Maya Newell is on the show to discuss her new film In My Blood It Runs. An Under the Skin TV show is rumoured, Billie Eilish is going to perform at the Oscars and, Tiffany Haddish will star in Paul Schrader's new film.

A funny book about growing up in a family with two mums inspired by Gus Skattebol-James' story in the award-winning documentary, Gayby Baby. I love wrestling. When I grow up, I want to be just like my wrestling heroes: big and tough, with really huge muscles. The only problem is, my mums don't like fighting... A funny story about identity, family and dressing up, inspired by the award-winning documentary, Gayby Baby. 'Big hearted, bold and beautiful. For any parent who knows there is no "right way" to make a family, and for any kid who knows there is no "right way" to be yourself.' Ben Law, author of The Family Law Maya Newell grew up with two mums in a little cottage in the Inner West of Sydney. Every year, they would dress up and march in the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras - in her family, the parade was better than Christmas! From a young age knew she wanted to be a storyteller. She picked up a camera and realised this was the tool she could use to show (not tell) beautiful and bold tales that could open up new worlds to the masses who were blind-hearted. Charlotte Mars is from the Blue Mountains and her childhood was spent creating imaginary worlds in the bush. It was not unexpected that those imaginary worlds would one day inspire her to write and make films of her own. Even now, Charlotte still dips into them, and can often be found getting lost in her head and talking to herself. Some days she feels like a woman, some days she doesn't, so Charlotte loves stories that speak to gender diverse identities and experiences. Maya and Charlotte spent 8 years making a film about the experiences of children in same-sex attracted families, Gayby Baby. To get the film and its messages out there in the world, Maya and Charlotte did all kinds of funny things - they once crashed a TV talk show, another time they staked-out a morning news show to try and get on air, and one time they made a live video from a rollercoaster! Even when fighting for important issues, they always try to have fun. They also took the film, and a group of Gaybies, to share stories and discuss policy with our nation's leaders at state and federal parliaments. One of the kids they followed around for 3 years making Gayby Baby, is their co-author, Gus Skattebol-James. These days, Gus isn't obsessed with wrestling, but he is a black belt in Aikido (a Japanese martial art) and is mad about skateboarding. Now that Gus is almost a grown up, he is finishing his HSC exams and next year he wants to travel the world. Tom Jellett has illustrated a number of books for children including Whale in the Bath by Kylie Westaway, The Gobbledygook is Eating a Book by Justine Clarke and Arthur Baysting, and My Dad Thinks He's Funny by Katrina Germein. Tom has also been included in the Editorial and Book category for Illustrators 53 and exhibited at the Society of Illustrators, New York in 2011 and 2013.

Wrestle tells the story of a boy named Gus. Gus just loves wrestling! Gus loves wrestling so much he wants to dress up as a wrestler for Mardis Gras. But Gus’s mums aren’t sure about this. They think wrestlers show a particularly violent picture of masculinity and they don’t want Gus to grow up thinking he can use violence to solve problems. But Gus just loves wrestling!What follows is a beautiful story about a family working together on a problem that means so much to each of them…

This week’s Breakfasters offer hard-hitting discussions and light-hearted conversations. We start off in the serious corner as the show is visited by Kassem Eid, who talks about the Arab Spring, his life prior to the war and his book “My Country: A Syrian Memoir”. All eyes are on R Kelly after a six-part documentary Surviving R Kelly (2019) investigates the sexual abuse allegations against him, and US film producer Tamra Simmons joins the Breakfasters to discuss the difficulties involved in making the series. “Wrestle!” is a new children’s picture book from the creator of award-winning documentary Gayby Baby (2016), and Maya Newell is in the studio to discuss growing up with LGBTQ parents, the lack of LGBTQ representation in children's books and what it is like co-writing a book with a seventeen-year-old. To celebrate International Women’s Day, Geraldine and Sarah are joined by Fee B Squared to talk about the first time they got their periods. And finally, Friday Funny Bugger wraps it all up with Laura Dunemann and her list of Top Ten Influential Women.

When it comes to books about different families, many can be moralistic. Maya Newell, director of the documentary Gayby Baby wanted to make a book for kids that was both inclusive and fun. Together with producer Charlotte Mars and Gus Skatte Bol-James (one of the children featured in Gayby Baby) she set about creating Wrestle. She explains why it's different to other books, and why it may signal an end to the journey begun with the Gayby Baby project.

It's Friday which means it's time for our family life show This Glorious Mess. Andrew Daddo is back from Antartica and he's making claims that white noise is a gateway drug for babies. He also had a dilemma with a neck warmer while he was away and he needs to talk about it.  Meanwhile, Holly is still having some trouble with the stick insects she bought her daughter and her house has turned into the Dragon cave from Game Of Thrones.  And Maya Newell, the producer of the acclaimed documentary Gayby Baby joins us to talk about her new book, Wrestle! You can find it here: https://www.booktopia.com.au/wrestle--maya-newell/prod9781760296810.html  CONTACT US Your hosts are Holly Wainwright and Andrew Daddo Share your nail or fail by leaving us a message on 02 8999 9386. Or fling us an e-mail: tgm@mamamia.com.au This podcast was produced by Elissa Ratliff and Rachael Hart This Glorious Mess is a podcast by Mamamia. Explore more Mamamia podcasts: https://www.mamamia.com.au/podcasts    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Great Conversations features interviews with authors and writers, exploring books, writing and literary culture from Australia and the world.Today's episode features Maya Newell discussing a new book for children she has co-authored with Gayby Baby collaborators Charlotte Mars, as well as the documentary’s poster boy Gus Skattebol-James and illustrator Tom Jellet.Wrestle tells the story of a boy named Gus. Gus just loves wrestling! Gus loves wrestling so much he wants to dress up as a wrestler for Mardis Gras. Gus’s mums aren’t sure about this. They think wrestlers show a particularly violent picture of masculinity and they don’t want Gus to grow up thinking he can use violence to solve problems. But Gus just loves wrestling!Wrestle is a beautiful story about a family working together on a problem that means so much to each of them…

In this episode we welcome back guests Sadie Epstein-Fine and Makeda Zook. We first heard a little from these two a year ago in a Pride-month episode called Growing Up with Same-Sex Parents, a special collaboration with TVO and the documentary Gayby Baby. But there is so much more I want to share with you from those conversations. And now these two friends have co-edited a book called Spawning Generations: Rants and Reflections on Growing up with LGBTQ+ Parents. We get into the complicated phenomenon of the “Poster Child Syndrome” experienced by some of the kids who grew up with the first generation of out and proud same-sex parents. And we talk about why it's so important to centre the stories of so-called Queerspawn, the children of LGBTQ+ parents whose perspectives we haven't heard enough. Show Notes Love our work? Please check out our Patreon Campaign! Become a patron of the show for as little as $1 per month

It all began with a tropical jumpsuit! I On the eve of their US iTunes release, director Maya Newell and producer Charlotte Mars tell the story of how they met and what inspired them to make their powerful and poignant documentary GAYBY BABY. And that was the realization that in the midst of the debate over marriage equality that the missing voice in the conversation was that of the children raised by same sex parents. We discuss the NSW schools screening controversy and the subsequent media maelstrom surrounding the Australian release. tThey share the amazing social impact campaigns in conjunction with Safe Schools program they are about to launch! We have a chuckle over the crowdfunding stunts they pulled which allowed them to raise over $100K on Pozible - yeah, you read that right! - popping into Pixar and the joy of celebrating the film at Mardi Gras this year! 

This episode was recorded at the 2015 AACTA and OzDox Documentary panel, with the filmmakers of the documentaries Women He’s Undressed, The Cambodian Space Project, Sherpa, Gayby Baby and That Sugar Film. Special thanks to AACTA, OzDox and AFTRS for this episode.

A couple of weeks ago a Sydney public school decided to run an event to support LGBTI kids featuring a small documentary about four Australian kids with gay parents. A disgruntled scripture teacher, a conservative newspaper columnist and a scared state government combined to ban the film from screening in schools during class time. With the kind of publicity only censorship can bring, the filmmakers have been able to secure a much wider release. Last week we saw the film and interviewed the director Maya Newell and the producer Charlotte Mars.

This week the panel discuss how the Daily Telegraph got documentary Gayby Baby banned from NSW schools, the “first social media murder” of two TV journalists in the US, and Peter Greste’s second conviction in an Egyptian court. With Kate Doak, Gina Rushton (The Australian) and Michael Safi (Guardian Australia). Hosted by Jack Fisher. Follow 2SER & Fourth Estate: www.2ser.com/fourthestate www.twitter.com/fourthestateau www.facebook.com/fourthestateau Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the contributors and do not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of The Walkley Foundation

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This week the panel discuss how the Daily Telegraph got documentary Gayby Baby banned from NSW schools, the "first social media murder" of two TV journalists in the US, and Peter Greste's second conviction in an Egyptian court. With Kate Doak, Gina Rushton (The Australian) and Michael Safi (Guardian Australia). Also featuring Piers Akerman. Hosted by Jack Fisher. Fourth Estate is produced by 2SER 107.3 radio in Sydney and is broadcast across the Community Radio Network in Australia.

Thanh Hằng and Sasha review two queer films screening at Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) 2015!From sleeping soldiers in Apichatpong Weerasethakul's Cemetery of Splendour to Maya Newell's Australian documentery Gayby Baby. 

"I think it's okay to lie about having two dads." "It's not normal. You're not normal. They're the kind of things which go around my head." When we discuss marriage equality and the impact of same-sex parents on children's development, why don't we talk to the kids? Gayby Baby brings out a rarely-sought perspective. On today's episode we have a chat with Maya Newell, director of the film. The sold-out premiere is this Friday night as part of the Sydney Film Festival. Wanna watch it? Keep checking the website for the next opportunity!