163 {Andreea Kindryd} The impact of sexual assault and suicide on self worth

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Trigger warning: sexual assault

Every now and then I encounter someone who has lived a life that is so much bigger and jam packed than you could expect. That means it comes with more than a few highs and more than a few challenges. That is very much the case for Andreea Kindryd whose early childhood was marked by moments of sexual assault, trauma and racism. Andreea went from working with Martin Luther King, Jr, Malcolm X and Maulana Karenga in Los Angeles, to work on radio stations in Chicago and New York, and then back to LA joining the crew on TV’s Star Trek.  In 1974, she finally settled in Australia where she was able to make her own films.  Her first film, Sunrise… Awakening, won awards and changed opinions. Andreea joined with the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander’s NAISDA Dance College and helped launch Bangarra Dance Theatre. She was selected as an Australian presenter by TED during their global,14 city, six continent search for voices and ideas the world needs to hear.

In this episode she shares:

• Her childhood experiences as the only black student at her Catholic school
• The impact of her mother’s fear-driven parenting style on her self-image
• Navigating teenage challenges, including early relationships and societal expectations
• Her experiences with coercive control land sexual assault
• Her involvement in the Civil Rights Movement alongside figures like Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X
• The evolution of her career in entertainment and the significance of representation, particularly in projects like Star Trek
• The rejection she experienced trying to make it was a woman in Hollywood
• The turning point in her life and the writing of her deeply personal book, From Slavery to the Stars

 

Key Quotes

 ”You can't go and tell people that you've just been raped, I guess. So I didn't tell my mother, and then I hated my mother because she didn't know what I hadn't told her so she didn’t respond.”

 

More Information about Ande

You can find out more about Ande and her book via her website.

 

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