Colonialism has left many scars on our collective knowledge and history. The impacts on our past, present, and future are complex, leaving many of us feeling overwhelmed. Indigenous Voices, Community Action aims to increase knowledge, share stories, and foster understanding and reconciliation in our community.
Join us for an evening screening of a collection of Indigenous short films, all of which demonstrates a variety of different lived experiences. The Indigenous filmmakers in this collection all produced works that touch on the wide experiences of identity, family, gender, and art that exists in different communities and regions throughout the country.
Films in this screening will include:
My Indian Name, Darryl Nepinak (6 min)
Director Darryl Nepinak documents his journey on receiving his Indian name.
Red Path, Therese Ottawa (15 min)
A young Indigenous man reconnects with his roots through dancing in a powwow.
Stories are in Our Bones, Janine Windolph (11 min)
A mother takes her city-raised sons fishing with their kokum (grandmother), while rebuilding their connection to their homeland.
Evan’s Drum, Ossie Michlin (15 min)
An adventurous young boy and his mother share a passion for Labrador Inuit drum dancing.
Deb-we-win Ge-ken-am-aan, Our Place in the Circle, Lorne Olson (22 min)
Director Lorne Olson rediscovers the strengths of the past as he works on recreating a vision he had of two-spirited people dancing and laughing.