All photos by George Hupka When award winning Cree filmmaker Tasha Hubbard, from Peepeekisis First Nation in Treaty Four Territory was younger, she was taken to visit a buffalo ribstone outside of Regina, where she saw boulder petroglyphs that have existed for thousands of years. It was an experience th...
On a sweltering 40-degree summer day, Chuna McIntyre, a Yup’ik storyteller and dancer, is dressed in full regalia and performs a traditional song and dance inside the Louvre Museum, accompanied by the rhythmic beat of his hand drum. He is honouring a Yup’ik mask with his dance, offering a traditional gr...
Feature Image: Chief Willie Sellars digs a grave for community member Stan Wycotte who took his life on the first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in Canada. (Credit: Emily Kassie/Sugarcane Film LLC) Spanish is a small town on the north shore of Lake Huron, approximately 120 kilometres west of...
The farewell season of Moosemeat & Marmalade airs on APTN. Photo Credit: Dean Azim APTN’s much-loved food docuseries “Moosemeat & Marmalade” has come to an end after seven seasons. Since its debut in 2015, the Leo award-winning show produced more than 90 episodes, exploring communities from acro...
Featured Image: TVOKids Host Taviss Edwards courtesy of Fifth Ground Entertainment In the lush green forest of Harrison Park, Owen Sound, Anishinaabe chef Zach Keeshig shows 10-year-old Taviss Edwards how to pick cedar tree leaves, which Indigenous peoples use to make tea. Keeshig smiles as he recalls h...
Feature Image Courtesy of Rezolution Pictures F3M Much like how breaking a fever can signify healing, the title of Cree filmmaker Neil Diamond and Catherine Bainbridge’s latest documentary, Red Fever, hints at both challenge and transformation. Premiering at Toronto’s 2024 Hot Docs Festival, the film de...
On March 8 International Women’s Day, the 4-part documentary series Women of This Land, premiered on CBC Gem. Directed by Stephanie Joline, Women Of This Land is a co-production between Princess Space Monster Films and Peep Media’s Jessica Brown and Jackie Torrens in association with CBC Maritimes, with...
In my hands I held centuries. When I was visiting the Nova Scotia Archives in Wikumkewiku’s September 2023, I looked over treaty documents under the helpful, watchful gaze of the archivists who worked there. The faded signatures of the 18th century Peace and Friendship Treaties were illuminated by warm...
Image: Still from Arctic Song/Chanson de l’Arctique, winner of Best Canadian Short Film – Radio-Canada Espaces Autochtones Award (works by Aboriginal filmmakers located in Canada) The Montreal First Peoples Festival was back this year with a full roster of Indigenous focused films that screened th...
