BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:2056@events.nfb.ca DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250621T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250621T130000 DTSTAMP:20250613T202037Z URL:https://events.nfb.ca/events/wilfred-buck-22/ SUMMARY:Wilfred Buck - Vancouver DESCRIPTION:In honour of National Indigenous Peoples Day\, please join the H.R. MacMillan Space Centre for this special screening of:\n\n \;\n\nW ILFRED BUCK\n\nDirected by Lisa Jackson (2024\, 96 mins)\n\nHe’s from th e “fresh-out-of-the-bush\, partly civilized\, colonized\, displaced peop le\,” and he’s here to take us to the stars. Lisa Jackson’s portrait of Cree Elder Wilfred Buck moves between earth and sky\, past and present \, bringing to life ancient teachings of Indigenous astronomy and cosmolog y to tell a story that spans generations. This hybrid feature documentary follows the extraordinary life of Wilfred Buck\, a charismatic and irrever ent Cree Elder who overcame a harrowing yet familiar history of displaceme nt\, racism and addiction by reclaiming ancestral star knowledge and cerem ony.\n\nBuck is humble\, profound\, funny\, always real and a master story teller. As a young man\, his community in Northern Manitoba is forcibly re located to make way for a hydroelectric dam\, Buck’s family loses everyt hing. He descends into the darkness of the city streets\, surviving any wa y he can\, until he reconnects with Elders who start him on a path that tr ansforms his world.  Driven by insatiable curiosity and instructed by dre ams\, Buck becomes a science educator and internationally respected star l ore expert. His mission is sharing these life-changing teachings—as rele vant and urgent today as ever—always guided by ceremony and anchored in the land.\n\nAdapted from Buck’s rollicking memoir I Have Lived Four Li ves\, director Lisa Jackson deftly interweaves verité footage of Buck’s present with archival footage and cinematic\, dramatized scenes from his past\, painting a portrait of a beloved leader who now stands at the foref ront of the resurgence of Indigenous ways of knowing.\n\n----------------- -------------------\n\nThe screening will take place in the H.R. MacMillan Space Centre Auditorium and is free and open to the public. To reserve yo ur free ticket go to Free Film Screening - National Indigenous Peoples Day Tickets\, Sat\, Jun 21\, 2025 at 11:00 AM | Eventbrite\n\nMore informatio n at info@spacecentre.ca or (604) 738-7827 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://events.nfb.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/05 /WilfredBuck_Wilfred_Buck_Eagle_Shirt-scaled.jpg CATEGORIES:Free Event,Screenings,Wilfred Buck LOCATION:H.R. MacMillan Space Centre\, 1100 Chestnut Street\, Vancouver\, B C\, V6J 3J9\, Canada GEO:49.276354;-123.144405 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=1100 Chestnut Street\, Vanc ouver\, BC\, V6J 3J9\, Canada;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=H.R. MacMillan Sp ace Centre:geo:49.276354,-123.144405 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Vancouver X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Vancouver BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250309T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR