On the podcast, Alex Heeney discusses three Berlinale 2026 highlights directed by women: Elle Sofe Sara’s Sámi musical Arrú, Sandulela Asanda’s queer South African film Black Burns Fast, and Sophie Heldman’s 1810 queer period drama The Education of Jane Cumming.
Indigenous Film - Episodes
Listen to Seventh Row Podcast episodes about Indigenous films: films by Indigenous filmmakers and about Indigenous Peoples (no stories by settlers).
Ep. 175 How three very different films ended up in conversation
Join me (Alex Heeney) on a journey through three films I programmed inside Reel Ruminators — a British political thriller, an Indigenous Canadian documentary, and a queer South African drama — and discover how their contrasts help to illuminate each other.
Ep. 166 Introducing…one of the most important films of this decade
On the podcast, Alex recommends Alain Guiraudie’s film Misericordia and delves deep into the film’s compelling opening scene.
Ep. 150 How I got interested in Indigenous films from Australia feat. Ivan Sen’s Limbo
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.
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).