Tag: indigenous
LAKOTA NATION VS. UNITED STATES Review: Mesmerizing True Story
It's not very often that people get to see indigenous representation on the screen but Jesse Short Bull and Laura Tomaselli pull it off with this fresh documentary, Lakota Nation vs. United States. In this tale of justice and reparations,...
Now Streaming: BLOOD QUANTUM, How We Eat Our Own
Michael Greyeyes, Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers, and Forrest Goodluck star in writer/director Jeff Barnaby's horror thriller, now streaming on Shudder.
Toronto 2019 Review: BLOOD QUANTUM Chews On The Sins of Fathers
It is 1971, and a lone police car drives purposely, if slightly lost, through the Northern Canadian forest. Its bright red cherries offer little light, and function more of a quiet warning to the wilderness which surround it. The Police...
Vancouver 2018 Review: EDGE OF THE KNIFE, Immersed in the 19th Century
Edge of the Knife (aka SGaawaay K'uuna) is a film whose reputation will precede it, but for all the right reasons. Its existence marks the first ever feature entirely in Haida, an indigenous language that is spoken fluently by less than...
Documentary filmmakers launch fundraising campaign for in-depth film on indigenous Amazonian communities
Documentary filmmakers, Adam Punzano and Joe Tucker, are seeking funds to complete their documentary on the indigenous peoples of the Ecuadorian Amazon. The crowdfunding campaign aims to raise $10,000 in order to take the documentary through editing and post-production, and...