Short Series: Indigenous-Made Docs

Co-presented by Guelph Arts Council
Venue: artBar by GAC 37 Quebec St Upper Level, Guelph, ON N1H 2T1
Tickets: $12/PWYW

A collection of short docs made by Indigenous filmmakers.

Tiny

 

Ritchie Hemphill & Ryan Haché ⋅ CANADA ⋅ 16 min

Short Description: Nakwaxda’xw Elder Colleen Hemphill, reflects on her  childhood, as a young girl growing up on a float-house in the wild and unpredictable Pacific Northwest and its waters. 

Our Maternal Home

Janine Windolph ⋅ CANADA ⋅ 27  min

Short Description: Tracing their origins to the Cree Nation of Waswanipi, a family confronts the impacts of generational and cultural

disconnection, discovering a potent form of medicine: the bonds of kinship.

Ancestral Threads 

 

Sean Stiller ⋅ CANADA ⋅ 12 min

Short Description: Joleen Mitton is on a mission to use fashion as medicine for Vancouver’s Indigenous community. Vancouver Indigenous Fashion Week is the first event of its kind, and her life’s work.

6 minutes/km 

 

Catherine Boivin ⋅ CANADA ⋅ 3 min

Short Description: In rhythm with the footsteps of her Atikamekws ancestors, Catherine immerses us in the poetic, dreamlike universe of her morning run.

Heartbeat of a Nation

Eric Janvier ⋅ CANADA ⋅ 20 min

Short Description: Celebrating Dene cultural reclamation and revitalization, as a father passes on traditional knowledge to his child through the teachings of a caribou drum.