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Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre
1171 Front Street, Whitehorse, Yukon, Y1A 2C6
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AVAILABLE LIGHT FILM FESTIVAL!

?️ Sunday, Februrary 1, 2020 | 1:30 PM

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Now Is the Time

Christopher Auchter
2019 | 16 min

When internationally renowned Haida carver Robert Davidson was only 22 years old, he was instrumental in changing the history of his people forever. With help from his grandparents, his father, and his younger brother Reg, Davidson committed to carving the first new totem pole in Old Massett in almost a century.

On the 50th anniversary of the pole’s raising, Haida filmmaker Christopher Auchter steps easily through history to revisit that day in August 1969, when the entire village gathered to celebrate the event that would signal the rebirth of the Haida spirit.

Resplendent with animation, emotional interviews, and original footage shot by what was then known as the NFB’s Indian Film Crew, Now Is the Time captures three generations of Eagle and Raven clan working together to raise the pole in the old way, inching it higher and higher, until it stands proud and strong against the clear blue sky.

 

Lake

Alexandra Lazarowich
2019 | 5 min

Cree director Alexandra Lazarowich riffs off classic verité cinema to craft a contemporary portrait of Métis women net fishing in Northern Alberta.

 

 

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