Cree filmmaker Jules Koostachin's WaaPaKe (Tomorrow) collects testimonials from residential school survivors, their children, and grandchildren to illuminate …
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TIFF 23 Film Review: Ivan Sen’s Limbo
Ivan Sen's latest foray into the detective genre, Limbo, places a white cop at the centre of an investigation to re-open a twenty-year-old case about the …
Sundance 2023 Ep.4: Indigenous Films, from Bad Press to Twice Colonized
In the fourth episode of the Sundance 2023 podcast season, we discuss the North American films by and about Indigenous Peoples at the festival, including Twice …
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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 …
Whistler Reviews: Jason James’ Exile and Bruce Miller’s Conviction
Jason James's feature Exile (starring Adam Beach) and Bruce Miller's short Conviction both tell stories of a previously incarcerated Indigenous man struggling …
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Stellar Film Review: It’s the end of the world and the Indigenous leads feel fine
Alex Heeney reviews Darlene Naponse's new film Stellar at TIFF, about two Indigenous strangers meeting at a bar on the night the world may be ending.In Darlene …