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Alexis Mah Actor Alexis Mah is 19 years old and resides in Edmonton. Featured in several documentaries for NCSA’s Bearpaw Media such as ‘Out in the Cold’ & ‘Hidden’ which educate & inform Aboriginal issues in our communities. She did a commercial for cable TV ‘Together’ Cancer Prevention in Alberta. Photo shoots for “Milk co” & “Gang Prevention” by WrapED where the posters were featured in Edmonton Schools. Her most recent work in Film was for a recent popular TV series ‘Blackstone’ which aired on APTN. Alexis’ character “Heather Roy” was re-occurring for three seasons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bc6090f7788973300ef1044/1545185879952-9TSEZV8BJ4I4Q5145L1R/Dreamspeakers-Youth-Day-Lesley-Boulanger-Bio.png Youth Day - Boogey the Beat Music Producer Lesley Boulanger AKA Boogey the Beat is an Anishinaabe DJ and Producer. A member of the Berens River First Nation, he was born and raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba. First discovering music production in high school, he quickly rose to become one of the top music producers in the city. Working with fellow indigenous artists such as Wab Kinew, Leonard Sumner, Drezus, and Winnipeg’s Most has earned him production credits on award winning projects. His DJing skills have landed him on stages for the Indspire Awards, Canada Day 150 Mainstage, Stage 49 at the Gathering of Nations, and multiple festivals across Turtle Island. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bc6090f7788973300ef1044/1545162817960-HWYW1RNLH5D8MC4MAZIZ/Dreamspeakers-Youth-Day-Conor-McNally-Bio.png Youth Day - Connor McNally Filmmaker Conor McNally is from amiskwaciwâskahikan. Bypassing formal film training, Conor creates works though a combination of instinct, hands-on trial and error, and a keen ability to make friends who are talented and helpful. Conor has made numerous short films, with his most recent being ôtênaw (2017). Conor is a proud father, a consummate garlic grower, and a yerba mate connoisseur. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bc6090f7788973300ef1044/1545163777942-Y2BETS1PECC9F6KZS3PB/Dreamspeakers-Youth-Day-Coty-Savard-Bio.png Youth Day - Coty Savard Filmmaker & Producer Coty Savard is an emerging Dene, Cree, and Metis Filmmaker/Producer. One of her first works, Pehonan concentrated on the over-representation of Indigenous people in Edmonton, Alberta’s homeless population. In the past year, Coty has directed 3 projects, edited a feature-length documentary, worked as an Associate Producer for Mosaic Entertainment, worked on two scripted broadcast television series for APTN and Super Channel, as well as volunteered and produced monthly videos on Indigenous History with the Amiskwaciy History Project, a project aimed at sharing the often untold history of the Edmonton area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bc6090f7788973300ef1044/1545163949388-JDFNJUG24HK6IAO28Q5O/Dreamspeakers-Youth-Day-Darrell-Joe-Brertton-Bio.png Youth Day - Darrell Joe Brertton Cultural Choreographer Darrell Joe Brertton, 18, has been dancing and traveling the powwow trail ever since he could walk. He shares Aboriginal Awareness at school bookings, and community events throughout the year within Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and North America. His passion is traveling the powwow trail across Canada & USA, recently winning second place in Albuquerque, New Mexico at the Worlds Largest Gathering of Nations Powwow. He showcases the skill and pride in his dance moves; prepare to be mesmerized by the color the movement and the resonating beat that unites us all. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bc6090f7788973300ef1044/1545164208254-FEDY9RU5HD0CU2Z61KYS/Dreamspeakers-Youth-Day-Kendra-Shorter-Bio.png Youth Day - Kendra Shorter Choreographer Kendra Shorter, at 19 years of age, has been dancing since the age of 3, is trained in ballet (RAD and Cecchetti), contemporary, jazz, lyrical, modern, musical theatre, and tap. Kendra began her dance training at the Sherwood Park School of Dancing and has since then trained in Edmonton (Edmonton School of Ballet), Calgary (School of Alberta Ballet), and Toronto (School of Toronto Dance Theatre). She has had the opportunity to attend pre-professional summer schools such as The Joffrey Ballet School, School of Alberta Ballet, and the Royal Winnipeg Ballet School. Performance experience includes: Edmonton Contemporary Dancers, Edmonton Festival Ballet, and the Edmonton Prospects Dance Team. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bc6090f7788973300ef1044/1545164630410-XH65082JFFXZ5RJM2N43/image-asset.png Youth Day - Miika Whiskeyjack Actor Miika Whiskeyjack is 13 years of age, resides in Edmonton and is already an accomplished actor/dancer/voice over artist. She got her start at 7 landing her first role for the award winning Canadian Drama series ‘Blackstone’ her character Wendy Bull went on for 4 seasons. Her film debut in ‘Rhymes for Young Ghouls’ had her travel to Montreal, QC to film. She loaned her voice as Fairy Z in LaLaloopsy animation. She has done multiple commercials and multi-media productions to date. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bc6090f7788973300ef1044/1545252626750-S4X9YXCC9FVX83DVPNTK/Dreamspeakers-Youth-Day-Nigel-Bio.png Youth Day - Nigel Comedian & Filmmaker Nigel’s a comedian and filmmaker originally from Cold Lake First Nations. He studied at Humber College in the Comedy: Writing and Performance program. Exploring Indigenous culture through comedy is one of Nigel’s main interests. The study of improvisational comedy has been very important to his work and is highly influential in his practice today. Nigel is an alumni of the Dreamspeakers On Tour program. Nigel has produced many comedic shorts as well as a few short docs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bc6090f7788973300ef1044/1545165210445-6INF02F2WNJAQEZXCRJI/Dreamspeakers-Youth-Day-Ricky-Marty-Bio.png Youth Day - Ricky Marty Actor Ricky Marty lead and paved the way for his younger brothers’ with his first photo shoot creating a portfolio into his acting career, he is now 21. In 2014 Ricky landed his first small role as Shorty in the film ‘Fantasies of Flying’ directed by filmmaker Georgina Lightning. In 2016 Ricky co-starred as Adam in the feature film ‘The Grizzlies’ based on a true story by the youth lacrosse team from Kugluktuk, Nunavut, Canada. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bc6090f7788973300ef1044/1545165305070-SUIOW2L725E45VWA04PB/Dreamspeakers-Youth-Day-Samuel-Marty-Bio.png Youth Day - Samuel Marty Actor Samuel Marty, 14 years old, is known for his work in ‘Diablo’ (2014) as Ishani (opposite Scott Eastwood). Appearances in TV series ‘Blackstone’ (2015) as foster child Matty, ‘Fargo’ (2015) as Hanzee Dent, ‘Ray Donovan’ (2016) as Alan, ’40 Below and Falling’ as young cree boy, ‘Hells on Wheels’ (2014) as Comanche Boy. 2016 has landed Samuel a principle role on ‘GODLESS’ as Truckee for a Limited Netflix Series. Currently he has already signed on for the lead male in a Sci-Fi feature film ‘The Next’ to be filmed later this year in Nova Scotia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bc6090f7788973300ef1044/1545248231175-ZX767OYU461YAASD14JI/Dreamspeakers-Youth-Day-Skye-Demas-Bio.png Youth Day - Skye Demas Dancer, Actor, Performer & Choreographer Skye is of Cree, Ojibway and Dakota Sioux descent. Graduating from Victoria School of Performing Arts in 2017, she is a dancer, actor, performer and choreographer. She has performed in productions with Punctuate Theatre, Alberta Aboriginal Performing Arts, SOAR Arts and Victoria School. Skye has performed dance in many Arts festivals since the age of seven and eight years of competitive dance training as well as one year of acrobatic gymnastics training. Her dance competitions/performances have brought her to Edmonton, Vancouver, Phoenix, and Playa Del Carmen, Mexico. In 2018, Skye took part in Punctuate Theatre & Alberta Aboriginal Performing Arts’ Canadian Tour. She played the lead role in the production Minosis Gathers Hope, in addition to being a dancer in the chorus production of Bears. This tour showcased to multiple locations, which include Toronto, Edmonton, Calgary, Canmore, Vancouver. and 2 First Nations communities in Alberta. Skye is looking forward to continuing her artistic journey with the production of Bears for 2019 beginning in Victoria, BC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bc6090f7788973300ef1044/1545165761958-5QTQX9LIVFO9RUDICVIS/image-asset.png Youth Day - Taran Kootenhayoo Actor, Poet & Playwright Taran Kootenhayoo is an actor, spoken word poet and playwright is based out of Vancouver, BC. He received his Acting for Stage & Screen Diploma from Capilano University (2015), is signed with Premiere Talent Management, and is in Full Circle's First Nations Performance Ensemble. Past projects include; Exit 22 Productions, rEvolver Festival, Talking Stick Festival, the SOAR Aboriginal Arts Program. Currently, Taran is doing an internship with Savage Society as an artistic associate. 2017: Raven Spirit Dance’s Salmon Girl, Axel Theatre’s TH’OWIXYA, Savage Society’s Pipeline Project, and a residency in Kamloops as part of the (RE)Imagine Series; The Cure for Death by Lighting, Only Drunks and Children Tell the Truth. Taran would like to thank all of his mentors, friends and family who have supported him on his journey of discovery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bc6090f7788973300ef1044/1545168529811-944TF0QJ2EBGCLH6TOUM/Dreamspeakers-Youth-Day-Tarene-Thomas-Bio.png Youth Day - Tarene Thomas Actor Tarene Thomas, at 20 years of age is a third year Nêhiyaw, Gitxan, Haisla and Tahltan Arts student at the University of Alberta with a background in writing and acting. Tarene has been a part of performing arts with the Soar Aboriginal Arts Program as well as the U Alberta Art scenes. 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All are welcome. Jerry and Jo-Ann Saddleback FRI APR 26 | 4pm Beaver Hills House Park, 10404 Jasper Ave NW Honouring the deep relations that both Dreamspeakers and Rubaboo have created over the vast years that they’ve engaged artists, community and allies, we invite all to a special outdoor Cedar Smudge at the Dreamspeakers Walk of Honour tribute to artists. Our Elders will guide us in ceremony and both Welcoming and Honour Songs, and an invitation to respond to the welcome to territory...and when the spirit moves we can Round Dance! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bc6090f7788973300ef1044/1555020858009-YY44MMPAJZ7QM5Q4TSO2/Opening+Ceremonies.jpg Rubaboo Arts Fest 2019 - Opening Ceremony FREE to attend! All are welcome. Jerry and Jo-Ann Saddleback FRI APR 26 | 4pm Beaver Hills House Park, 10404 Jasper Ave NW Honouring the deep relations that both Dreamspeakers and Rubaboo have created over the vast years that they’ve engaged artists, community and allies, we invite all to a special outdoor Cedar Smudge at the Dreamspeakers Walk of Honour tribute to artists. Our Elders will guide us in ceremony and both Welcoming and Honour Songs, and an invitation to respond to the welcome to territory...and when the spirit moves we can Round Dance! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bc6090f7788973300ef1044/1555020863747-OFIREXNJUWMPCJCLF9P3/Rocko+%26+Nakota.jpg Rubaboo Arts Fest 2019 - Rocko & Nakota: Tales From The Land Admission - $20 FRI APR 26, SAT APR 27, TUES APR 30 | 7:30pm MON APR 29, TUES APR 30 | 1:30pm Alberta Avenue Community Centre, 9210 118 Ave NW Directed by Barry Bilinsky, designed by Ami Farrow, written and performed by Josh Languedoc. Meet Nakota. A young boy who is sick in the hospital and trying to write the greatest story ever. One day, Grandpa Rocko comes over for a visit and whisks Nakota away into a world of stories that are right below his feet. Within the land. This show explores the interplay between stories of the present against the long forgotten stories of the past, as Nakota learns to confront his fears and discover who he truly is. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bc6090f7788973300ef1044/1555020857027-0C2QC4V7KH4XGUEHG5SR/Making+Treaty+7.jpg Rubaboo Arts Fest 2019 - Making Treaty 7’s Kaahsinnoniks Admission - $20. WED MAY 1 | 7:30pm Theatre Lab, Allard Hall, 11110 104 Ave NW The title of the show, Kaahsinnoniks, in Blackfoot loosely translates to ancestors. The title gives an opportunity to play with the western construct of past, present and future. The Elders say, before we had calendars and clocks, we only had today with our ancestors, only two days behind us and two days ahead of us – which gives us a paradigm that allows us to explore the events of the past, the present and future because for us, everything is integrated. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bc6090f7788973300ef1044/1555020857538-NQH3Y1ZBSA5ZOW1TIQ76/Meme+Workshop+2.jpg Rubaboo Arts Fest 2019 - Meme Creation Workshop FREE THURS MAY 2 | 3pm Conference Centre, Allard Hall, 11110 104 Ave NW Indigenous meme workshop led by @dadfights. How-to’s, references, origins, and more. Want to learn more? Stay for the Meme Panel Discussion with Arnell Tailfeathers, Nigel Robinson, and Taran Kootenayoo following the Youth Talent Show later in the evening. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bc6090f7788973300ef1044/1555021083372-WKEPTZ4FF644EZF3B968/Rene+Camera+JPG.JPG Rubaboo Arts Fest 2019 - Rene Haynes Casting Audition Tips Workshop Admission - FREE by registration. THURS MAY 2 | 5pm Conference Centre, Allard Hall, 11110 104 Ave NW Casting Director, Rene Haynes, and her associate, Elise Buedel, provide tips on the DO'S and DONT'S of AUDITIONING - as well as all the secrets to making a successful SELF-TAPE - which is so important in this Internet driven casting environment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bc6090f7788973300ef1044/1555020838113-UA332PJQOS5MX87AS90M/Blood%2C+Water+%26+Earth.jpg Rubaboo Arts Fest 2019 - Kaha:wi Dance Theatre’s Blood, Water, Earth Admission - $20. FRI MAY 3 & SAT MAY 4 | 7pm Theatre Lab, Allard Hall, 11110 104 Ave NW Blood, Water, Earth is a ritual, an embodied incantation, traversing sacred alignment from cosmos to womb to whenua. Weaving performance, video and music/song, it channels the ancestral, elemental and the dream world. The imagery and energies span the wide range of what is woman: warrior, leader, mother, transformer and huntress. Acknowledging inter-connectedness and shared experiences of Indigenous woman, Blood Water Earth places a Konkwehon:we/Mana Wahine (Aotearoa) worldview in the vanguard. The performance is inspired by the concepts and imagery from Kaha:wi Dance Theatre’s triptych series on Re-Matriation: Re-Quickening, Blood Tides and Skennen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bc6090f7788973300ef1044/1555020863537-3ZMCKA89LR7FRD7J6X2T/Rubaboo+Cabaret+2.jpg Rubaboo Arts Fest 2019 - Rubaboo Cabaret Admission - $10. FRI MAY 3 | 8:30pm Betty Andrews Hall, Allard Hall, 11110 104 Ave NW A tried and true Festival tradition; a mixture of music, dance, spoken word poetry, and film tied together by the excitement to perform. In the spirit of our Michif namesake “Rubaboo Stew”: Come enjoy a bountiful blend of all the artistic flavours available in our community - from festival favourites to talented emerging artists. Performers: Arik Pipestem - Hoop and Contemporary Dance Injun Josephine (Trevor Duplessis and Luann Chalifoux - Blues/Rock Guitar and Drum duo Jayden Paz - Soaring Vocals and Guitar Lancelot Knight - Rock Guitar and Vocals Sky Demas - Hiphop and Contemporary Dance Tammy Lamouche and Vanessa Beaudry - Contemporary Singer/Songwriter with Guitar Accompaniment Taren Kootenhayoo - Theatre/ Spoken Word Poetry Tarene Thomas - Spoken Word Poetry https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bc6090f7788973300ef1044/1556058584463-R358614SH6D1BXN33ZXS/Virago+Nation+Performance.jpg Rubaboo Arts Fest 2019 - Sovereign Bodies Admssion - $20. SAT MAY 4 | 8:30pm Betty Andrews Hall, Allard Hall, 11110 104 Ave NW The power of womanhood and Indigenous sexuality are unabashedly celebrated in our gathering of local in national Burlesque artists. Vancouver favorites Virago Nation, with local artists Iskotew Iskwewak and Audra Dacity, film by Janet Rogers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bc6090f7788973300ef1044/1555020867476-T3Y12U2Y9JDORK2VOR7B/Tattoo+Medicine+for+Land+Defence+Gathering+%26+Action.jpg Rubaboo Arts Fest 2019 - Tattoo Medicine for Land Defence Gathering & Action FREE admission. Tattoos by donation to artists. SUN MAY 5 | 10am-4pm Theatre Lab, Allard Hall, 11110 104 Ave NW A gathering to empower and lift up the virtues of our Indigenous warrior societies. To uphold the strength of our defence of Indigenous Land, Food, and Bodies. Live tattoo sessions utilizing hand poke and skin stitch techniques, political discourse, live entertainment and Art. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bc6090f7788973300ef1044/1555020869211-4AMN92GUJUN90SOPS2PM/White+Noise.jpg Rubaboo Arts Fest 2019 - Taran Kootenhayoo’s White Noise Play Reading, and Indigenous Dramaturgy Talk Back FREE SUN MAY 5 | 11am Betty Andrews Hall, Allard Hall, 11110 104 Ave NW A curious comedy where an Indigenous and Caucasian family meet for dinner. Oilers vs. Canucks. A live, laugh, love type of vibe. Prepare yourself to live in the uncomfortable feeling of conversations we all find difficulty having. Followed by a talk back about Indigenous dramaturgy, facilitated by Lindsay LaChance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bc6090f7788973300ef1044/1555717903938-CKVAOW6C76U5KX42HO4M/Virago+Nation+Workshop.jpg Rubaboo Arts Fest 2019 - Workshop with Virago Nation Sun May 5 | 2pm Shumka School of Dance, 10515 111 St NW www.viragonation.ca @viragonation Join Virago Nation for an afternoon of exploration into the sensual with their Dangerous Curves and Decolonial Self Love workshops. Founded in May 2016, Virago Nation is an award-winning collective of First Nations burlesque performers on a mission to rematriate Indigenous sexuality. The Viragoes believe that all people, especially Indigenous women, deserve a healthy and fun relationship with their bodies. Virago Nation has been featured at festivals and events across Turtle Island, in cities like Vancouver BC, Calgary AB, Ottawa ON, Toronto ON, and Las Vegas NV. They have been internationally recognized in the burlesque industry as a leading troupe in the burlesque arts community. Each workshop - $15 or pay what you can. Both workshops - $20. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bc6090f7788973300ef1044/1555020855943-ABT3VM5C8W78RCB44KLE/Gallery+Reception.jpg Rubaboo Arts Fest 2019 - Gallery Reception FREE MON MAY 6 | 6pm Galerie Cité, 8627 Rue Marie-Anne Gaboury Witness a stunning display of Indigenous visual art and join us to celebrate artwork from the Stoney Nakoda Morley AV Club, along with artist Dawn Saunders Dahl on May 6 from 6:00 to 8:00pm. The gallery is located on the main and second floors of La Cite Francophone.Galerie Cité provides unique opportunities for participants to explore the history of the area through visual art exhibitions, workshops and events. All community members are encouraged to attend Galerie Cite exhibits and events, located at La Cite Francophone in the French Quarter of Edmonton. For the last four years we have partnered with the Rubaboo Arts Festival to present visual art exhibits created by local Indigenous artists. This year we have expanded our reach and invited artists from the Stoney AV Club, based out of Morley Alberta. We plan to continue to invite Indigenous visual artists from across Alberta to exhibit in Galerie Cite during the Rubaboo Arts Festival. To participate, please contact galeriecite@lacitefranco.ca https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bc6090f7788973300ef1044/1555020853574-JQDH7LWY1M972HYNWKH9/Anniversary+Gala.jpg Rubaboo Arts Fest 2019 - Anniversary Gala Admission - $20 TUE MAY 7 | 7pm Triffo Theatre, Allard Hall, 11110 104 Ave NW Celebrating 25 years of Dreamspeakers and 10 years of Rubaboo we bring together artists and audiences who have helped build and bridge these two festivals. With performances from Caleigh Cardinal, Virago Nation, Arik Pipestem, the Edmonton Symphony Youth Orchestra of Norther Alberta, and a powerful excerpt of Shumka’s Ancestors and Elders, we also recognize this year’s Outstanding DIFF Achievement awards. https://dreamspeakers.org/diff-2019-films-1 daily 0.75 2019-04-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bc6090f7788973300ef1044/1555026019263-00AS43908DUD19OSR8I3/In+Dark+Places.jpg DIFF 2019 Films - In Dark Places SAT APR 27 | 11am Metro Cinema, 8712 109 St NW New Zealand | English | Feature | 2018 | Directed by Michael Bennett | 99 min In Dark Places is the moving true story of a 17 year-old New Zealand Māori man imprisoned for over 21 years for a crime he did not commit, and an ex-cop's heroic battle to win him freedom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bc6090f7788973300ef1044/1555026019263-00AS43908DUD19OSR8I3/In+Dark+Places.jpg DIFF 2019 Films - In Dark Places SAT APR 27 | 11am Metro Cinema, 8712 109 St NW New Zealand | English | Feature | 2018 | Directed by Michael Bennett | 99 min In Dark Places is the moving true story of a 17 year-old New Zealand Māori man imprisoned for over 21 years for a crime he did not commit, and an ex-cop's heroic battle to win him freedom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bc6090f7788973300ef1044/1555025960945-4NR0T6WYV3GZM7AJ6JGN/A+Creation+Story+Group.jpg DIFF 2019 Films - A Creation Story SAT APR 27 | 1pm Metro Cinema, 8712 109 St NW Canada | English | Short | 2018 | Youth Film | Directed by Susan Joy & Alexis Almightyvoice | 4 min This story is based on an Elder’s story of creation that was passed down about the bear, buffalo, otter, eagle, mole and man & women. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bc6090f7788973300ef1044/1555040650687-YPTMK74FH1OPSGU9JKNY/Photo+1+Screen_Shot_2019-01-15_at_12.55.04_PM.jpg DIFF 2019 Films - Etatshimakant Aiasheu (The Legend of Aiasheu) SAT APR 27 | 1pm Metro Cinema, 8712 109 St NW Canada | Inuktitut (w/ English subtitles) | Short | 2019 | Directed by Christine Poker | 39 min From the Innu legends of Northern Labrador, a story of love and a son's revenge for a wrong done years ago. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bc6090f7788973300ef1044/1555040730872-AN2MUK6M3SHOZM5ADC7G/EOTK_STILL_01.jpg DIFF 2019 Films - SG̲aawaay Ḵ'uuna (Edge Of The Knife) SAT APR 27 | 1pm Metro Cinema, 8712 109 St NW Canada | Haida (w/ English subtitles) | Feature | 2018 | Directed by Gwaai Edenshaw and Helen Haig-Brown | 99 min Edge of the Knife is a 2018 Canadian drama film co-directed by Gwaai Edenshaw and Helen Haig-Brown. It is the first feature film spoken only in dialects of the Haida language. Set in 19th-century Haida Gwaii, it tells the classic Haida story of the traumatized and stranded man transformed to Gaagiixiid, the wildman. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bc6090f7788973300ef1044/1555040770517-0UBNZ2BY1T8W5A80AONL/Poster+64abbee5a3-poster.jpg DIFF 2019 Films - Giant Bear SAT APR 27 | 4pm Metro Cinema, 8712 109 St NW Canada | Inuktitut (w/ English subtitles) | Animation | 2018 | Directed by Daniel Gies & Neil Christopher | 12 min ᓇᓄᕐᓗᒃ / Giant Bear A timeless Inuit legend about a solitary man, a giant bear and their daunting foes: each other. Centered on a confrontation between the last monster bear and an Inuit hunter, Giant Bear is a chilling short that brings an ancient story out of the North. In Giant Bear, we follow a hunter in the depths of starvation. The snow is thick, his dogs are mysteriously dying and food is nowhere to be found. A quest for answers leads him straight to a nanurluk, an iceberg-sized polar bear, setting up a “kill or be killed” battle that pits one man’s wits against a fearsome foe. A co-production between Taqqut Productions (Iqaluit) and e→d films (Montreal) this animated short film follows a lone Inuit hunter as he uses his wisdom, courage, and experience to find and confront his terrifying adversary -- a nanurluk (an iceberg-sized polar bear) in an epic battle for survival. Animated in a painterly, hybrid 2D and 3D style, some of the film was made using real time animation from Unity game engine, via the open source Scene Track plug-in. This traditional Inuit legend explores the power, beauty, and perils of nature through a meticulously handcrafted CG animation lens. The score, by composer Tyler Fitzmaurice in collaboration with singer Beatrice Deer, bassist Michael Felber, synth player Parker Shper, and electronic musician Greg Debicki (Woulg), features traditional northern singing techniques woven into an ethereal soundscape to bring the tundra to life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bc6090f7788973300ef1044/1555041118173-04BP4N52OAXAC2QBNOLC/94-frame3_Hant+Quij+C_ouml_ipaxi+Hac.jpg DIFF 2019 Films - Hant Quij Cöipaxi Hac (The Creation of The World) SAT APR 27 | 4pm Metro Cinema, 8712 109 St NW Mexico | Seri (w/ English subtitles) | Animation | 2019 | Directed by Antonio Coello | 10 min The creation myth is adapted into an animated short film made by Seri Indigenous children and Elders. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bc6090f7788973300ef1044/1555026028957-ZY9ZBCNQUC3O6SDSEOXE/Cannibal+Gial.png DIFF 2019 Films - BA'O - The Cannibal Giant SAT APR 27 | 4pm Metro Cinema, 8712 109 St NW Canada | English | Short | 2018 | Directed by Nick Dangeli | 7 min A young girl sits with her grandmother around the campfire where she learns cultural stories. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bc6090f7788973300ef1044/1555040941836-V461IJXVPRND1W7UJWQ7/vlcsnap-2017-07-20-22h21m22s294.png DIFF 2019 Films - Akornatsinniitut - Tarratta Nunaanni (Among Us - In The Land Of Our Shadows) SAT APR 27 | 4pm Metro Cinema, 8712 109 St NW Greenland | Greenlandic (w/ English subtitles) | Feature | 2017 | Directed by Marc Fussing Rosback | 93 min This suspense-filled sci-fi adventure for all ages draws on Greenlandic culture, myth, folklore and legends, with a healthy dose of humour. When Nukappi (Casper Bach Zeeb) begins to have strange dreams he does not understand, he and his childhood friend Mio find themselves swept up in a world of Angakkoq (shaman), sorcerers, and evil spirits. When Nukappi is told he is one of the last remaining Angakkoq in Greenland, the stage is set for a future he never envisioned and a power he must learn to yield. After discovering the Tarratta Nunaanni, a dark parallel world that threatens their own, the guys become key players in an epic battle between good and evil with our reality hanging in the balance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bc6090f7788973300ef1044/1555040996527-WAS3XXXIZPYVW5KO5DN2/Photo+1+Woodland_Regaining_culture__former_Residential_School.jpg DIFF 2019 Films - Don't Just Talk About It SAT APR 27 | 7pm Metro Cinema, 8712 109 St NW Canada | English | Documentary | 2019 | Directed by Cher Obediah | 32 min Learning more and getting connected to my culture created as sense of alignment and belonging. I felt purposeful and afraid in a good way. I woke up one morning excited, hopped out of bed and said to myself “Don’t Just Talk About It!” and there it was...the title was gifted to me in my sleep. The project is filled with bits of information I wish I would have known sooner about my culture, about life and the power we have over our own patterned thinking. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bc6090f7788973300ef1044/1555041163508-QCYOQHSL7B282CRFCFI5/lyric.jpg DIFF 2019 Films - My Lyric I Never Knew SAT APR 27 | 7pm Metro Cinema, 8712 109 St NW Canada | English | Short | 2019 | Directed by Nauzanin Knight | 9 min SHERITA, a young Indigenous woman, and up-and-coming singer in Canada, who has emerged anew from a turbulent youth—one of drug abuse, and a violent romantic relationship which resulted in her comma and the forced adoption of her baby— is set to take the stage tomorrow with her new song called “My Lyric, I Never Knew”, about the child she never knew. Moments before she is to perform, she is seized with fear about whether she should reveal her vulnerabilities before the public, but while backstage, she sees the excitement in the eyes of a fan of hers, a NATIVE CHILD in the studio audience. Sherita takes the stage and performs her song of imaginations about how the tragic episode of her youth has resulted in a happier life than she would have been able to offer to “her Lyric” (daughter). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bc6090f7788973300ef1044/1555041226966-UB98XIQVXZ08XVBOZ1S3/FAH-Day5-0166.jpg DIFF 2019 Films - Falls Around Her SAT APR 27 | 8pm Metro Cinema, 8712 109 St NW Canada | English | Feature | 2018 | Directed by Darlene Naponse | 101 min Exhausted by years of touring the world with her band, renowned Anishinaabe musician Mary (Tantoo Cardinal) comes home to Atikameksheng Anishnawbek First Nation in northern Ontario. She returns to the land to restore herself, but her past success makes her a commodity to some, and she finds it difficult to hide from the demands of the outside world. Her sister Betty (Tina Keeper) senses there may be more to Mary’s need for isolation and urges her to reconnect with family and old friends. As Mary gets out more and even starts dating, new possibilities arise. However, the past has a way of catching up, and when Mary starts to hear disturbing noises around her cabin, she becomes paranoid that someone may be after her. In spite of the trauma in Mary’s past, writer-director Darlene Naponse refuses a narrative of victimhood, and instead explores the multiple facets of resilience. Mary knows how to survive, but she also deserves to thrive — and that means gathering the ability to be open to the healing that comes from love, self-expression, family, community, and, especially, the land. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bc6090f7788973300ef1044/1555041252158-VENCB8C3YVNRS5YSBOFZ/Photo+3+Screen_Shot_2019-03-01_at_6.31.26_PM.jpg DIFF 2019 Films - Okichitaw - Refeathering the Warrior SUN APR 28 | 11:30am Metro Cinema, 8712 109 St NW Canada | English | Documentary | 2019 | Directed by Meegwun Fairbrother | 55 min A documentary film featuring the Plains Cree martial art Okichitaw and the man who assembled it all, Okimakahn George Lepine. Master George tells the story of his forty years of research into the ancient warfare techniques of his ancestors and how he structured Canada's first Indigenous martial art form. Featuring Elder Vern Harper and the Nehiyawak (worthy people) who practise Okichitaw, this documentary takes the audience on a journey of empowerment as students rediscover the gifts of their Indigenous culture and traditional teachings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bc6090f7788973300ef1044/1555041287727-BC3OMCR7AM9G2V2TTQNG/5c5a3a34072a6.jpeg DIFF 2019 Films - Sembradoras De Vida (Mothers of the Land) SUN APR 28 | 1:15pm Metro Cinema, 8712 109 St NW Peru | Spanish, Quechua (w/ English subtitles) | Documentary | 2019 | Directed by Álvaro & Diego Sarmiento | 74 min Mothers of the Land accompanies five women from the Andean highlands in their daily struggle to maintain a traditional and organic way of working the land. In the Andean worldview, women and the earth are strongly interrelated. Both, a women’s body and the earth’s soil are capable of giving and nurturing life. In the context of an ever-growing industrialisation of agriculture, the use of chemical pesticides and genetically modified seeds it is women, who, connected to the earth through bonds of sisterhood, take on the role of protectors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bc6090f7788973300ef1044/1555041310895-7ZQICOJKGU6V8V6U6BWV/155-frame2_The+Crossing+.jpg DIFF 2019 Films - The Crossing SUN APR 28 | 2:45pm Metro Cinema, 8712 109 St NW United Kingdom | Tibetan (w/ English subtitles) | Animation | 2018 | Directed by Chris Shaw | 5 min Every year, hundreds of Tibetans make the perilous journey across the Himalayas, the world’s highest mountain range, into India - fleeing the persecution they face in their homeland, which has been occupied by China for more than 60 years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bc6090f7788973300ef1044/1555041620739-I2PU4AB5AHC4TTZ9EW2V/WINAYPACHA-FTR-4444-SCOPE-51-AY-XX.mov.01_19_59_11.Still005.jpg DIFF 2019 Films - Wiñaypacha (Eternity) SUN APR 28 | 2:45pm Metro Cinema, 8712 109 St NW Peru | Aymara (w/ English subtitles) | Feature | 2019 | Directed by Óscar Catacora | 87 min Nestled over 5,000 metres above sea level a day’s journey from the nearest town, the modest farmhouse near the peaks of the Andes is the only place Willka and Phaxsi have called home. Elderly but still mobile, the couple tends to their beloved herd of sheep as they live a near-solitary existence of subsistence, with only themselves and their animals for company. As the passage of time and circumstance leave their lives hanging in a fragile balance, the couple yearn for their long-absent son to return home from the city. Wiñaypacha is a deeply emotional experience and features stunning cinematography that must be seen on the big screen. This landmark film is the first feature filmed entirely in the Aymara language and has swept awards at festivals around the world. The story of Willka and Phaxsi (Sun and Moon in Aymara) will touch your heart and soul. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bc6090f7788973300ef1044/1555041474133-8T9WE3AAN06CWGSVCRLD/364-frame2_Esperanza+del+Oriente.jpg DIFF 2019 Films - Esperanza del Oriente (Hope of the East) SUN APR 28 | 2:45pm Metro Cinema, 8712 109 St NW Chile | Spanish (w/ English subtitles) | Documentary | 2013 | Directed by Patricia Albornoz | 12 min The Esperanza del Oriente boat sets sail from Riberalta to provide medical care for the Indigenous people of the village of Portachuelo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bc6090f7788973300ef1044/1555041700359-P8WBCT6ILNIYYA18WHR6/Photo+4+584x263.jpg DIFF 2019 Films - Territoire Ishkueu Territoire Femme (Ishkueu Territory Woman Territory) SUN APR 28 | 4:30pm Metro Cinema, 8712 109 St NW Canada | French (w/ English subtitles) | Documentary | 2018 | Directed by Claude Hamel | 63 min Eight native women storytellers, writers and poets performing live at the Atalukan Storytelling and Legends Festival in Mashtueiatsh (Pointe-Bleue), Quebec. Virginia Pésémapéo Bordeleau tells the genesis of her relations to the Bears; her paintings illuminate the documentary. Joséphine Bacon and Natasha Kanapé Fontaine give us their vision of the world while Marie-Andrée Gill delivers poems of brute force. Sonia Robertson, director of the festival, Alice Germain, adventure guide and Telesh Bégin, shaman, make us discover their territory while Kathia Rock offers beautiful chants in Innu and French. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bc6090f7788973300ef1044/1555041759695-LDO1YN6Z88T01L2CVTK4/163-frame2_Quilombo+Mata+Cavalo.jpg DIFF 2019 Films - Quilombo Mata Cavalo SUN APR 28 | 4:30pm Metro Cinema, 8712 109 St NW Brazil | Portuguese (w/ English subtitles) | Documentary | 2018 | Directed by Jurandir Amaral | 16 min In quilombo Mata Cavalo, quilombolas residents of six communities resist to preserve their cultural traits, maintain community integration and conquer the regularization of lands inherited from their ancestors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bc6090f7788973300ef1044/1555042021234-2IGN3GGCR4MFBOLFFAIA/TF_05.jpg DIFF 2019 Films - Three Feathers SUN APR 28 | 7pm Metro Cinema, 8712 109 St NW Canada | English | Short | 2018 | Directed by Carla Ulrich | 44 min When harm is done, justice must heal. After committing a shocking crime that devastates the innocence of their small community, Flinch, Bryce and Rupert are sent to live on the land for 9 months to explore the power of restorative justice. The Elders reconnect them to a life that was taken from them long ago, but it’s up to the boys to acquire the humility needed to return home and face their past. This showing will be followed by a panel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bc6090f7788973300ef1044/1555042120275-8CYG7Q55MVZYBLFV4I23/Out+of+Nothing.jpg DIFF 2019 Films - Out of Nothing SUN APR 28 | 9pm Metro Cinema, 8712 109 St NW Canada |English | Documentary | 2018 | Directed by Alexandra Lazarowich & Janna Kyllastinen | 15 min This experimental documentary examines parallels between Western science’s “Big Bang” and the creation story of the Shinnecock Nation to engage with the ever fascinating question: “Where do we come from?” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bc6090f7788973300ef1044/1555026018882-2JR5XK6HEUOL1X7NUGOZ/Fast+Horse.jpg DIFF 2019 Films - Fast Horse SUN APR 28 | 9pm Metro Cinema, 8712 109 St NW Canada | English | Documentary | 2018 | Directed by Alexandra Lazarowich | 13 min FAST HORSE is a rare look at the world of bareback horse racing through the experience of one Siksika horseman, Alison RedCrow, as he strives to build a team and take on the best riders in the Blackfoot Confederacy. This old tradition is alive and well. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bc6090f7788973300ef1044/1555042175764-VOHJ54A0ZGI9LD6NLDAI/Photo+2+JOW_Kim_close_up.jpg DIFF 2019 Films - Just One Word SUN APR 28 | 10pm Metro Cinema, 8712 109 St NW Canada | English | Short | 2017 | Directed by Jani Lauzon| 12 min Kim Morin is a successful Metis lawyer surrounded by luxury, security and Contemporary Native Art. Inner peace? Not so much. Kim needs things to be perfect. She wants the wrongs in her community and her family to be right. So when she finally tracks down her half-sister Asha who is scarred from years of foster care, carrying bundles of abandonment issues and drinking like a fish, Kim brings out the old Just One Word board game she loved as a child and makes her “to die for” cupcakes. Kim’s plan? An intervention for Asha using the board game Just One Word. But Kim and Asha’s idea of a party are as far apart as the upbringing they both experienced. So when Asha arrives for the party with her own personal supply of scotch and beer chasers, Kim’s vision of a smooth and successful intervention soon being to unravel as she discovers that Asha is not the only one who has issues that need healing and not even a board game and love filled cupcakes may be enough to help reconcile generations of pain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bc6090f7788973300ef1044/1555042211079-KK5Q5OK13F8I00SQ2FXC/Moa+ma+le+pinko-0-850-0-0.jpg DIFF 2019 Films - Moa Ma Le Pinko (Chicken and Bingo) SUN APR 28 | 10pm Metro Cinema, 8712 109 St NW New Zealand | English | Short | 2018 | Directed by Amberley Jo Aumua, Courtney Montour & Jesse Littlebird | 7 min Two random strangers at a cemetery have an unlikely connection recounting the deaths of their loved ones and sharing stories of chicken and bingo. Moa Ma Le Pinko was created as part of the third Native Slam, bringing international Indigenous directors together in a 72-hour film challenge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bc6090f7788973300ef1044/1555088656524-R8QTWZWNO73AU8BLTOTM/mc-dirt-mccomber-last-mohicans-mohawk-kanienkehaka-movie.jpg DIFF 2019 Films - Dirt McComber: Last Of The Mohicans MON APR 29 | 1pm Metro Cinema, 8712 109 St NW Canada | English | Documentary | 2018 | Directed by Ryan White & Joanne Storkan | 73 min Eric “Dirt” McComber is a rugged individualist who provides for his large family by hunting and fishing the Kahnawake Mohawk Territory near Montreal. But he must straddle two worlds to accomplish his many business, family, and societal functions. Adding to this is his passion and dedication to the sport of lacrosse, not just because of its modern-day significance, but also because it is the spiritual practice founded by his ancestors, the Iroquois of North America, who for centuries played the game to honor the Creator as well as for the wellness of their native communities. Life was running smoothly, and through bartering and selling their food at powwows, the McCombers were able to maintain a good lifestyle. But when disaster struck, and struck hard, Dirt’s entire way of living and supporting his family were threatened. The McCombers are now forced to reevaluate their way of living and become even more resilient during a harsh Quebec winter as well as prioritize what is truly important to them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bc6090f7788973300ef1044/1555042367168-3JTMKC8U2KERWXOD2I5K/Speaking+To+Their+Mother.jpg DIFF 2019 Films - Speaking to their Mother MON APR 29 | 3pm Metro Cinema, 8712 109 St NW Canada | English | Documentary | 1992 | Directed by Marjorie Beaucage | 6 min During the summer of 1992 Marjorie Beaucage invited artist Rebecca Belmore to bring her performative artwork Ayum-ee-aawach Oomama-mowan: Speaking to Their Mother to the Mother Earth Wiggins Bay Blockade in Northern Saskatchewan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bc6090f7788973300ef1044/1555042410504-9OPT6NICLFMHFQWVCFGK/Photo+2+Kathleen_Nuna__Basket.jpg DIFF 2019 Films - Naketuenita (Respect) MON APR 29 | 4pm Metro Cinema, 8712 109 St NW Canada | English | Documentary | 2018 | Directed by Kent Martin | 62 min The Innu Nation were among the last nomadic people in North America. They homeland was a vast territory called Nitassinan in Labrador Pressured by the Church and Governments the Innu were settled into communities in the middle of the 20th Century Then the Churchill Falls Hydro Project flooded vast areas of their land without permission. Their communities fell apart and into despair. Now the Innu are taking back control of their land, government, schools, social services and their resources which are overseen by the Environmental Guardians. This film tells their story. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bc6090f7788973300ef1044/1555026033021-N9Z57VWPPV6PWE86I2S8/The+Blackfeet+Flood.jpg DIFF 2019 Films - The Blackfeet Flood MON APR 29 | 5:30pm Metro Cinema, 8712 109 St NW United States | English | Documentary | 2018 | Directed by Torsten Kjellstrand & Ben Shors | 27 min Butch New Breast left The Blackfeet Reservation in 1964 when a flood washed away his home, his parents and sister. He returns 50 years later "to see if I can still get that feeling, like I am Blackfeet.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bc6090f7788973300ef1044/1555086948558-3W0I27U3ZH7HXYMNZY7B/Photo+1+MAOHI_NUI_photo_01.jpg DIFF 2019 Films - MA'OHI NUI, in the heart of the ocean my country lies MON APR 29 | 7pm Metro Cinema, 8712 109 St NW Belgium | French (w/ English subtitles) | Documentary | 2018 | Directed by Annick Ghijzelings | 112 min Tahiti, French Polynesia. Between the runway of the international airport and a small mound of earth lies a district called the Flamboyant. Over there, one says ""district "" as not to say ""shantytown"". There is another face of contemporary colonisation born of the thirty years of French nuclear tests in Polynesia. By confronting the Ma'ohi spirit with its nuclear history and its fractured existence, the film shows the face of contemporary colonisation and the vital impetus of a people trying not to forget themselves and who, silently, are seeking the path of independence. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bc6090f7788973300ef1044/1555087008032-1JNW552QUD9MEIMK5JV7/Photo+3+Canoe.jpg DIFF 2019 Films - Beyond Climate MON APR 29 | 9:30pm Metro Cinema, 8712 109 St NW Canada | English | Documentary | 2018 | Directed by Ian Mauro | 40 min Narrated by David Suzuki, Beyond Climate explores the human and environmental impacts of climate change in British Columbia, and is a timely contribution to the province and country as we grapple with climate change, the paramount issue of our time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bc6090f7788973300ef1044/1555087935113-54IKD9MSHEA6EGOUYAZZ/Living+Culture.png DIFF 2019 Films - Living Culture Speaking Truth Language Revitalization in our Communities TUES APR 30 | 1:30pm Metro Cinema, 8712 109 St NW Canada | English | Documentary |2018 | Directed by Mike Black, Petie Chalifoux, Alex Lazarowich & Roxann Whitebean | 38 min Today there are 70 Indigenous languages in Canada, many of which have seen a decline in transmission from generation to generation. “Living Culture, Speaking Truth: Language revitalization in our communities” is an insightful documentary that looks through the lens of 7 Indigenous communities who have taken initiative by employing their own unique strategies, challenging this decline and are on the forefront of strengthening and revitalizing their languages. In uplifting, inspiring accounts of resiliency, these communities epitomize the value and significance language has on the Indigenous People’s of Canada. https://dreamspeakers.org/new-gallery-1 daily 0.75 2019-04-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bc6090f7788973300ef1044/1555088923096-073ELGIVRI9OTQ9EXBUH/Photo+2+ryec_jack.jpg DIFF 2019 Films part two - Respect Your Elders Chum TUES APR 30 | 1:30pm Metro Cinema, 8712 109 St NW Canada | English | Short | 2018 | Directed by Jack Belhumeur | 7 min Chum, learns a lesson respecting his Elders. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bc6090f7788973300ef1044/1555088923096-073ELGIVRI9OTQ9EXBUH/Photo+2+ryec_jack.jpg DIFF 2019 Films part two - Respect Your Elders Chum TUES APR 30 | 1:30pm Metro Cinema, 8712 109 St NW Canada | English | Short | 2018 | Directed by Jack Belhumeur | 7 min Chum, learns a lesson respecting his Elders. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bc6090f7788973300ef1044/1555087134386-H92J7X61E09PPW78ACEQ/Photo+1+Screen_Shot_2018-05-14_at_1.11.32_PM.jpg DIFF 2019 Films part two - Waniska TUES APR 30 | 1:30pm Metro Cinema, 8712 109 St NW Canada | English | Documentary | 2018 | Directed by Andrée Cazabon | 25 min In an extraordinary display of resilience, a group of Elders out on the land address the importance of Indigenous knowledge. These residential school Survivors shine a light on a future where this traditional knowledge system may be called upon to assist humanity. Filmed in the fields and forests of First Nations lands across Saskatchewan, Waniska was envisioned and directed by the Elder’s Circle of the First Nations University of Canada with participation from students. Waniska means ‘to awaken’ in Cree. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bc6090f7788973300ef1044/1555087188762-O2643Y29OYZHW3GS99R0/690-frame1_Huahua.jpg DIFF 2019 Films part two - Huahua (Child) TUES APR 30 | 3:30pm Metro Cinema, 8712 109 St NW Ecuador | Spanish (w/ English subtitles) | Documentary |2018 | Directed by Jose Espinosa Anguaya | 68 min A young aboriginal couple faces an unexpected pregnancy that will make them questioned about their identity and the world in which they will raise their child. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bc6090f7788973300ef1044/1555087229458-Q2OF579VCO9OACTPZ3FP/Retablo.jpg DIFF 2019 Films part two - Retablo TUES APR 30 | 6:30pm Metro Cinema, 8712 109 St NW Peru | Quecha (w/ English subtitles) | Feature | 2017 | Directed by Alvaro Delgado Aparicio | 95 min The life of a 14-year-old boy in an isolated Peruvian village is turned upside down when he accidentally discovers his troubled father's secret. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bc6090f7788973300ef1044/1555087269824-L5L3GJEMXCVF08ODN6ZT/Screen+Shot+2019-04-11+at+2.59.10+PM.png DIFF 2019 Films part two - Rainbow Warriors Collection Spring/Summer 2019 TUES APR 30 | 8:30pm Metro Cinema, 8712 109 St NW Canada | English | Short | 2019 | Directed by Derek Jagodzinsky | 2 min The ancient prophecy foretelling of the Rainbow Warriors was recounted by many Indigenous Nations across North America, including the Hopi and Zuni in the southwest, the Cree in the far north, the Cherokee in the southeast and Sioux Indians from the Plains.These Nations prophesied that people of different colours, classes and creeds will unite to spread the wisdom of living in harmony with each other, all creatures and the land at a time when the Earth is ravaged by the powerful effects of greed and destruction. This diverse group of people will be called the Rainbow Warriors and their actions and deeds will reestablish balance in the world, in turn renewing the planet with health, integrity and spiritual prosperity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bc6090f7788973300ef1044/1555089208808-LD83IV5MLPWW89E9WA4L/57-frame4_Majur.jpg DIFF 2019 Films part two - Majur TUES APR 30 | 8:30pm Metro Cinema, 8712 109 St NW Brazil | Portuguese (w/ English subtitles) | Documentary | 2018 | Directed by Rafael Irineu | 20 min Meet Majur, LGBTQ +, chief of communication of an Indigenous village located in the interior of Mato Grosso, Brazil. The documentary shows a year of his life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bc6090f7788973300ef1044/1555087362626-8BK2EQ74LI434RYOOFUW/Janet+Make+Me+Performance+photo.jpg DIFF 2019 Films part two - Make Me TUES APR 30 | 8:30pm Metro Cinema, 8712 109 St NW Canada | English | Short | 2018 | Directed by Janet Rogers | 6 min An erotic poem is recited while candles, sage, and honey are used in a performative ceremony, inviting our suitors to love us well, and love us better. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bc6090f7788973300ef1044/1555026029970-PVXD9W7OBO82LZDZ96IN/Positions.jpg DIFF 2019 Films part two - Positions TUES APR 30 | 8:30pm Metro Cinema, 8712 109 St NW Canada | English | Short | 2018 | Directed by Justin Ducharme | 12 min A simple and naturalistic approach to a day in the life of a two-spirit, male sex worker as he visits his clients. Positions is an unapologetic and realist exploration of sexual desire, the quest for financial stability, and the pursuit of agency over one’s own body. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bc6090f7788973300ef1044/1555025962225-W27YKWA8OAP77757BLH3/Broken+Jaw+Group.jpg DIFF 2019 Films part two - Broken Jaw WED MAY 1 | 4:30pm Metro Cinema, 8712 109 St NW Canada | English | Short | 2018 | Youth Film | Directed by Kassidy Greyeyes | 3 min This story is based on an Elder’s recollection of a story passed down about Jacob Johnstone (Broken Jaw). Who was shot in the face he was fifteen years old. He became chief by Mistawasis, was a medicine man and an Elder. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bc6090f7788973300ef1044/1555025962221-ZHRNIEUNTHMMPIBUCN9G/Epic+Journey+Group.jpg DIFF 2019 Films part two - The Epic Journey WED MAY 1 | 4:30pm Metro Cinema, 8712 109 St NW Canada | English | Short | 2018 | Youth Film | Directed by Marvin Jimmy Jr, Mariah Pechawis, Patric Harrison & Channelle Smallchild | 6 min This film is based on a Elder’s story of a journey that a group of Ojibowe took to move away from the Europeans that were coming into the new world in the 1800’s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bc6090f7788973300ef1044/1555025978629-98MEXVE3HZLSIKUAFO2E/Treaty+Day+on+the+Rez+Group.jpg DIFF 2019 Films part two - Treaty Day On The Rez WED MAY 1 | 4:30pm Metro Cinema, 8712 109 St NW Canada | English | Short | 2018 | Youth Film | Directed by Theresa Sanderson | 7 min This film is based on an Elder’s memory of going to pick up Treaty money and Tuberculosis. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bc6090f7788973300ef1044/1555087415003-31KEDVI9DATP9746OUB2/Photo+3+36361341_10160382302825167_1708281078290055168_n.jpg DIFF 2019 Films part two - Dead Bolt WED MAY 1 | 4:30pm Metro Cinema, 8712 109 St NW Canada | English | Short | 2018 | Directed by Jon Berg | 8 A young woman pays a terrible price for leaving her door unlocked when a stranger takes over her apartment and locks her out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bc6090f7788973300ef1044/1555087451887-GTXCF3PBU8I1VM2H4EIK/Poster+c018b1dff2-poster.jpg DIFF 2019 Films part two - 聞こえない声―アイヌ遺骨問題 もうひとつの150年― (Colonized Voices - The Repatriation of Ainu Remains: Another Perspective on the History of the Last 150 Years) WED MAY 1 | 5:30pm Metro Cinema, 8712 109 St NW Japan | English, Japanese (w/ English subtitles) | Documentary | 2018 | Directed by Yasushi Fujishima, (Hiromitsu Numata) | 53 min Let us show you a history that the Japanese have hidden from the world. It is the story of a northern Indigenous people called the Ainu. They are a people with a rich culture that have lived peacefully with nature, never using violence. The Japanese deprived them of everything. But nobody knows what happened between the Japanese and the Ainu. You will witness a history even the Japanese do not know. This documentary follows the history of the colonization of Hokkaido by the Japanese government and the ensuing struggle of the Ainu, the Indigenous people of Japan. In the 19th century, the Japanese government annexed the northern island, Hokkaido, traditionally inhabited by the Ainu, as a strategy against the advancement of the Russian Empire from the north. The 150-year history of Hokkaido, which is regarded as “development”, is also the history of “colonization,” during which the Japanese government tormented the Ainu through discriminative policies that still affect the Ainu people’s lives to this day. In particular, the repatriation of Ainu remains presents serious concerns as researchers stole Ainu bones from their graves in the late 19th century, and most of them have not been returned to their original sites. The research was conducted in unethical ways without the consent of the Ainu, while the remains have been stored and managed poorly in research institutions. The government and universities neglected appeals for dialogue from the Ainu. In response to that, the Ainu decided to take the case to court in order to have their ancestors returned to their native land. In addition, gaps in the legal system for the repatriation have become a hindrance to the respectful return of the remain as the current laws have been written and applied without consideration for the Ainu burial culture. The colonial practices led by the Japanese government also caused the disappearance of Ainu traditions, ontology and language that have been cultivated over generations. The Ainu are now working to protect and hand down their ancestors’ teaching to the next generations. Some Ainu are sharing traditional foods or Ainu language with children. Others are trying to restore Ainu traditional techniques such as woodcarvings or grave-marker making. In the field of tourism, some Ainu are exploring original ways to promote Ainu culture. What does the future hold for the harmonious cohabitation of the Ainu and the Japanese? This documentary introduces the voices of the Ainu telling of their struggle with living in this modern era and their hope for a better future. Like the Ainu, there are large Indigenous populations around the world that continue to struggle against persistent colonial practices by states or governments. It is now a collective challenge shared worldwide to recognize the negative impact of colonial practices oppressing Indigenous peoples. 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