Episode #92 | Jub Clerc

Jub Clerc, director and co-writer of the uplifting coming-of-age road movie, Sweet As, joins the latest episode of the Cinema Australia Podcast. Sweet As follows troubled 16 year old Indigenous girl, Murra (Shantae Barnes-Cowan), who finds herself abandoned after an explosive incident with her addict mother played by Ngaire Pigram. On the cusp of being lost in the child protection system, an unusual lifeline is thrown her way by her uncle Ian (Mark Coles Smith), in the form of a unique photo safari. Before Murra knows it, she is careening down a dusty highway with a minibus full of at-risk teens and two charismatic team leaders. Will this be the lifeline Murra needs or the catalyst for her demise? Sweet As also stars Carlos Sanson Jr, Pedrea Jackson, Mikayla Levy, Andrew Wallace and Tasma Walton. Jub is from the Kimberley in WA where she currently resides. Graduating from WAAPA’S three year acting course, Jub spent many years in theatre before moving into film and television, working on award winning productions including The Circuit 1 & 2, Bran Nue Dae, Mad Bastards, Satellite Boy, Jasper Jones and Mystery Road Season 2. Jub has written and or directed short films, documentaries and tv series, and her debut play, The Fever and the Fret. In this interview, Jub discusses her upbringing and being surrounded by storytellers including Jimmy Chi and the Pigram Brothers, working on The Turning, the parallels between her real life experiences on her own photo safari and Sweet As, and much more. Anyway… enjoy.