Hillsview Active Living Centre – Acton
415 Queen St E., Acton, ON, L7J 2N2
As part of THE NFB IN LIBRARIES programming, the Halton Hills Public Library will present Voices Across the Water at the Hillsview Active Living Centre – Acton for their Halton Hills Film Festival.
Voices Across the Water | Fritz Mueller | 2022 | 84 min
There is a moment during the construction of a canoe when its true form is revealed. A hull drops into place. The elegant arc of a bow cuts forth. A similar process sometimes occurs in life, when a person finally discovers their true path.
Fritz Mueller and Teresa Earle’s feature documentary Voices Across the Water follows two master boat builders as they practise their art and find a way back to balance and healing.
For Alaskan Tlingit carver Wayne Price and young apprentice, Violet, fashioning a dugout canoe from a single massive red cedar tree is a way to reconnect to the Ancestral Knowledge of Indigenous craftspeople. Francophone artist Halin de Repentigny’s handmade birchbark canoes recall the vessels once used by the voyageurs. Connected by their devotion to craft and the critical importance of succession, they carry forward the ancient art of navigating life’s unexpected currents.
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FREE SCREENING
To have more information on this screening, consult the library’s website.