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c̓əsnaʔəm, the city before the city
cə̓snaʔəm, the city before the city commemorates five years since the resolution of a dramatic and compelling moment in the history of this place now known as metro Vancouver. In late 2011, the Musqueam First Nation learned that a 108-unit condo development was being planned at one of their ancestral village sites without prior consultation with the nation.
River of Silence
Set against the backdrop of the growing number of murdered and missing Indigenous women in Canada, River Of Silence tells the story of a successful Indigenous woman, Helen along with husband Nathan, living in present day Vancouver, who must navigate the horror of their daughter having gone missing and is found murdered.
Love at Second Sight
Facially different David Roche and his lovely wife Marlena Blavin share their stories with a spellbound middle-school audience.
Neighbourhood Utopia
Affectionately known as La Pointe, Pointe-Saint-Charles is working- class neighbourhood in southwest Montreal. Once among the biggest industrial districts in Canada, today it is under attack by real estate developers.
Project Eagle Feather: When They Took the Children
In reaction to the recent rise of aboriginal children taken into government care, Project Eagle Feather: When They Took The Children reveals the previously untold stories of First Nations' experiences growing up in Saskatchewan and British Columbia.
Québec My Country Mon Pays
Director John Walker reflects on his complex relationship with Québec, charting the course of rapid change wrought by the Quiet Revolution: from the separatist movement, FLQ crisis and political referenda to the exodus of half a million people from Québec.
Shin-chi's Canoe
Based on the children's book Shin-chi's Canoe by Nicola Campbell, this short fiction film is set in the 1960s. Shin-chi leaves for his first year at Indian Residential School with his sister Shi-shi-etko. The secret gift of a tiny cedar canoe carved by his father sustains him through his first year of separation from family and culture.
Snake Hips Lulu
When Lulu Keating moved to Dawson City, Yukon, she wondered if she might be the reincarnation of a dance hall girl of the Klondike Gold Rush, Snake Hips Lulu. Keating's reflections on her life, devoted to the sexual revolution, reveal startling similarities.
To Return: The John Walkus Story
This powerful one-hour documentary on belonging, acceptance and loss of culture follows John Walkus Green as he carves his way home to the community and culture he was taken from as a child. Supported through the strong voices of other young adoptees, and the advocates who fight for them, John's struggle to return reveals the bitter truths native adoptees face negotiating life in both worlds.
Remembering Maple
Friends and family recall the life and loss of Maple Batalia, a 19-year-old Health Sciences student at Simon Fraser University. She was loved by all and had a brilliant future ahead of her before she was murdered outside the campus by her former boyfriend.
Cest Moi
Set in modern-day Montréal, C'est Moi explores the collision of the past as it meets the present. Performance by Montréal native Jenny Brizard evokes the return of a ghostly figure, Marie-Josèph Angélique, a runaway slave in 18th century New France (Québec). She was accused of setting a fire in Vieux Montréal and subsequently tortured and hanged. As it prepared to celebrate its 375th anniversary, the City of Montréal removed a plaque that stated a declaration against racial discrimination, thus posing the question, "How much of our past is erased in the restoration of history?"
Labelled
The power and damage wrought by labelling children is front and centre in this short animation with puppets.
New Frames
New Frames was created with active participation of young immigrant and refugee men to shed perspectives on mental health and well being as they seek a better life in a new country. In a time where the world is witnessing the largest displacements of people since the Second World War, this uniquely collaborative work gives voice to those not often listened to, encouraging conversations on topics stigmatized for far too long.
Call from Josie
Darlene has made a momentous decision about her lengthy illness. Just as she and a very unusual in-home service converge, a frantic call from her strong-willed daughter threatens to derail her plans.
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AMPLIFY HER: motion comics
This compilation of six animated motion comics is based on the rise of female DJ's, each climbing the ranks of the international electronic music scene while wrestling with their own personal struggles. Based on the feature documentary AMPLIFY HER: the rise of the feminine, it shifts the women's stories into a graphic novel esthetic, imagined by 16 female artists.
AMPLIFY HER: the rise of the feminine
What does the true feminine look like if given a chance to express itself? Three female electronic dance music artists battle demons from painful pasts as they emerge to become beacons on the global festival scene in this documentary intercut with animated motion comic segments in its exploration of a cultural renaissance of the feminine.
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Dear PETA: What the seal means to the Jerry Cans
"The Jerry Cans" are a modern musical grup from Iqaluit, Nunavut who reflect a strong Inuit culture. Core to the Inuit culture is a relationship with the land and hunting for food, the seal in particular. This documentary explores how the judgment of Southerners on this practice conflicts with traditions that are centuries long.
Mightier Than the Sword
In Afghanistan, a significant advance since the fall of the Taliban has been the entry of women into media as reporters, directors, producers and authors. Their use of media to disseminate information that speaks to women's social, economic and political realities is helping to write a new future in a nation deemed as one of the most dangerous countries for women in the world.
IN THE MONUMENT
IN THE MONUMENT explores the evolution of Holocaust commemoration and monument building in the last 70 years. Presenting six shortlisted finalists for the design competition to build the Canadian National Holocaust Monument in Ottawa, the film examines the roles of Holocaust commemoration in the 21st century and of public art in preserving history for the future.
CARRY THE FIRE: The Life and Time of Raoul McKay
This tribute to Métis leader Raoul McKay (1934-2014) pays tribute to a prolific storyteller, filmmaker, educator and leader who advocated tirelessly for the rights of Indigenous people both in his home province of Manitoba and across Canada.
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