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).
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Whistler Reviews: Jason James’ Exile and Bruce Miller’s Conviction
Jason James’s feature Exile and Bruce Miller’s short Conviction both tell stories of a previously incarcerated Indigenous man struggling to set himself free.
Stellar Film Review: It’s the end of the world and the Indigenous leads feel fine
Darlene Naponse’s new film Stellar is about two Indigenous strangers displaced from their land, who meet at a bar on the night the world may be ending.
Zoe Leigh Hopkins tells an uplifting story about healing in Run Woman Run
Zoe Leigh Hopkins, director of Run Woman Run, talks about telling a different kind of coming-of-age-in-your-thirties story, filming in her home of Six Nations, and more.
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.
The 30 best films of 2021
From Petite Maman to I’m Your Man to The Worst Person in the World, Seventh Row’s editors pick the thirty best films of 2021.