RAMBLIN'
Director - Christopher Marshall (Muscogee Creek)
Producer - Taylor Haynes (Cherokee)
Key Cast - Carol Redwing (Yankton Sioux) "McKenzie Jacobs"
Key Cast - Lovejoy Brown (Omaha) "Gwendolyn Pierce "
USA • 2020 • 1 hour • English
Gwendolyn Pierce and McKenzie Jacobs were always inseparable. That is until college and adulting stood in the way. After a year apart and unforeseen circumstances, the two girls reconvene to journey back home. Along the way, Gwen and McKenzie are forced to face their pasts and rebuild the friendship and trust they once had.
Francesca Canepa • Peru • 2020 • 14m • Spanish w/ Eng. Subtitles
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Juan, a 9 year-old Peruvian boy, lives with his silent dad in a floating house on the breathtaking Amazon River. This idyllic background sets an allegorical journey into the rainforest jungle, where nature, gender, truth and all things begin to reveal the identity of his dad.
Kayla Hamilton (Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairoa, Ngāti Porou) • New Zealand • 2020 • 15m • English
Kahurangi is a teenage girl struggling with her fear of loss. While attempting to overcome her fears, she reconnects with her culture.
Miguel Ajcot • Guatemala • 2020 • 12m 30s • Spanish & Maya (Uspanteko)
Ixch’umil is a 10-year-old girl who goes on a trip with her mother from Guatemala City to her hometown in the Uspanteka region, where they visit her sick grandmother. Ixch’umil makes a connection to her cultural roots through the teachings of her grandmother.
Luke Hunt • 2020 • USA • 9m • English
Navajo city boy coming back home to his reservation home.
Ginew Benton (Ojibway) • USA • 2021 • 5m • English
A father reads to his son an excerpt from the Classic Ojibway Book, The Mishomis Book, Voice of the Ojibway, to teach a traditional lesson.
Jennifer Podemski (Anishinaabe, Ashkenazi-Jewish) • Canada • 2020 • 9m • English
Reflecting on the challenges of quarantine, this film tells a fictional story about the nuances of relationships during a time of loss, and the resilience that comes from the profound bond of a mother and son.
MÂMAWI NIKAMOWAK • 48m • 2021 • Canada/USA
Formalized in the Spring of 2019, the Bawaadan Collective quickly began to self-produce our own Indigenous content; modern, contemporary content. As the scale and scope of each project grew, we have continued to explore and expand our membership to incorporate new skills and relationships. Each new member has been an asset to each of the projects and works to support our future work. We envision a group of like-minded Indigenous artisans and accomplices who seek to continually develop our collaborative approaches to modern artistic, storytelling and film production processes.
MÂMAWI NIKAMOWAK is a 1 hour Web Series produced throughout 2020 and 2021 consisting of 21 Artists and 25 Short films. The work being presented at Asinabka Festival will showcases a selection of shorts from this larger collection.
Amanda “Spotted Fawn” Strong (Michif) • Canada • 2018 • 19m
Accompanied by a 10,000-year-old shapeshifter and friend known as Sabe, Biidaaban sets out on a mission to reclaim the ceremonial harvesting of sap from maple trees in an unwelcoming suburban neighborhood in Ontario.
Mostafa Keshvari (Persian/Canadian) • Canada • 2021 • 10.5m • No dialogue
An Inuit boy lives on the last melting igloo due to global warming. He struggles to survive by fishing empty tuna cans and plastic bottles in the polluted North Pole.
Alisi Telengut • Canada • 2020 • 7m • Mongolian
Based on the ancient animistic beliefs and shamanic rituals in Mongolia and Siberia, the film explores Indigenous worldview and wisdom: Nature is the homeland of human being, Tengri is the deity and the father sky, Earth is the mother with rivers nourishing all beings, and pagan and pantheist gods co-exist with all mortals.
Audrey Rainville • 2021 • Canada • 3m • English
Roots Home is an interview based documentary exploring indigenous identity and relationship to the land. In the lines of the interviewee is intertwined a poetic and touching visual story intricately weaved in one another.
René Rodriguez (Bora) • Peru • 2021 • 3m
Miguelito is a very curious boy who, against the will of his father, goes to play in the forest and discovers a family secret.
Christian Ryan (Director),
Sean Muir (Producer) • Canada • 2019 • 16m • English
Kayla, a young First Nations woman, begins experiencing crippling self-doubt, personified in the form of a sinister entity. As its influence grows, affecting her schoolwork and relationships, a crushing sense of hopelessness threatens to overwhelm her. Only through the support and inspiration of her friends, family, and culture will Kayla find the confidence she needs to defeat her inner demon.
Amanda Kindzierski (Polish/Ukrainian, Ojibwe/Metis) • Canada • 2021 • 7m
What Kind of Help? follows a women in lockdown in her apartment. We see her living her isolated days over and over while trying to cope with the pressure of a pandemic lockdown on a extrovert. As we watch her move about her new confining life, we hear her calling for help, but what kind of help.
Ulivia Uviluk (Inuit) • Canada • 2020 • 9m • Inuktitut
Ulivia explores what is accessible via Internet in relation to Inuktitut. A complex language with several dialects which varies from one generation to the next. Inuktitut is threatened by dominant languages. Are there solutions so that these technologies are allies and not enemies?
Jack Belhumeur (Metis) • Canada • 2021 • 11.5m • English
In his first heartfelt documentary, Jack Belhumeur takes the viewer along for the ride as he navigates the trials and tribulations of life as an essential worker far from home during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Christian Ryan (Director), Sean Muir (Producer) • Canada • 2021 • 4m • English
A young, Indigenous man, struggling to understand the mandate to wear a mask during Covid, begins to see the face of compassion behind it.
Steven Thomas Davies (Snuneymuxw/European-Canadian) • Canada • 2020 • 9m
An investigative documentary featuring Zoom interviews online with four Indigenous cultural ambassadors and scholars.
Jarret Twoyoungmen (Stoney) • Canada • 2020 • 20m • English
A short documentary exploring Indigenous humour and laughter and how it supports healing and resiliency.
Cliff Hokanson & RoseAnna Schick • Canada • 2018 • 3.5m • English
The debut music video from remote roots-rockers Midnight Shine sheds light on a difficult topic:
Jimena Paz • Mexico • 2019 • 20m • Spanish
In the central highlands of Mexico, a group of farmers, resisting modernity, keep on with the tradition of rain petition rituals. With enormous responsibility, they assume the mission to protect and restore their sacred sites in order to harmonize climatic balance and assure rains and food for the entire world.
Director Biography - Jimena Paz
Young mexican woman and Environmental Scientist, postgraduated in Documentary Film (ENAC-UNAM). She has specialized in the area of communication and environmental education, reaching audiences from different ages and cultural contexts through photography, literature, documentary film and teaching. In 2015, she began her film career as a scriptwriter, director and producer of the short documentary film "Missionaries of the rain" ("Misioneros del temporal") (2019) and the documentary feature "Readers of time" (Lectores del tiempo) (edition phase), works that show her particular interest in the relationship of indigenous peoples and the environment.
Typju Myky & André Lopes (Myky) • Brazil • 2019 • 48m • Portuguese
Ãjãí is a fun game where only the players' heads can touch the ball. This practice, shared by a few indigenous people in the world, is present among the Myky and Manoki populations of Mato Grosso state, Brazil, who speak a language of an isolated linguistic family. Youngsters of the Myky people decide to film and edit their game for the first time, to publicize it outside the villages. But to organize this great party, its chiefs will find some challenges ahead.
Director Biography - Typju Myky
Typju is a talented Myky director and this is his debut documentary. Recently he received the Ana Primavesi trophy for his work with indigenous cinema at the International Festival of Agroecological Cinema - FICAECO (Brazil). The film was made by us, Myky filmmakers, and has a great importance for the preservation of our culture and at the same time celebrating our creativity. Because today, we, the young people, seek to strengthen our struggle through video works.
Kijâtai-Alexandra Veillette-Cheezo (Anishnabe) • Canada • 2020 • 3m
Odehimin is a film about reconnecting with oneself and relearning to love oneself.
Jamie Kalama Wood (Native Hawaiian, Mexican, European) • USA • 2021 • 7m • English
Female Jingle Dancers and Male Fancy Dancers offer a combined piece in honor and recognition of the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (specifically amongst Native American and Alaskan Native women)
Theola Ross (Cree) • Canada • 2020 • 11m • Eng. & Cree
A Cree filmmaker and her white partner document their pregnancy and journey to parenthood. From the search for an Indigenous donor and midwife to their concerns about raising a child as an interracial queer couple, the joy of having a child together gives them the courage to overcome any obstacle.
Erica Daniels (Cree/Ojibway) • 2021 • Canada • 11.5m • English
A Two-Spirited daughter discovers she is a perfect kidney donor for her ailing father. By gifting a piece of herself, she hopes to save his life and gain his acceptance for who she truly is.
Nicolas Renaud (Huron-Wendat) • Canada • 2020 • 18m • French w/ Eng. Subtitles
A young Inuk woman living in Montréal reflects on the construction of her identity across the different worlds she has lived in. In the aftermath of violent and tragic events, she had to leave Nunavik at the age of 8. Today, she decides to get a tattoo of an image that marks a new stage in her transformations, on her way to make peace with the past.
Chanelle Lajoie (Métis) • Canada • 2019 • 6m • English
Métis Femme Bodies is an exploration into the experiences of what has become a repressed identity in both Indigenous and femme forms. Métis Femme Bodies aims to offer visibility and voice to those who have been denied such luxury in order to accurately represent themselves and correct misleading narratives imposed by greater power structures
Patrick Shannon (Haida) • Canada • 2021 • 3m • English
A music video for young Indigenous artist Angel Baribeau, about an LGBTQ+ 2Spirit Indigenous love story that spans a lifetime.
Livia Silvano Pacaya • Peru • 2020 • 3m • Spanish w/ Eng. Sub.
This is the story of Rafita, a fisherman, he has had to overcome many problems in his life including alcohol, but he managed to find healthy ways to get closer to his family.
Siwar Peralta Huamán (Quechua) • Peru • 2021 • 6m • Spanish w/ Eng. Subtitles
Don Alejandro is an 80-year-old potter from the town of Santo Tomás. He belongs to the second generation of Kukama migrants. He no longer dresses or speaks their language but is still considered Kukama. There is a voice from another Quechua indigenous who is young and poetically analyzes this change in language and culture.
Valeriya Golovina (Ukrainian) • New Zealand • 2020 • 16m • Tokelau w/ Eng. Subtitles.
Meli and her husband Avito reflect on the pivotal decision of their lives. With much trepidation they left the tiny atoll of Tokelau for New Zealand seeking a better life for their son. 43 years on, they find themselves pulled between family and a longing for home.
Patrick Boivin (Atikamekw) • 2021 • Canada • 8m • French w/ Eng. Sub.
Mikko, a 10-year-old with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD), allows us to better understand this condition and to share the challenges and positive aspects of the everyday life of a child with ASD.
Cristina Kotz Cornejo (Huarpe) • USA • 2021 • 9.5m • Spanish w/ Eng. Subtitles
US based filmmaker and Huarpe descendent, Cristina Kotz Cornejo is introduced to Huarpe leader, Maria Zalazar who introduces Cristina to the culture and plight of modern day Huarpe descendents in what is now known as San Juan, Argentina in this short 360º personal documentary.
Aaron Sinclair • Canada • 2020 • 9m • English
Daylin Robson, a man of half native descent recounts his early years in Neyaashiinigmiing Reserve 27 and the reasons that drove him to leave in pursuit of a better future. He arrives in Brampton, only to be overwhelmed, suffering from culture shock and anxiety. Isolating himself from the world, Daylin then began to face depression. With the help of his close friend Wade Hunter, Daylin found himself in the iron working field and looks to bring this opportunity back to his people.
Kaela Waldstein • USA • 2020 • 8.5m • English
"Becoming" explores the connection of Orlando's contemporary designs with his traditional Navajo upbringing, the honouring of Native women, especially his grandmothers. It challenges the notion that Native art must be fixed in time, and shows how weaving the past into the present can be a powerful form of cultural expression.
Leigh Joseph (Sḵwxw̱ú7mesh), Trevor Dixon Bennett
• Canada • 2020 • 23m • English
Styawat/Leigh Joseph is a Sḵwxw̱ú7mesh Nation ethnobotanist. She grew up away from her traditional territory of Squamish, B.C. but in coming to a deeper understanding of her identity as a Sḵwxw̱ú7mesh woman, felt called to move her family home.
As she navigates walking between academic and cultural worlds, she contemplates her relationship with plants and their role as teachers. On the land where her ancestors have harvested since time beyond memory, her life purpose is awakened.
Damien Ferland • Canada
• 2020 • 14m • English
Damien revisits his experiences at Bible Camp from the ages of 11 to 13. He couldn't fit in at school, but maybe he might fit in at camp? WatchDamien dive back into past traumas with oblivious camp counselors, fresh air, nature, evangelical Christianity, and worst of all, a cabin full of five other thirteen-year-old boys
Jerry Wolf (Waywayseecappo First Nations/Vietnamese) • Canada • 2021 • 8m • English
Welcome to Brokenbridge, a northern Ontario community where women go missing, kids are killing themselves, and everyone else is under the grips of a drug crisis...the source of which is radiating from an evil presence that dwells deep in the boreal wilderness. The troubled youth of Brokenbridge must unite or perish.
Pedro Favaron • Peru • 2019 • 32m • No Dialogue
An intercultural film project that shows the visionary world of Meraya doctors, who are Shipibo-Konibo sages. Through video art techniques this experimental documentary introduces the viewer to the intimacy of the Peruvian Amazon, to the wisdom of forests and plants, and to the healing experience with ayawaska, which is also part of today's Shipibo-Konibo culture.
Lindsay McIntyre (Inuit/Scottish) • Canada • 2019 • 10m • English
Shot on hand-processed, 16mm film, at the site of the former Birtle Indian Residential School in what was once Birdtail, Manitoba. The building is one of the last remaining residential school buildings from this long, dark era of recent Canadian history. All text included in the work was extracted, photographed off the page, and reassembled from the many volumes of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Final Report.
Edgar R. Hernandez (Mayan) • Guatemala/Canada • 2020 • 5m • No Dialogue
This experimental film evokes at once many microscopic organisms that spread out in the air to expand in space and time. It reflects a surreal change affecting social changes (distancing) of new restrictions to disrupt human being (gathering) from the outbreak of unwelcome change.
Egil Pedersen (Sami) • Norway • 2020 • 5m • No Dialogue
A man living by himself, who is obsessed about order in his home, is confronted by himself. The film is a surreal horror comedy.
Dianne Ouellette (Métis) • Canada • 2020 • 5.5m • English
As I walk the land with Wolves and Buffalo I reflect on my murdered Cree grandmother, and my colonized ancestors, both human and nonhuman, while honouring their memory. I also consider the historical near extinction of Wolves and Buffalo and reflect on the present-day environmental sustainability of these more-than-human beings. or in short: I honour the memory of what has been lost – both human and nonhuman.
Lindsay McIntyre (Inuit/Scottish)
• Canada • 2020 • 3.3m • English
A close up look at my great-grandmother’s amauti. But what is between what you can and cannot see?
Charlene Moore (Cree/ Saulteaux/Welsh )
• Canada • 2021 • 4m • English
This short 8mm film was shot in sequence in one take by an all women crew. I wanted to express the feelings I have with my place in society as a queer Indigenous woman. The film explores the cycles of the 'other'; from resentment to pity of the oppressor and from sadness to gratitude for the ancestors.
Nathaniel Cummings-Lambert (Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians) • USA • 2018 • 3.5m • No Audio
Principle Meridian is an experimental 16mm short exploring the landscape of Harney and Lake county of Southeastern Oregon. These lands were the backdrop of the armed occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in early 2016. Invisible divisions of State, Federal and Tribal lands are imagined in reconfigured collaged landscapes using in-camera special effects.
Jack Belhumeur (Metis)
• Canada • 2020 • 6m • English
An unhappy young man meets a stranger who offers to solve all of his problems with a simple package. But can happiness be given and received?
Alfred McKenzie (Innu) • Canada • 2020 • 6m • Innu w/ French Subtitles
Inspired by a desire to share his knowledge of Innu cuisine, Fred McKenzie welcomes us to his shaputuan to show us the stages of preparing a banique. In times of crisis, don't panic! There will always be banique!
Ernest Webb (Cree), Greg Lawrence • Canada • 2020 • 22m • English
Episode 11 of a 13-part, half-hour documentary series about the Indigenous men and women of Listuguj, Quebec who make their living on the nearby rivers and ocean, fishing for salmon, crab, lobster, and shrimp. Following larger-than-life characters, we get an inside perspective on how a First Nations commercial fishing industry – one that was born out of violence and defiance – grew to be a key economic and cultural support for the community, helping to preserve Mi’gmaq language and traditions that were almost lost.
Vincent Boulet,
Blaise Carrier Chouinard • Canada • 2016 • 35m • English
UTSUk explores the value of the relationship that exists for Inuit, and other Indigenous peoples, between their health and that of their environment through their connection with foods harvested from both land and sea and documents the danger to both their culture and their health of a transition to ubiquitous western processed consumer diet.
Abo Arangham • 2021 • India • 57m • English
With only three last traditional saltmakers alive. A Small tribe in Arunachal Pradesh, Northeastern state of India, persuaded by the young generation sets out for a mission to revive the process after it was long forgotten for more than three decades.
Brian J. Francis & Nancy Ghertner • USA/Canada • 2020 • 57m • English
This film documents the wild blueberry harvest of the Wabanaki native peoples from the USA and Canada. The story engages with the Passamaquoddy tribe’s challenge of balancing the tradition of hand raking blueberries with the economics of the world market which favor mechanical harvesting.
Gustavo Vazquez • 2020 • Mexico • 1 hour • Spanish, Zapotec, Chinantec, and English
Indigenous farmers, artisans and cooks all tell this story – in Spanish and in their own languages - of the origins of native corn and how their ancestors shepherded the ever-evolving seeds out of the dawn of agriculture and into the 21st Century; a collective labor involving over 350 generations. Their voices are joined by community leaders, scientists, chefs and others whose knowledge and activism stand, not only in defense of food sovereignty and the genetic integrity, diversity and community ownership of native seeds, but in defense of a durable cultural legacy and a way of life.
David Bert Joris Dhert • Brazil • 2019 • 54m • Portuguese w/ Eng. Subtitles
What happens when your land is being claimed as event zone for the two biggest sport events of the planet? A question that applies to the Indigenous community of Aldeia Maracanã in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, as they face increased pressure ahead of the World Cup and the Olympic Games in Brazil. The Indigenous group lives right next to the sport stadium that stages the finals of both sport events. They wish to maintain their land as an Indigenous meeting place like it has been since the early 20th century, but that does not correspond with the plans of the Brazilian authorities and the multinational corporations coming with the sport events. From within the Indigenous settlement, the film explores how the arrival of the sport events is being experienced, how the pressure rises and how the community resists.
Colleen Thurston (Choctaw) • USA • 2020 • 11m • English
Deep in the Choctaw Nation, a picturesque lake hosts an unusual sight: an island populated by rows of headstones. This cemetery floating in a man-made lake is the last relic of what was the town of Sardis, Oklahoma.
Byron M. Dueck • Canada • 2018 • 19m • English
Valley of the Southern North is a love letter to The Peace Valley and the people and creatures that make it their home. The Site C dam, now under construction, will destroy ancestral territory of the Dane Zaa and Cree, violate treaties and displace residents, farmers, and wildlife living along its shores.
Pamela J. Peters (Navajo) • USA • 2021 • 24m • English
Indian Alley has become an iconic area in Downtown Los Angeles for Native American murals.
This short documentary shares the stories and artistic visuals of six Native American artist that are using their art to share the history and existence of American Indians in Los Angeles.
Inuk Jørgensen (Inuk) • Greenland • 2021 • 7m • English, Kalaallisut
A cinematic portrait of despair and anxiety towards an unknown future for the Inuit of the world's largest island. The film questions the rationale behind past and future mining prospects in Greenland and how they are linked to the search for identity of the fledgling nation in a post-colonial world.
Guillaume Baillargeon • Canada • 2020 • 20m • French w/ Eng. Sub.
Northern Quebec. While many young Native choose to leave the city, Joey Saganash makes the opposite path and returns to live in his community to reconnect with his Cree identity. Me, it's been more than 20 years since I went to Eeyou Ischtee. Still, I have family there. During the goose break, I go to meet this territory, guided by Joey. The time for an exchange between 2 fathers of families, between Native and Non-Native, a discussion on our cohabitation, on the territory, identity and commitment.
Kevin Papatie (Anishnabe) • Canada • 2020 • 6m • Anishnabemowin w/ Eng. Subtitles
This film tells about the elders of the Anicinape territory. We hear the dialects, stories of the past, hopes for the future, and a common desire to revitalize their culture and language.
Marie-Christine Petiquay (Atikamekw) • Canada • 2020 • 10m • Atikamekw w/ English Sub.
Shot over the course of three years of cultural transmission camps given by the Matakan Project in the Atikamewk community of Manawan, this documentary hopes to show the need for urgent action to ensure the survival of Atikamekw heritage and culture.
Kellen S. Bomberry (Six Nations) • Canada • 2021 • 8m • English
Community members from the Six Nations of the Grand River Reservation occupy unceded indigenous territory in Caledonia, Ontario.
Erik O'Neil, Amy Smoke, Shawn Johnston • Canada • 2021 • 26m • English
On Indigenous peoples’ day a large tepee was erected in a busy, urban park close to O:se Kenhionhata:tie (Willow River, presently called the Grand River) with the intention to assert an Indigenous presence just for the day. Over 100 days later, the tepee still remained standing, with the space around it transformed into a camp of queer, Two Spirit, trans, and/or non-binary youth learning and practicing their Indigenous cultural heritages and demanding Land Back.
Jeremy Dyson • Canada • 2021 • 13m • English
Dugout canoe racing was one of the few traditions that was not interfered with during the colonization of North America. Consequently, this holds a very special place amongst First Nations people in Coast Salish territory as the races have served as a conduit for passing down culture and tradition. 7th generation Squamish Nation canoe carver Mike Billy Sr. carves a dugout canoe with his son and nephews at the Canoe Cultures program in Vancouver, B.C. This knowledge keeper shares the skills that were passed on to him with future generations of dugout war canoe builders.
Daniel Foreman (Metis), Stephen McMichael • 2021 • Canada • 1h 41m • English
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At the heart of our story is 17-year-old Derrick, a young man whose character arc begins with a boy who is fully dependent on his grandmother and his sister. Derrick's sister, Lakota, is living an at-risk lifestyle dealing drugs for an all-woman gang. When she suddenly disappears, Derrick sets out to find her. Along the way, he faces racism, police brutality and his own lack of confidence. With guidance from his spirit animal, he is able to continue his journey with renewed strength and resolve, eventually facing his sister's abductor in a thrilling fight to the death.
Keelan Wlaker (Māori) • New Zealand • 2020 • 15m • English
Lewis Smith is a Māori artist and Pakohe Kaiwhakairo (Argillite Carver) who resides in Blenheim, New Zealand, along with his wife Sophie and their 3 children. He is of Ngāti Kuia and Ngati Apa descent which are both iwi (tribes) who arrived in Aotearoa (New Zealand) on the great Kurahaupo waka.
Lewis specialises in carving pakohe (argillite), a form of hardened mud stone found locally within his tribal rohe (area). Pakohe was once a valuable trade commodity within Aotearoa because it could be easily fashioned into stone tools. It is considered to be New Zealand's first form of currency. This short film follows Lewis on a number of journeys around his area, scouring the ancient trails and routes used by his tūpuna to collect pakohe, serpentine, garnet, and other valuable materials.
Lala Rolls • 2020 • New Zealand • 2 hours • English, French, Maori
When James Cook, captain of British Navy ship Endeavour, took his first steps on the un-colonised shores of 1769 Aotearoa/New Zealand, he set in train a violent collision with our ancestors, the people of the land.
This first meeting between Māori and Europeans would have ended disastrously for Cook and his crew.
But it didn't. Why? Because of Tupaia, a Polynesian who had joined the Endeavour expedition in Tahiti.
Who was this high-priest, this star-navigator, this extraordinary artist? His huge contribution to the Endeavour journey was left out of European history books, yet 250 years later his imprint lives on.
New Zealand born artist Michel Tuffery (of Samoan, Rarotongan and Tahitian heritage) and Māori actor Kirk Torrance retrace the footsteps of Tupaia in true Polynesian style.
Director Geoff O'Gara, Producer Sophie Barksdale, Associate Producer Jordan Dresser (Arapaho) • 2021 • USA • 1 hour • English
"Kill the Indian in him, and save the man" was the guiding principle of the U.S. government run Indian boarding school system starting in the late 19th Century. The program removed tens of thousands of Native American children from their tribal homelands, and through brutal assimilation tactics, stripped them of their languages, traditions and culture. The students were forced through a military-style, remedial education. Most children returned emotionally scarred, culturally unrooted with trauma that has echoed down the generations. Many students never returned home, having died at the schools. Home From School: The Children of Carlisle dives into history of the flagship federal boarding school, Carlisle Indian Industrial School, and follows the modern day journey of the Northern Arapaho Tribe as they seek to bring home the remains of three children who died at Carlisle over 100 years ago. To move forward they need to heal from the past, and in doing so they forge the way for other tribes to follow.
Danilo Velasquez • 2021 • Canada • 32m • English
Genocide of a Culture is a short narration documentary to bring attention and awareness to the millions of Canada's newcomers regarding Indigenous Culture and the atrocities that the Indigenous Community has endured for over a century. A dark history of Canada that has been hidden and ignored for so long.