Jordan River Anderson with his mother, Virginia Anderson | Image source: NFB Alanis Obomsawin’s 53rd documentary Jordan River Anderson – The Messenger will make its debut at TIFF (Toronto International Film Festival) on Sept 10, 2019. The film tells the decade long journey that took place in order...
Still from Even in the Silence | Image source: Montreal First Peoples Festival “Indigenous people are used as pawns in a way to tell stories that are exploitative. Regarding culture, and our identity; It’s important to have as many Indigenous filmmakers telling our own stories.” says Jonathan Elliott,...
Ickwecic Matcike Ickinikcic | Image source Meky Ottawa The 29th Annual Montréal First People’s Festival presents Atikamekw artist, Meky Ottawa’s exhibit: Nehirowisidigital until September 29 at La Guilde, 1356 Sherbrooke St W. Ottawa is a self taught artist who specializes in video, installation and ill...
Cara Gee as May in Fool For Love | photo by Dahlia Katz Ojibway actress, Cara Gee is on fire right now. She is currently starring in the classic Sam Shephard play Fool For Love, a story exploring a fierce love-hate relationship between a couple running at Soulpepper Theatre Company from July 13 to Augus...
Anishinaboy, Tim Fontaine | Twitter Since its inception in 2017, Walking Eagle News has taken the Indigenous community by storm. Publisher, Tim Fontaine left his career in serious journalism to pursue satirical news online, as host of APTN’s The Laughing Drum, and recently doing stand-up in the 2019 Tor...
Indrit Kasapi, Mark Cassius, Joseph Zita, Tsholo Khalema, Ryan G. Hinds, Troy Emery Twigg, Walter Borden, and Alexander Chapman | Photo credit: Jeremy Mimnagh Lilies: or The Revival of a Romantic Drama is an exploration of two-spiritedness and queerness while highlighting the disproportionate rate of in...
Scene from The Grizzlies | Image source: Mongrel Media The Grizzlies is an inspiring, and piercing look, into the lives of youth in Kugluktuk, a Nunavut community with one of the highest teen suicide rates in the world. Even though we get introduced to Kugluktuk through the eyes of settler teacher Russ...
Host of Moosemeat and Marmalade, Art Napolean | Image source: Mooswa Films The popular docuseries Moosemeat and Marmalade has returned to APTN in 2019 for another exciting season whereby co-hosts Art Napoleon and Dan Hayes explore the rise of the new Indigenous food scene. This year the duo also get exp...
Cover of Dutcher’s album Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa | Image source: jeremydutcher.com After winning last year’s Polaris Prize for his debut album Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa, Jeremy Dutcher has been nominated for this year’s Juno Award for Indigenous Music Album of the Year. Growing up in the...
James Whetung and his daughter, Daemin | Image source: Ryan Edwardson/Al Jazeera Like most southern First Nations people, James Whetung grew up not being able to learn or practice traditional food gathering in his territory. When he learned about harvesting manoomin (wild rice) he realized that bringing...
