'In the late 1990's, Samantha Saunders was the first Manager of the Indigenous Branch at the Australian Film Commission [AFC] in Sydney... [She] was raised on an Aboriginal mission, Cherbourg in a remote area of Queensland.' In 2004 with AFC support, Saunders made her first short film
Turn Around
(q.v.). 'This film was highly praised by juries at the Clermont-Ferrand, Sundance, Festival de Cannes and Aspen film festivals.' Source: http://www.if.com.au/ (Sighted 08/07/10)
