Director whose but feature film on children of gay parents beme the subject of enzied media bate says the episo was bisg, but ultimately valuable
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- GAYBY BABY'S DIRECTOR: THE ARE REAL KIDS THAT HAD TO GO TO SCHOOL ON WEDNDAY
- JOIN THE GAYBY FAMILY
- MAYA NEWELL ON 2015 AND GAYBY BABY: 'WE LEARNED SOME THGS NEED TO GET UGLY FOR CHANGE'
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Gayby Baby is a documentary about the experienc of kids wh same-sex parents. Told om the perspective of the kids, Gayby Baby is a film about the experienc of the newt generatn of gaybi, as well as a film about what fay the 21st century might mean to all. * gayby baby *
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JOIN THE GAYBY FAMILY. Even though her film Gayby Baby was not shown at Burwood girls high school as planned, the director spoke wh the stunts, all drsed purple, and celebrated Wear Purple Day wh 1, 800 purple cupk. They’d rather Gayby Baby was seen as entertament than as activism.
The story was acpanied by a ment piece headled: “Gay ph should be kept out of schools.
GAYBY BABY'S DIRECTOR: THE ARE REAL KIDS THAT HAD TO GO TO SCHOOL ON WEDNDAY
” She reportedly add: “The film is not phg a gay agenda – the only agenda my mums have is tryg to get my baby brother to sleep at night. ”She adds: “I hope that Gayby Baby is a gift to the next generatn of kids growg up same-sex fai.
”She’s reluctant to scribe Gayby Baby as an activist film, or herself as an activist film-maker, and wants to be seen as entertag.
We are a Gayby-Boom. Told om the perspective of the kids, Gayby Baby is timate and sometim humoro acunt of four children and their fai. Her recent film Growg Up Gayby, ma llaboratn wh Charlotte Mars, broadst on the Atralian Broadstg Corporatn (ABC) 2013.
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Maya has spent the last four years filmg the hom of children beg raised by gay and lbian parents.
Gayby Baby was selected for Good Pch Atralia 2014 and premier at Hot Docs, Toronto 2015. The Gayby Baby team is now rollg out a social impact mpaign to promote fay diversy schools and muni. Charlotte produced the ABC documentary Growg Up Gayby, the short drama From Here, which screened ternatnally, and she was also an gural ArtStart Screenwrg Fund recipient, a 2013 Spir of Youth Award falist and recipient of a Metro Screen grant to direct her short drama Awake, which premiered at Flickerft 2014.
In 2013 Charlotte found Marla Hoe wh Maya Newell and together they have ma the feature documentary Gayby Baby, which will make s premiere at Hot Docs 2015.
MAYA NEWELL ON 2015 AND GAYBY BABY: 'WE LEARNED SOME THGS NEED TO GET UGLY FOR CHANGE'
He was poser on Matchbox Pictur’ award-wng miseri Devil’s Playground and the feature documentary Gayby Baby. Andy was supported on Gayby Baby by:. Sce startg a fay she has supervised on three featur, I Frankenste, Manny and Elixir, and two feature docs, Only The Dead and Gayby Baby.
She is pecially proud to have been part of the Gayby Baby team.
The pany was found durg the makg of Gayby Baby out of a belief the transformative power of screen stori and the creative magic that happens when rebell women gather unr one roof. Her do Gayby Baby examed the liv of four children aged 11 or 12 raised by gay parents, premierg at the Hot Docs ftival Canada before pballg s way around the world’s film ftivals. ”Gayby Baby director Maya Newell wh producer Charlotte Mars.
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Lost the anti-gay polil rhetoric were the voic of the children, says Newell, who has two lbian mothers. ”Raised the “gay-iendly bubble” of Sydney’s ner-wt, Newell says she was “more likely to brag about havg gay parents than be bullied at school”.
On 26 Augt, Sydney’s Daily Telegraph ran a ont-page story: “Gay class uproar: parents outraged as Sydney school swaps lsons for PC movie ssn. (The tn partment later said no parents had plaed) that day, New South Wal tn mister Adrian Picli directed the school to move the screeng of Gayby Baby to outsi school had not been ntacted by the journalists for ment.