In this episode, filmmakers Tracey Deer and Jules Koostachin discuss the legacy of resistance.
Tracey’s powerful feature debut Beans is inspired by her own coming of age as a Mohawk girl in Kahnawake during the 1990 Oka Crisis – the turbulent 78-day standoff between the Mohawks, the Quebec provincial police, and the Canadian military.
This conversation was recorded at VIFF 2020, on the day that marked 30-years since the end of the Oka Crisis. Together, Tracey and Jules explore that pivotal moment in Canada’s national history, how it plays out on screen, and how it continues to shape Indigenous land disputes.
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Presented on the traditional and unceded territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil-Waututh) nations.
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Available to watch on VIFF Connect from Feb 5 - March 4, 2021 is the Black History Month program: Everywhere We Are – a celebration of the underrepresented stories of global Black resistance, cinema for the movement. Curated by Nya Lewis. Featuring Queen & Slim, Softie, KENBE LA, Until We Win, Remembering a Revolution, Keyboard Fantasies: The Beverly Glenn-Copeland Story, Nationtime, Poppie Nongena and a 'Canadian Resistance' shorts program + free Facebook Live panel discussion with filmmakers Simone Blais (Dance Like Everybody’s Watching) and Kelly Fyffe-Marshall (Marathon).
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