Biidaaban | Image source: imaginative.org Futurist artists and writers regularly depict post-apocalyptic worlds as terrifying but Biidaaban First Light calls our attention to the utopic flowering within dystopia, and in so doing provides us with a metaphor for this moment in time. Many futurists never c...
Scene from SGaawaay K’uuna (Edge of the Knife) | Image source: tiff.net In SGaawaay K’uuna (Edge of the Knife), we are treated to a passionate and transformative performance from newcomer Tyler York, who portrays a Haida man that turns into the Gaagiixid- the wild man. The film premiered at TIFF in Sept...
Tantoo Cardinal stars in Falls Around Her | Image source: tiff.net Falls Around Her follows an Anishinaabe musician named Mary (Tantoo Cardinal) as she returns to her home community to rest and recharge after many years of touring internationally. Directed by Darlene Naponse (Anishinaabe), the film make...
Sweet Country poster | Image source: Présence Autochtone This year the 2018 Montreal First Peoples Festival presented two special screenings of the award-winning Australian Indigenous directed film, Sweet Country. After winning critical acclaim at both the Venice Film Festival and the Toronto Internatio...
La Selva Negra/ The Modern Jungle won for Best Documentary | Image source: Présence Autochtone Diversity in Indigenous cinema was celebrated at The 28th Annual First Peoples Festival in Montreal. The Indigenous rooted film festival introduced audiences to an elderly Andean couple living in the remote mo...
Art Napoleon (Cree), host of Moosemeat and Marmalade | Image source: The Social Agency Popular food documentary series, Moosemeat and Marmalade returns to APTN this January 2018 with a focus on food security and sustainability. Hosts, Art Napoleon (Cree) a renowned musician, bush cook and activist; and...
Actors in a re-enactment of how the Solutreans came to North America | Image source: Yap Films Ice Bridge, a one hour documentary makes its debut on CBC’s The Nature of Things with David Suzuki on Sunday, January 14, 2018 at 8pm. It covers a theory called: The Solutrean Hypothesis. Director Robin Bickne...
Film still from Sweet Country| Image source: ImagineNative.org This 2017 ImagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival was nothing short of exciting with screenings like the innovative opening dramatic feature, Waru to the compelling one hour documentary Indictment: The Crimes of Shelley Chartier. The festiv...
Shelley Chartier being interviewed for Indictment: The Crimes of Shelley Chartier | Image source: ImagineNative.org Indictment: The Crimes of Shelley Chartier is a complex and fascinating true crime story that raises important questions about our justice system. Sensationalized in the international medi...
Scene from Waru | Image source: ImagineNative WARU (2017) is a series of gritty single take short films focused on the aftermath of a Māori boy’s death due to child abuse. These eight compelling stories were all created by Māori wāhine (women) using this simple yet formidable formula: one day and one sh...