Mohawk writer-director Sonia Boileau discusses her new film Rustic Oracle about the human side of the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls crisis in Canada.
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Joshua Demers on his Canadian political satire, Québexit
Québexit director and co-writer Joshua Demers on shooting a film in three languages with 20 actors in 12 days, and what the film reveals about Canada.
‘You can’t survive colonialism and not be epic’: Loretta Todd on Monkey Beach
Writer-director Loretta Todd discusses the 20 year journey to making Monkey Beach.
20 great 2020 films that are seeking distribution
These 20 acquisition titles are still seeking distribution in Canada, the US, or the UK, but they’re just as good as the films out in virtual cinemas right now.
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.
ImagineNative 2020 highlights great Indigenous films
The 2020 ImagineNative Film Festival is entirely online this year, and highlights include: Monkey Beach, Inconvenient Indian, and shorts like Lichen and Becoming Nakuset.