Brišind has won various awards, from the City of Albuquerque to the TokyoInternational Film Festival. His short film, “Not In Our Name,” about the significance of the grizzly bear in Tribal cultures, is one of the only films ever to be entered into the Congressional Record of the United States.

Rain’s films “Somebody’s Daughter” and “Say Her Name” unravel many causes through the voices of family members who’ve lost loved ones and are demanding justice. They shed light on the history of violence towards Tribal women and relatives, a history that began with overt colonial violence and has become embedded in pervading racist thought and indifference, complicated today even more so by a maze of jurisdictions and legal loopholes.

Brišind’s films have been featured in “Oprah Magazine” on the “Dr. Phil Show” and on the highest-rated talk radio show in North America, “Coast-to-Coast AM.” In addition to filmmaking, he is a bestselling author.

Hip-hop pioneer, actor, and cultural icon, Ice-T, describes Brišind as “part poet, part prophet, and all truth-teller.” Brišind is an award-winning film director and author. The President of the International Romani Union (IRU), Zoran Dimov, describes Brišind as “one of our great Roma authors.” Brišind identifies as Roma (Kalderash, Manouche, and Romanichal tribal heritage) and has been included in popular lists of “notable Romani people.”