Film still from North of Superior | Image source: tiff.net This Sunday, September 17, 2017, the historic film, North of Superior, will get a special screening at the newly re-opened Cinesphere to cap off festivities for the Toronto International Film Festival. “I remember those scenes of flying through...
Image Source: findingtruenorth.ca Stephen Agluvak Puskas is the Montreal based, Inuk filmmaker and artist who created the short film Ukiuktaqtumi, which means in the north in Inuktitut, that celebrates the diversity of Inuit and is told from an Inuit perspective. The film is a response to Of the North,...
Sandra Laronde in Miigis | Image source: Red Sky Performance Sandra Laronde, (Teme-Augama Anishinaabe – People of the Deep Water) is the dynamic creative and cultural leader behind the boundary pushing contemporary Indigenous dance company Red Sky Performance. This year Red Sky presents three comp...
Gloria Miguel in Material Witness | Image source: Spiderwoman Theatre Kaha:wi Theatre presents Living Ritual Festival at The Fleck Dance Theatre, 207 Queens Quay West, from July 25th to 27th. The festival will feature performances from renowned Indigenous theatres across the globe, including Spiderwoman...
Cast of The Road Forward | Image Source: NFB The Road Forward, by award winning director and producer Marie Clements, made its world debut this past Sunday at Hot Docs Film Festival. The film documents the birth of modern Indigenous activism from the 1930’s onwards, weaving a collection of original musi...
Ben, Rosalie, Esther and Betty Ann in Birth of a Family | Image source: NFB “Do you think you would be where you are now if you hadn’t been taken from your mother?” is a question, Sixties Scoop Survivor, Betty Ann Adam (Dene), has heard often throughout her life. Adam is one of the four ...
Sheldon Elter in Métis Mutt | Photo credit Ryan Parker Métis Mutt, presented by Native Earth Performing Arts, is an emotional coming of age story written and performed by Sterling award winning artist, Sheldon Elter. The show runs until February 5th. Sheldon Elter opens up with a monologue that the crow...
MUSKRAT Magazine’s Akeesha Footman interviewed esteemed researcher, teacher, artist and author Dr. Jenny Kay Dupuis, about her new book, I Am Not A Number. Dr. Dupuis along with co-author Kathy Kacer, crafted a powerful book based on the life of Dupuis’ grandmother. The story brings to light a terrible...
Roseanne Supernault |The Northlander (2016) Benjimin Ross Hayden Muskrat Magazine’s Akeesha Footman caught up with the talented and beautiful Roseanne Supernault to talk about Supernault’s exciting acting career and what it was like to star in The Northlander. The new film screens on October 23rd...
Colonization Road Premiere’s at imagineNATIVE film + Media Arts Festival October 23rd, 2016 MUSKRAT Magazine’s Akeesha Footman caught up with actor, producer, singer and director Michelle St. John to learn more about her new documentary Colonization Road. The powerful documentary follows hilarious...
