Co-directors and co-writers Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers (who also stars) and Kathleen Hepburn discuss telling Indigenous stories and telling a story in real time. …
Indigenous Cinema
Indigenous filmmakers from around the world discuss both decolonizing cinema and their technical process.
TIFF interview: Kuessipan filmmakers on their Innu coming-of-age story
Kuessipan is one of the best acquisition titles at TIFF19. Director Myriam Verreault and co-writer Noami Fontaine talk telling the story of two Indigenous teens …
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‘We want to show the joy and humour and love in our communities’: An interview with the filmmakers of The Grizzlies
Director Miranda de Pencier and Inuk producer Alethea Araquq-Baril discuss the making of The Grizzlies, telling Indigenous stories, and why de Pencier wanted to …
Imogen Thomas on Emu Runner: ‘The film willed its way into existence.’
Director Imogen Thomas discusses her feature, Emu Runner, which explores an Aboriginal girl’s (Rhae-Kye Waites) grief — and her community’s resilience — …
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Interview: Edge of the Knife tells a pre-colonialism story of the Haida legend of ‘The Wildman’
Co-director and Haida artist Gwaai Edenshaw discusses his landmark film Edge of the Knife (Sgaawaay K'uuna), the first feature film made in the Haida language. …
Interview: Falls Around Her centres a complex, middle-aged, Indigenous woman
Writer-director Darlene Naponse on Falls Around Her, making a film about an unconventional protagonist, capturing the beauty of a landscape through both visuals …
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