ABOUT THE FILMMAKERS

Dewi (day-wee) Sungai Marquis-Houston is a mixed-race Native Bornean mother, wife, and filmmaker who was born in Indonesia, adopted as an infant by white American parents, renamed “Amy," and raised in the U.S. in white suburbia. Dewi's experiences as a transracial adoptee led her to a filmmaking career that centers marginalized voices and challenges narratives spun from white supremacy culture and colonialist worldviews. As an Indigenous transnational adoptee, being in community and collaborating with Native people across the U.S. has helped her heal from the impact of colonization on her own life and lineage.

Dewi’s life+creative partner, Jason Houston, is a photographer, cinematographer, and father with a deep reverence for this land, its people, and his pre-colonized European ancestors. He is committed to art and action that seeks to deconstruct colonial worldviews and dismantle white supremacy culture.

In 2021, she and her life+creative partner, Jason Houston, founded eight16 creative, under which they produce creative nonfiction films and photography and champion sovereign storytelling in local and Native communities around the world.