As part of THE NFB IN LIBRARIES programming, the Port Colborne Public Library will present WaaPake (Tomorrow).

WaaPaKe (Tomorrow) |  Dr Jules Arita Koostachin|2023 | 80 min

Dr. Jules Arita Koostachin’s deeply personal documentary WaaPaKe (Tomorrow) asks the difficult question: “Who are we without our pain?”

In her efforts to help the children of Survivors, including herself and her family, Koostachin makes the difficult decision to step in front of the camera and participate in the circle of truth. She is joined in this courageous act of solidarity by members of her immediate family, as well as an array of voices from Indigenous communities across Turtle Island. Moving beyond burying intergenerational trauma, WaaPaKe (Tomorrow) is an invitation to unravel the tangled threads of silence and unite in collective freedom and power.

WaaPaKe (Tomorrow) – Trailer 01m10s on Vimeo

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FREE SCREENING
To have more information on this screening, consult the 2025 Film Documentary Series brochure (pdf) on the library website.