SG̲AAWAAY Ḵ’UUNA – Film Screening and Q&A with Director Helen Haig-Brown (duplicate)

Nat Taylor Cinema Campus Walk N102 Ross Building

Featuring

Sgaawaay K’uuna [Edge of the Knife]

Helen Haig-Brown & Gwaii Edenshaw · 2018 · 1h39m

A stunning cinematic achievement and a spellbinding tale of pride, tragedy, and remorse set in Haida Gwaii in Canada’s Pacific Northwest in the 1800s.

A screening of this award-winning landmark film about transformation and redemption, & the first feature film entirely in the Haida language

Admission

By donation (suggested: $5-$10)

Set in the early 1800’s, Gwaii Edenshaw and Helen Haig-Brown’s powerful fictional account of a Haida man who, having caused a fatal accident, disappears into the epic wilderness of Haida Gwaii. When he emerges a year later, he is profoundly changed.

We are honoured that Co-Director Haig-Brown will join us remotely after the screening for a Q & A to discuss the themes of the film and the process of making the first feature film entirely in the Haida language.

This free event is both in person and online. In person at Nat Taylor Cinema – N102 Ross Building, York University. 7 PM, Wednesday, Sept 28.

This co-presentation of Cinema Politica and OPIRG York is part of DisOrientation Week. Organized by OPIRG York, DisOrientation promotes campus-based activism and political action and is an alternative to Frosh Week. For more information, visit www.opirgyork.org, and www.cinemapolitica.org.

This presentation gratefully acknowledges the support of the Department of Cinema and Media Studies, part of the School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design at York University.

Wed., Sep. 28, 7:00 pm