Amanda Strong · 2018 · 19m
In this short stop-motion animation Biidaaban sets out to harvest sap from Sugar Maples, working in continuum with Sabe, and other spirit beings.
Part of the First Peoples, First Screens 2 collection
The screening will be followed by a short discussion moderated by Kelsey Roote of OPIRG Peterborough.
Join us for a powerful film screening led by WARRIOR WOMEN followed by four amazing short films about & by Indigenous women in so-called Canada. Despite the genocide Indigenous peoples continue to face, these women are leading social movements that we all need to know and support.
The screening will be followed by a short discussion moderated by Kelsey Roote of OPIRG Peterborough.
This is a co-screening between OPIRG Peterborough and Cinema Politica as part of their special program, First Peoples First Screens, that showcases Indigenous socially-engaged filmmaking from across Turtle Island, with a focus on this country colonially known as Canada.
The First Peoples First Screens Ontario Tour is generously supported by the Ontario Arts Council.
In this short stop-motion animation Biidaaban sets out to harvest sap from Sugar Maples, working in continuum with Sabe, and other spirit beings.
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An exploration of what it means to balance a movement with motherhood and how activist legacies are passed down from generation to generation.