Shane Belcourt · 2013 · 11m
A poetic exploration of the multi-generational affects of Canada's Indian Residential School system, based on the personal trials of playwright Yvette Nolan.
Part of the First Peoples, First Screens 2 collection
- Cinema Politica Network
Monday, Sep. 19, 7:00pm
FIRST PEOPLES, FIRST SCREENS 2: Decolonizing Memory
Join co-hosts OPIRG Kingston and Cinema Politica to watch a cluster of films from the First Peoples, First Screens 2022 program that showcases Indigenous socially engaged filmmaking from across Turtle Island, with a focus on the country known as Canada. This dynamic cluster, Decolonizing Memory, explores past Indigenous lives, moments, struggles and experiences, to re-imagine a more just present, and a more Indigenous-shaped future.
The First Peoples First Screens Ontario Tour is generously supported by the Ontario Arts Council.
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Sky Hopinka · 2018 · 11m
A beautiful act of mythmaking and a trance-like meditation on arrivals, departures, and ascendance.
Part of the First Peoples, First Screens 2 collection
Amanda Strong · 2016 · 13m
An animated short that explores the reclamation of language and Nationhood and peels back the layers of Canada's colonial history.
Part of the First Peoples, First Screens 2 collection
Darryl Nepinak · 2015 · 2m
At the Canadian National Spelling Bee, speller Darryl Nepinak stumbles upon a familiar word.
Part of the First Peoples, First Screens 2 collection
Zacharias Kunuk · 2018 · 43m
Zacharias Kunuk · 2018 · 43m
A heartbreaking and shocking story of involuntary displacement, one that is all too common for Inuit across the Arctic.
Part of the First Peoples, First Screens 2 collection
Ishkwaazhe Shane McSauby · 2018 · 10m
A trans Anishinaabe man meets a young Anishinaabe woman who pushes both of them to reconnect with their Indigenous culture.
Part of the First Peoples, First Screens 2 collection
Adam Khalil, Zack Khalil & Jackson Polys · 2017 · 10m
Adam Khalil, Zack Khalil & Jackson Polys · 2017 · 10m
An urgent reflection on indigenous sovereignty, the undead violence of museum archives, and post-mortem justice through the case of the “Kennewick Man”.
Part of the First Peoples, First Screens 2 collection
Kevin Papatie & Veronique Papatie · 2016 · 5m
An exploration of Canada's failures with regards to the respect of the ancestral rights of Indigenous communities.
Part of the First Peoples, First Screens 2 collection
