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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240927T100000
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URL:https://events.nfb.ca/events/honour-to-senator-murray-sinclair-with-al
 anis-obomsawin-in-attendance/
SUMMARY:Honour To Senator Murray Sinclair\, with Alanis Obomsawin in Attend
 ance!
DESCRIPTION:To mark National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and Orange S
 hirt Day\, join Concordia University for a special screening of Honour to 
 Senator Murray Sinclair. \n\nSpecial guest and acclaimed filmmaker Alanis
  Obomsawin will be present for a discussion moderated by Kahérakwas Donn
 a Goodleaf  and Monika Kin Gagnon. The discussion will delve into the fi
 lm's context and offer additional resources for those interested in learni
 ng more about this vital topic.\n\n---\n\nHonour To Senator Murray Sinclai
 r  (directed by Alanis Obomsawin | 2021 | 29 min)  \n\nAs the Chair of t
 he Truth and Reconciliation Commission\, Senator Murray Sinclair was a key
  figure in raising global awareness of the atrocities of Canada’s reside
 ntial school system. With determination\, wisdom and kindness\, Senator Si
 nclair remains steadfast in his belief that the path to actual reconciliat
 ion between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people requires understanding an
 d accepting often difficult truths about Canada’s past and present. Alan
 is Obomsawin shares the powerful speech the Senator gave when he accepted 
 the WFM-Canada World Peace Award\, interspersing the heartbreaking testimo
 nies of former students imprisoned at residential schools.\n\n&nbsp\;\n\nO
 ne of the most acclaimed Indigenous directors in the world\, Alanis Obomsa
 win came to cinema from performance and storytelling. Hired by the NFB as 
 a consultant in 1967\, she has created an extraordinary body of work—50 
 films and counting—including landmark documentaries like Incident at Re
 stigouche (1984) and Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance (1993). The 
 Abenaki director has received numerous international honours and her work 
 was showcased in a 2008 retrospective at New York’s Museum of Modern Art
 . “My main interest all my life has been education\,” says Obomsawin\,
  “because that’s where you develop yourself\, where you learn to hate\
 , or to love.”\n\n---\n\nDon't miss this opportunity to engage in a mean
 ingful dialogue and gain insight into the film's creation\, as well as its
  importance in the broader conversation.\n\nPresented by the Office of Dec
 olonizing and Indigenizing Curriculum and Pedagogy and the Department of C
 ommunication Studies at Concordia.
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CATEGORIES:Free Event,Screenings
LOCATION:Concordia University J.W. McConnell Building\, 1400 De Maisonneuve
  Blvd. W.\, J.A. De Sève Cinema\, Room LB 125\, Montreal\, QC\, H3G 1M8\,
  Canada
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