In this episode of the podcast, Alex
Heeney discusses how she got interested in Indigenous films from Australia, which led her to recommend Ivan Sen’s Limbo as one of the best films of 2024.
Indigenous Film - Episodes
Listen to Seventh Row Podcast episodes about Indigenous films: films by Indigenous filmmakers and about Indigenous Peoples (no stories by settlers).
TIFF 2024 Ep. 5: Bicultural daughters and their absent fathers: My Father’s Daughter, Winter in Sokcho, and A Missing Part
In this episode of the TIFF 2024 season, Alex discusses three films about bicultural daughters and their absent fathers: My Father’s Daughter, Winter in Sokcho, and A Missing Part.
E131: Remembering Jeff Barnaby
This podcast episode pays tribute to the great films and enormous impact of Mi’gmaq filmmaker Jeff Barnaby who passed away on October 13, 2022. He directed two landmark Indigenous feature films out of Canada: Rhymes for Young Ghouls (2013) and Blood Quantum (2019).
Ep. 126: Run Woman Run: An Indigenous coming of age after 30 film
On this episode we dig into how Run Woman Run explores coming of age in your thirties through an Indigenous perspective.
Ep. 120: David Gulpilil: Remembering his work in Charlie’s Country and beyond
On this episode, we’re celebrating the legacy of Aboriginal Australian actor David Gulpilil, with a particular focus on Charlie’s Country.
Ep. 63: Indigenous YA, part 2
This episode concludes our two part discussion of contemporary Indigenous young adult films. We discuss some of the best Indigenous YA films from the recent past, think about the difference between films made by Indigenous and settler filmmakers, and outline the genre’s defining traits.