Screening and Discussion

A special screening of Our Grandmother the Inlet, followed by a presentation and discussion with directors Jaime Leigh Gianopoulos and Kayah George. 

Our Grandmother the Inlet is a short poetic documentary featuring Kayah George and her grandmother Ta7a, daughter of the late Chief Dan George, who performed the famous lament to Canada on its 100th anniversary. The film is a reciprocal love letter to the Inlet portraying Kayah's connection to the water, which in the Tsleil-Waututh Nation, is considered to be their oldest grandmother and place of creation.

Date: June 1, 2025 

Time: 1:00pm-2:30pm.

Tickets: $15 General Admission (plus fees and taxes)

 

About the Directors:

Jaime Leigh Gianopoulos (She/Her) is a film director, producer and editor based in Vancouver, BC. She is passionate about empowering women and advocating for social and environmental justice through her films.

Jaime Leigh's filmography includes works such as Our Grandmother the Inlet, Ask the Plantain, and What About Our Future? These thought-provoking films have been showcased at prestigious venues including the Canadian Museum of Human Rights and the Polygon Gallery and have reached a wide audience through various distribution channels, including Air Canada Flights, Hot Doc’s Doc’s for Schools, the SIMA network, Hollywood Suite, and more. They have also received recognition at film festivals including Slamdance, DOK Leipzig, SJWIFF, The Vancouver International Film Festival, Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, ImagineNATIVE, DOXA and more.

Jaime Leigh has also been invited as a director panelist at the Vancouver International Film Festival 2023 and the Vancouver Gender Equity Media Film Festival 2024. Our Grandmother the Inlet received runner-up for the Best Canadian Short Film at the Vancouver International Film Festival in 2023.

 

Kayah George (She/They) is an Indigenous filmmaker, activist and student from the Tulalip and Tsleil-Waututh Nations. Her work blends storytelling, environmental advocacy, and cultural revitalization. She co-wrote, directed and produced Our Grandmother the Inlet, which received an honourable mention for Best Canadian Short at the Vancouver International Film Festival.

Kayah is currently directing a National Geographic educational documentary series on orcas and matriarchy. Recognized in Globe and Mail and named one of Corporate Knights’ “30 Under 30” sustainability leaders in Canada, she continues to push boundaries in film and activism. Alongside filmmaking, she studies Linguistics and Psychology at Simon Fraser University.