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Title | Producers | Release Date | Genre | Duration | Places and Presences | Bands, Communities and Nations | City/Town | Colour | Funding and Support | Thank Yous, Dedications, and Other Credits | Language (Primary) | Addtl. Language Content | Producer Description (original) | Crew | Cast | Context of Creation | First Nations, Metis, or Inuit producer(s) | Settler producer(s) | Archive/VO Status | Accession Number | Related Works |
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| Thunder Bay | Linda Johnson | 1972 | Documentation | 0:22:00 | Abenaki [Singer and Speaker at the end of the video] | Thunder Bay | B&W | no credits | English | (00:19:00) (00:20:35) French (Briefly Spoken), Abenaki (Song) | Ceremonies of the official opening of the new Indian Friendship Centre with native song, dance, fashion in the Thunder Bay community ten years ago. An area that still is beset with racism towards native people and other non-whites.special collection - Indigenous Media Art - First Nations | no credits | no credits | https://tbifc.ca/aboutus/ | unknown | unknown | available for personal/research viewing, contact to discuss other options and distribution | 59 | |||
| Dan George/Douglas Cardinal Talk | - | 1975 | Documentary | 0:30:00 | St Paul Residential School | Tsleil-Waututh, Black Foot | Vancouver, Calgary | B&W | English | (00:19:00 hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓) | Indian leader Dan George talks about the old indian lifestyle and the problems of adapting to this era. Douglas Cardinal discusses the failure of the education system in teaching young indians. He voices the thoughts and demands of an Alberta Council of Chiefs.Metro Media - Special Collection | unknown | unknown | 65 | |||||||
| Wounded Knee Dispatch | Peter Berg | 1973 | Documentation | 0:29:00 | Wounded Knee; Pine Ridge Reservation | Oglala Lakota | Rapid City South Dakota | B&W | no credits | English | Viewpoints of the American Indian Movement (AIM). Sales of the tape were intended to support the Natives at Wounded Knee but the occupation ended before the tape could circulate. | no credits | no credits | Interviews intended to circulate to support Wounded Knee Occupation. Recorded onsite during the Wounded Knee occupation on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation by Oglala Lakota and the American Indian Movement in early 1973. AIM spokespersons, founder Dennis James Banks (Chippewa, 1937-2017), Oglala Sioux activist Russell Means (1939-2012), and others are represented. They go into the reasons of the occupation and the conflict between traditional Oglala Sioux and the BIA tribal council chairperson Richard Wilson. Peter Berg (1937-2011) was an American video producer interested in counterculture activities, human rights, and the environment. In the early 1960’s he was a performer with San Francisco Mime Troupe and is credited with coining the term “guerrilla theatre”. Members of the troupe, including Berg, formed the Diggers, creating a Free Store and distributing food. In 1969 Berg and his family caravans across the US fueling his interest in environmentalism. In 1973 he founded the Planet Drum Foundation. | y | y | available for personal/research viewing, contact to discuss other options and distribution | 84 | |||
| Why Wounded Knee? | American Indian Movement, Miles Mogulescu | 1974 | Documentary | 0:28:00 | Wounded Knee; Pine Ridge Reservation | Oglala Lakota | B&W | Wounded Knee Legal Defense Committee; | English | A.I.M. founders, including Dennis Banks and Russell Means, explain the militant stand of American Indians at Wounded Knee, South Dakota 1973. | Technical Assistance by University Community Video; Tapes shot by: Lynn Cruise, Miles Mogulescu, wayne Neelis, Frank Rasor, Margie Two Shoes, Joel Wall, Marge Wells | y | y | available for personal/research viewing, contact to discuss other options and distribution | 114 | ||||||
| Indian Fishermen | Raven Society of BC: Randall Ginger | Documentation | 0:28:00 | B&W | English | A day is spent on an Indian owned and operated seiner, the Sea Luck, fishing off the B.C. coast. | Camera: Randall Ginger | Boat: Sea Luck (owned by Robert Recalma of Qualicum) | https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/fisherman/items/1.0011341 photos of the boat in the Fisherman Publishing Society fonds at UBC https://www.harbourspiel.com/files/harbour-spiel-april-2009-issue.pdf | y | unknown | available for personal/research viewing, contact to discuss other options and distribution | 267 | ||||||||
| Culture | Raven Society of B.C. | 1970 | Documentary | 0:12:00 | Nishga Nation; Kwakiutl Band | B&W | English | George Clutesi gives an introductory narrative on Indian cultural history followed by ceremonial dance sequences. | Camera: Randall Ginger | Nishga Dancers Kwakiutl Dancers Narrator: George Clutesi | Created as a presentation http://data2.archives.ca/e/e449/e011207230.pdf | y | unknown | available for personal/research viewing, contact to discuss other options and distribution | 268 | ||||||
| White Roots Of Peace | Challenge For Change, National Film Board | 1974 | Documentation | 0:30:00 | Mohawk | B&W | English | [Spoken Mohawk language at 00:00:30?] [00:13:00] | A young Mohawk man puts modern life into terms of North American Indian legends. | No credits | No credits | This film produced with the Indian Film Crew as part of the Challenge for Change project of the National Film Board of Canada, a community video making project that ran from 1967-1980. https://www.nfb.ca/playlist/challenge-for-change/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Challenge_for_Change#Indian_Film_Crew https://www.cbc.ca/radio/secretlifeofcanada/why-you-should-know-the-indian-film-crew-1.5843618 | y | y | available for personal/research viewing, contact to discuss other options and distribution | 453 | |||||
| Black Stump | Ana Maria Soares | 1974 | Documentation | 0:10:00 | Reserve (Bourke), Bourke Pre-school, Legal Service (Moree), Gum Flat Camp (Moree) | Bourke, Moree | B&W | English | This production is on Australia’s native people, and their rights and ways of life. (Optical transfer from PAL) | Music: Roger Waters, [Daily Basis?] Camera: Ana Davis, Micky Williams, Keith Munroe | unknown | unknown | available for personal/research viewing, contact to discuss other options and distribution | 490 | |||||||
| Leonard Peltier Demonstration/extradition | Alma House - Students and Teacher of group home in Vancouver | 1976 | Documentation | 0:55:00 | Pine Ridge Reservation | Vancouver | B&W | English | Lakota, spoken welcomes at rallys | Modern native Indian oratory by prominentn A.I.M. spokespersons. includes discussion of the spiritual aspects of the A.I.M. movement, modern and traditional songs. and the Leonard Peltier demonstration during the time of the extradition proceedings. | Twin Rainbow (Narrator) | Documentation of Extradition Proceedings | unknown | y | available for personal/research viewing, contact to discuss other options and distribution | 504 | |||||
| Banyacya At Habitat Forum | Kate French | 1976 | Documentation | 0:52:00 | Vancouver | B&W | English | Documentation of address by banyacya, interpreter for the Hopi Spiritual Leaders; a messenger of the 1948 Hopi Spiritual Leaders “convention” in Arizona where they recall the past acknowledge the present, and foretell the eventualities of the future of the Western Hemisphere. | https://habitat76.ca/ | unknown | unknown | available for personal/research viewing, contact to discuss other options and distribution | 514 | ||||||||
| Native Land Claims In BC - An Introduction | Target Canada | 1976 | Documentary | 0:20:00 | Carrier | Prince George | Col. | Funded by: Public Schools Legal Education, Project of the Legal Services Commission | English | A slide-tape show exposing in an historical as well as contemporary perspective, the aboriginal right and the systematic rip-off of the land by white people. A general overview of Aboriginal Rights, land claim, and the moral and legal basis behind them. | Direction: Graham Hope Production: Bruce Neumer Production Asst: Margaret Bernard Sound: Nomi Promislow Illustrations: Barbara Robertson, Doug Slack, Norman Ivan | Tony Miles, Chuck Newman, James Newman, Ernie Phillips, Dorey Brotchie, Wayne Guss, Robin King, Steve Reid, Norman Ivan, Ralph Maud, Gillis Defaulnier, Jubet Nelson | unknown | unknown | available for personal/research viewing, contact to discuss other options and distribution | 551 | |||||
| The Sliammon Program | Yves Langlois | 1976 | Documentary | 0:21:00 | Tla'amin Nation | near Powell River | Col., B&W | English | Native children on a reservation, concerned with alcohol abuse among their elders, produce a videotape to express their concern and show the tape to members of the community. | Written & Directed by: Yves Langlois Narration: Tim Weir Camera and Sound:Dennis Dubuc Music: Yves Langlois & Sylvan Panneton Still Photography: Priscillia Lockwood Edited by: Yves Langlois & Tim Weir Technical Editor: Roy Baker | Corrine Mitchell (Health Worker who made contact with students to form a video production group) Sheila Rymer (Health Educator) 6 students | https://www.sac-isc.gc.ca/eng/1576089851792/1576089910366 | n | y | available for personal/research viewing, contact to discuss other options and distribution | 580 | |||||
| Yvonne Wanrow | Daryl Lacey | 1978 | Documentation | 0:28:00 | 1855 Vine St | Vancouver | B&W | English | Documentation of a talk given by Yvonne Wanrow at a banquet in support of Leonard Peltier. She outlines the events leading up to her conviction on murder charges and her struggles both to stay out of jail and to change the legal system that wants her imprisoned. | Yvonne L. Swan | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yvonne_Wanrow | unknown | unknown | available for personal/research viewing, contact to discuss other options and distribution | 710 | ||||||
| Leonard Peltier Trial | Paul Burtness & Indian Students in Communication | 1978 | Documentary | 0:17:00 | Pine Ridge Reservation | B&W | Thanks to the American Indian Students Association, Minnesota Citizens Review Commission, Department of American Indian Studies, Director Vernell Wabasha, Director Division of Indian Work | English | Interviews with Crowdog and Peltier. Crowdog talks about history and philosophy in relation to Peltier, the American Indian Movement and its predecessors. Peltier talks about his trial and the events that led up to it, life in prison and AIM. | Assistant Producers: Scott Raymond, Sandy Najdek, Janice Command Still Photography: Jeanette Wolfley, Kevin McKiernan Courtroom artist: Bob Fier | Interviewees: John Trudell, Crow Dog, Peltier, Ernie Peters Narrator: Joletta Bird Bear Film footage: Native American Solidarity Committee, CBS News reports subpoenaed for trial | y | n | available for personal/research viewing, contact to discuss other options and distribution | 719 | ||||||
| I Heard Her Angry Once | Nora Hutchinson | 1979 | Documentary | 21:00:00 | Whitedog Reservation | Wabaseemoong Independent Nations of One Man Lake, Swan Lake and Whitedog | Salem | Col. | English | A portrait of two women: a Mennonite living in Salem, Ontario is juxtaposed with an Indian woman from the Whitedog Indian Reserve. The women discuss their pasts, their philosophies of life, death, religion and the supernatural. | Production: Nora Hutchinson, Nancy Hindmarsh, Kate Wiwcharuk | Adeline Hagarty (Salem, Ontario) Josephine Mandamin (Whitedog) | n | y | Available for distribution | 886 | |||||
| John Trudel (AIM: Instead Of Prisons) | Claire Culhane, Prisoners’ Rights Group | 1979 | Documentation | 0:30:00 | Burnaby | Col. | English | On arriving in Canada, following his imprisonment and the Ôaccidental fire that took the lives of members of his family, John Trudel challenged the Canadian government to aid the United States government's Ôgenocidal policies and actions against native people. | Host: Claire Culhane | John Trudel | From the Cable 10 (Vancouver) community cable series, Instead of Prisons, produced by the Prisoners Rights Group (Burnaby, BC) and activist and host, Claire Culhane. http://www.vcn.bc.ca/august10/politics/1014_history.html | n | n | available for personal/research viewing, contact to discuss other options and distribution | 909 | ||||||
| Coalition Of Aboriginal Women - Instead Of Prisons | Claire Culhane, Prisoners’ Rights Group | 1981 | Documentation | 0:30:00 | Col. | English | From the Cable 10 (Vancouver) community cable series, Instead of Prisons, produced by the Prisoners Rights Group (Burnaby, BC) and activist and host, Claire Culhane. http://www.vcn.bc.ca/august10/politics/1014_history.html | n | y | 961 | Instead of Prisons | ||||||||||
| Coalition Of Native Women's Sit-in @Indian Affairs | Claire Culhane, Prisoners’ Rights Group | 1981 | Documentation | 0:30:00 | Lil'Wat Nation | Vancouver | Col. | English | Claire Culhane speaks with Terrie M. Williams of the Lil'wat Nation regarding the sit-in staged at the Indian Affairs office in Vancouver in 1981. Also included is footage documenting the demands of the one hundred aboriginal women. | Terri M Williams Senator Perrault | From the Cable 10 (Vancouver) community cable series, Instead of Prisons, produced by the Prisoners Rights Group (Burnaby, BC) and activist and host, Claire Culhane. http://www.vcn.bc.ca/august10/politics/1014_history.html | n | y | available for personal/research viewing, contact to discuss other options and distribution | 974 | Instead of Prisons | |||||
| Maraculture: The Promise Of The Sea | Bill Green, Andy Harvey (West Coast Information and Research Group) | 1981 | Documentary | 0:22:00 | Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council | Col. | Special Thanks to: George Watts Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council Joe Mitchell SIiammon Indian Seafood Company Percy Priest Alberni Marine Farms James Charley Clam Bay Shellfish Company Fred Carpenter Salmon Enrichment Program | English | A look at the rationale for the native and non-native communities to become involved in mariculture projects. It examines job potential, technical expertise, community involvement, and the need for government interest and support. | y | y | Available for distribution | 978 | ||||||||
| Off The Street With Peter George | Kim Tomczak, Sandra Janz, Chris Reed (Pumps Video Group Production) | 1980 | Documentation | 0:03:29 | Vancouver, Chilliwack (mentioned) | Col. | English | A document of a personal gift in the form of a dance. Peter George, a Native Indian living on the West Coast of Canada, depicts in this dance the moment a deer is shot. The dance implies a deep ritual force which does not stop with the dance alone. The giving of the dance, and the performance as gift, is equally ritualistic, governed by specific aboriginal laws. | Camera: Kim Tomczak | Peter George | n | y | available for personal/research viewing, contact to discuss other options and distribution | ||||||||
| Concerned Aboriginal Women Occupy The Department Of Indian Affairs | Amelia Productions | 1981 | Documentation | 1:00:00 | Col. | Thanks to: Women in Focus All those supporting this action Special Thanks to: The Aboriginal Women, Children and Men for their courage, strength and determination | English | song | In July 1981, one hundred aboriginal women and their children occupied the Department of Indian Affairs in Vancouver B.C., to bring national attention to the destructive effects of DIA policies on their bands and on their entire people. This tape covers their occupation, arrest, and later support activity. | Production Crew: Marion Barling, Billie Carroll, Sarah Davidson, Sara Diamond, Ellen Frank, Gay Hawley, Michelle Michol, Shawn Preus, Carol Ruback Editing: Billie Carroll, Sarah Davidson Ellen Frank Production Coordinator: Ellen Frank | Occupation of DiA | unknown | y | Available for distribution | 1002 | ||||||
| Robert Davidson: "I'm in Awe" | Matrix Productions, Michael Brodie | 1981 | Documentation | 60:00:00 | Haida (Predominantly) mention of Tshimhan, Tlingit | Whonnock | Col. | This program is dedicated to the preservation of the languages and cultures of the Native people of British Columbia The Davidson Family John Enrico, Linguist The Vancouver Public Aquarium | English | Haida (vocabulary shared) | A glimpse at the work and life of a young native artist Robert Davidson, produced in his Whonnock, BC studio and on location in the Queen Charlotte Islands. The program follows the construction, design, painting and use with song of a deer-skin drum as it discusses the traditional visual art form and its relationship to Haida culture. | unknown | y | Available for distribution | 1100 | ||||||
| National Native Indian Artists Symposium | Michael Brodie, Bill Roxborough, Matrix Productions | 1983 | Documentation | 12:00:00 | Gitxsan | Hazelton | Col. | Canada Council Dept Indian & Northern Affairs BC Region & Arts Division First Citizens Fund BC Indian Arts & Crafts Society Leon & Thea Koerner Foundation Economic Development Branch: NEED Secretariat McLean Foundation Samuel & Saidye Bronfman Foundation Secretary of State: Native Secretariat Art Auction: Donations by Artists & Dealers | Gitksan-Carrier Tribal Council Eve Hope Orest Krulak Peggy Martin Polly Sargent Katie Thomas Evelyn Roth | English | A documentation of the gathering of Indian artists from across Canada at the National Native Indian Artists Symposium in Hazelton, B.C. in August, 1983, including highlights of the proceedings, workshops, and special events, as well as spontaneous Ôart happenings. While celebrating differences of personal style and tribal art traditions, it also focuses on area s of common concern. Questions regarding authenticity and the lack of recognition of Indian art and artists by national institutions emerge as major issues. | Robert Davidson | Documentation by Matrix Productions | y | y | Available for distribution | 1186 | Conference Report Correspondence in Library Agreement Folder | |||
| All Good Medicine: Kon-a-wai Kloshe La-mes-tin | BC Native Women's Society, Cece [Cease] Wyss | 1993 | Documentary | 0:09:47 | Cree | Meadow Lake | Col. | English | Cree | A manuscript, written in 1954 to aid missionaries working among the Cree speaking natives of northern Saskatchewan, Canada, is the basis for this reflective narrative. The reader is surrounded by emblems of language, religion, and trade -- the images challenging the redefinition of the aboriginal structure to fit a Judeo-Christian mold. This is a found poem. Special Collection - Indigenous Media Art First Nations | Camera Operator: Dean Reca Sound: Gord Hill Writers: Marianne Bruekhert, Cece Wyss, Jo Spaxman Research: Cece [Cease] Wyss, Jo Spaxman, Rose Nahanee, Marianne Bruekhert Costume/Set Design/Props: Cece [Cease] Wyss Creation: Sacred Herbs Author : Harvest McCampbell Camera: Rene Nahanee Editor: Rene Nahane Assistant Editor: Cece [Cease] Wyss Post Production: Starlight Video Productions | Narrators: Cece Wyss, Jo Spaxman Special Appearance: Ada White Voice Over: April Nahanee Grandmother Spider: Islena Faircrest Thought Woman: Kelly White Daughters: Nikki Nahanee Mary McAlister Shaman: Cece Wyss Shaman's Apprentice: nikki Nahanee Still Photography: Cece Wyss Native Song: Kelly White | y | n | Available for distribution | 1975 | |||||
| I Want To Know Why | Dana Claxton | 1994 | Experimental/Video Art | 0:35:18 | Onas | Col. | English, Spanish | An installation combining fragments of a film about the Onas, an indigenous people who lived in the south of Chile and were exterminated at the turn of the century, with segments of the artist's previous performances. The work inquires about the fundamental customs, questions power, and repeatedly cuts down frontiers. The title translates as "This Line is My Weapon." | Directed and edited by Dana Claxton Music by: Russell Wallace Post Production: Western Front | y | n | Available for distribution | 1993 | ||||||||
| Language Is Culture | Coqualeetza Cultural Edu. Centre | 1988 | Documentary | 0:11:00 | Fraser Valley College, Sts'ailes Community School | Sto:lo, Sts'ailes | Chilliwack | Col. | Special Thanks to: Nancy Phillips, Chehalis Singers/Dancers, Cicero August, Philomena Padaguan, Chehalis Community School, liyus Stuliqul - Cowichan, Tsartlip Longhouse Comm. | English | Halq'emeylem | LANGUAGE IS CULTURE - Verna Kirkness presented her views on Indian languages at Fraser Valley College in themes of Culture, Identity and Language. "Language is culture. if culture is a way of life, then language is culture. Language is the principle means by which culture is brought together, shared and transmitted." -- Verna Kirkness, Director, First Nations House of Learning, Vancouver. | Production Manager: Becky Charlie Director: Ann Mohs Content Consultants: Shirley D Leon, Elizabeth Phillips, Stella Pettis, Shirley Norris, Joe ALeck, Birdie Garner, Peter Lindley Editor: Allan Mitchell Camera: Ann Mohs VTR/Sound: Allan Mitchell | "In 1969, the concept of a provincial Cultural Education Centre was initiated at the founding meeting of the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs in Kamloops, B.C. The mandate for developing and maintaining the cultural centre was given to the UBCIC as a Land Claim strategy. The UBCIC relocated to Vancouver for better accessibility and the cultural education initiative was transferred to the East Fraser District Council. In 1972, the local twenty four Sto:lo Chiefs were mandated to operate a cultural centre. They appointed the initial Board of Directors to become a registered non-profit agency and to implement a cultural centre for the benefit of the Sto:lo people as well as Aboriginal peoples in general." http://www.coqualeetza.com/ | y | n | available for personal/research viewing, contact to discuss other options and distribution | 1604 | |||
| Twenty-first World Eskimo-Indian Olympics | Skip Blumberg | 1983 | Documentation | 0:27:00 | Kobuk River Delta Fairbanks, AK | Inuit, Yupik | Col. | Special thanks to: Olive Anderson, Daphne Gustatson, Richard Frank, Sarah Scanian and The World Eskimo-Indian Olympic Committee, Roger Kunayak Sr, Jim Savok, Jr., Chuck McConnell, Jeff Fay, KUAC-TV (Fairbanks), Leanne Mella, Rick Kemp (NW Arctic School District), Native Trade Fair (Kotzebue AK), Willie Hensley, JOhn Shaeffer (NANA), Stephanie Harian, Susan Subtle, Jules Backus, Hackney Holden Productions, Barbara Scott, Patty Gymnasium | English,Inuktitut | A document of the 21st World Eskimo-Indian Olympics held in Alaska, showing such events as the two-foot and one-foot high kick, the knuckle hop, the blanket toss and the four-man carry. English and Inuit. | The exhilarating image of a human figure momentarily suspended against the sky — a signature Blumberg shot — is the soaring introduction to this high-spirited documentary, and to the Eskimo-Indian game of blanket toss. Blumberg conveys the essence of the annual Eskimo-Indian games, which are derived from ancestral survival techniques in a communal celebration of competition and tradition. With daring camera work, Blumberg captures the strength, athletics, excitement and challenge of these contests — the knuckle hop, the greased pole walk, the high kick. Focusing on the personal stories of two competitors, and the camaraderie and sportsmanship of the teams, Blumberg's central theme is the cultural affirmation of Eskimo-Indian heritage through sport and games. | Reggie Event Announcers: Al Grant, Chris Anderson | World Eskimo Olympics has been occurring since 1961 https://www.weio.org/ They stand by their name and its basis in Alaska based Inuit and Yupik. | n | y | Available for distribution | 1624 | ||||
| E-12 Native Students Demonstration And Protest | Monitor North | 1989 | Documentation | 0:34:58 | Thunder Bay | Col. | Spoken by Organizer: Doug Finaway Oliver Coil Ontario Native Women's Association Ottawa Tribal Council? Legal Native Veterans Association The Friendship Centre, The satellite Centre The people from Heron Bay who drove all the way out here Everyone who came from out of town, the people from international hall the people from other bands the people standing out here in the cold | English | Speaker : Grand Chief Joe (?), Assistant Chief Charles from Anishinaabe Treaty 9, Willy Wilson (Ray River Band) Rosanne Archibald (VP of Native Student Council) | Camerapersons: Observations & Comment Camera: Robert Bevan editing: Michael Beynon Robert Bevan produced by Robert Bevan at Monitor North | Speaker : Grand Chief Joe (?), Assistant Chief Charles from Anishinaabe Treaty 9, Willy Wilson (Ray River Band) Rosanne Archibald (VP of Native Student Council) | Robert Bevan as a member of Monitor North was asked to document the sit-in by the Native Students Association at Confederation College | n | y | Available for distribution | 1626 | |||||
| Ten Dollars Or Nothing | Women's Labour History Project, Sara Diamond | 1989 | Documentary | 0:12:00 | Capilano | Col. & B&W | Financial Assistance: CEIC Job Development Section 38 National Film Board Video In, Vancouver | Special Thanks to: Josephine Charlie Marie Dennis Susan Cathcart Barbara Kobierski Mina Totino | English | Despite the rigours of the last Great Depression, B.C. s coastal canneries continued their production, employing thousands of White, First Nations, and Japanese workers. This video combines oral histories, archival film and photography, current video footage and soundtrack to recall the history of women workers in the province's canneries. Josephine Charlie, a First Nations woman who worked in the fishing industry from the 1900s to the 1950s, provides eloquent testimony to the challenges and pleasures of coastal life. | Spoken by Organizer: Doug Finaway Oliver Coil Ontario Native Women's Association Tribal Council Legal Native Veterans Association The Friendship Centre, The satellite Centre The people from Heron Bay who drove all the way out here Everyone who came from out of town, the people from international hall the people from other bands the people standing out here in the cold | Josephine Charlie | n | y | Available for distribution | 1680 | |||||
| Raven Mad | Western Front Video, Randy & Berenicci | 1990 | Experimental/Video Art | 0:06:35 | Col. | Special Thanks to: Kate Craig Tallulah Alexandria | English | An ongoing history of cultural genocide is described by offering the label of Raven Mad , a local cheap fortified wine which appropriates totem poles and longhouses to target the urban native population. A damnation of the destruction of nature. | A videotape by Randy & Berenicci Technician: Iain Macanulty Computer Graphics: Kye Goodwin Epilogue from The Raven Steals the Light by Bill Reid and Robert Bringhurst Narrated by Al Neil Soundtrack: Iain Macanulty Location footage shot in BC Canada on 8mm Video Additional Aerial Footage: Henry Bull Additional Raven footage: Mike Macdonald Raven supplied by Fur and Feather Taxidermy Video Projector supplied by Rob Kozinuk Titles: Videocast | n | y | Available for distribution | 1715 | ||||||||
| Survival Of The Delirious | Andy Fabo, Michael Balser | 1988 | Experimental/Video Art | 0:14:27 | Col. | Canada Council | Special Thanks: Stephen Andrews Bruce Cummer Robin Hardy David McIntosh Alex Wilson Fast Wurms | English | In Survival Of The Delirious, the producers invokes metaphors from Native American mythology and weave them into a narrative concerned with the often-hallucinatory effect the epidemic has on persons living with AIDS. | Technical Assistance: Paul Briscoe Isabelle Rousset,Maureen Sless Editor: Michael Balser Written & Directed by: Andy Fabo, Michael Balser | Appearances by Magdalen Celestino Moira Clark Oliver Girling Andrew James Paterson Ken Klepacki Natalie Olanick Arthur Whitaker Tony Wilson | n | y | [none listed] | |||||||
| The Winning Of The North | Eva Manly | 1989 | Experimental/Video Art | 11:46 | Col. | Thanks to Ottawa Little Theatre for hat and cape produced at Saw Video Co-op and Skyline Cable 22 | English | The Winning of the North is a humorous spoof delving into such hazardous areas as the Church, Father Lacombe, Superman, First Nations/non-First Nations relations, treaty and land claims negotiations, and their links to the US/Canada Free Trade Agreement. | Ray Hagel - co-camera, co-editor Jim Manly - co-conspirator | Ron Noganosh Jean-Francois Renaud 7th Fire (Soundtrack) | n | y | Available for distribution | 1751 | |||||||
| Alma House Anthropology Museum | Jean Irwin [Twin Rainbows] | 1976 | Documentation | 0:30:38 | Habitat Peoples Forum UN | Hopi , Lil'wat | B&W | "Sacred Circle was sponsored by the BC Department of Labour and the UBC Alumni Association" | English | Lil’wat Marriage of Bert Williams Hopi Prophecy shared with Peoples Forum In attendance-Benan Logan-Six Nations -Napulean Kruger-Okanagan Nation -Medicine Stony-Passama Quodi -Frank Waters-Squamish Nation -Teli John-Lil’wat | Appearances by Magdalene Celestino Moira Clark Oliver Girling Andrew James Paterson Ken Klepacki Natalie Olanick Arthur Whitaker Tony Wilson | Voices: Banyacya, Besman Logan, Twin Rainbow Music: Gars Blanket Band Chris King FIlm by : Susan Murray Kalli Peakagon | Habitat Peoples Forum 1976 https://habitat76.ca/ Habitat called so Hopi could deliver this message. | unknown | y | Available for distribution | 1823 | Banyaca at Habitat Forum | |||
| Archival Moments In An Ongoing Story Of Power Relations | Leila Sujir | 1992 | Narrative | 0:10:46 | B&W, Col. | Silent | English | And so she found herself, she said, “not Indian anymore.” At least not in her Grandfather’s eyes, moving through immigration, where certainly she seemed to them, East Indian. And did they, like MacKenzie King, think that East Indians are unsuited to this climate when she arrived at the Toronto Airport, and then finally began cleaning airports, and then moving west, one airport to the next: west with a family of friends, a cluster. Points of light in the starry, starry night, carrying home. From “The Dreams of the Night Cleaners, “Leila Sujir -The video installation works with archival historical footage in a poetic haunting of history: three pink marble video monuments to remember buried moments in national and provincial policies (in particular, in British Columbia) which continue to shape attitudes today. Although the legislation and policies restricting Asian immigration and taking away the vote from Asian Canadian and First Nations people have been changed- the attitudes remain. These video “dreams” address both the public and the private lives affected by these policies. Distribution Status Unknown. | n | n | Unknown | 1938 | |||||||||
| Water Into Fire | Zachery Longboy | 1994 | Experimental/Video Art | 0:10:20 | Col. | Lil’wat Marriage of Bert Williams Hopi Prophecy shared with Peoples Forum In attendance-Benan Logan-Six Nations -Napulean Kruger-Okanagan Nation -Medicine Stony-Passama Quodi -Frank Waters-Squamish Nation -Teli John-Lil’wat | English | Squamish | Video | Camera: Jennifer Abbott, Kathy Kmita, Paul Lang, Michael MacDonald, Zachery Longboy Editor: Mary Alice Audio Magic: Real Gauvreau | Welcome song: Margo Kane | y | n | Available for distribution | 1974 | ||||||
| Land Use | Cleo Reece | 1993 | Documentary | 0:27:57 | Squamish | Col. | Dept of National Health and Welfare Ministry of Health for BC Aboriginal Women's Council of BC Donations in Kind: BC Native Women's Society, East End Food Co-op | Special Thanks: The Plant Spirits, Harvest, Barbara Wyss, Bruce Wyss, Pete and Kelly, Katzie Band, Gord, Kayendres, Mahara, Rene, BC Native Women's Society | English | Two West Coast Women, Cease Nahanee Wyss and Jo Spaxman, discuss a range of North American herbs, and their uses in treating common ailments. Interwoven into this self-help style video is a legend about the creation sacred healing herbs. | producer: Cleo Reece co-producer: Warren Arcan Principal Camera: Sheryl Kootenhayoo Second Camera: Cleo Reece Audio Operator: Ken Patrick Production Assistants: Cheeko Desjarlais, Bruce Bailey Consultant: Dwayne Desjarlais Editor: Warren Arcan Post Production: Starlight Video Productions | speakers: Rose Cheecham (age 65), Katie Sanderson (Traper, age 80), Bill Woodward (age 72), Roland Woodward, Dwayne Desjarlais (Forestry Manager) | http://bcnwa.weebly.com/ ? | y | n | Available for distribution | 2002 | ||||
| Visions | Annie Fraziér Henry | 1992 | Experimental/Video Art | 0:06:30 | Col. | Thanks to Michelle Thrush | English | The videomaker investigates the women in her family who have succumbed prematurely to the external forces of racism and poverty. Using Western images of First Nations Culture and a timid, then demanding voice over, the video expresses sorrow, indignation, and rage about the various processes of cultural genocide. | Written & directed by Annie Fraziér Henry Musicians - Joseph Danza, Russell Wallace, Annie Frazier Henry Director of Photography - Richard Agecoutay Camera - Hilde Konsaeth Lighting/Grip - Jake Epp Effects - Mac Keith Computer Graphics - Curt Randall Production Assistants - Heather Klassen, Skawa WIlson Online Editor - Jack Lauder Audio Engineer - RIck Youck, Michael T Lacoste (Inner Ear Studio) Audio Coordinator - Paul Hessiegel Audio Supervisor - Robert Roser Music Consultant - Felicity Geswing Wardrobe - Tammy Anderson-Benny, John Avery, Sara Diamond Post production supervisor/editor - Shirley Anne Claydon Production Supervisor: Wilhelm Schmidt Associate Producer - Vera Huma Post production manager - Luke Van Dyk Media & Visual Arts Coordinator - Janet Anderson | Singer: Sadie Buck Child/Singer: Morgan Rose Elder/Singer - Jacqui LaValley Woman/Singer - Shannon King Fancy Dancer - Boye Ladd Storyteller - Annie Fraziér Henry Children - Westerly Henry, George Buck, Robbie Knott Suits - Ed Bamiling, Kedrick James, John Solel Priest - Vern Hume Party Scene - Artists in Residence Banff Centre for Arts | y | n | Available for distribution | 2132 | |||||||
| Ten Skakel (my Baby) | Cease Wyss, Western Front Video | 1995 | Narrative | 20:14 | Gregoire Lake Reserve | Ft. McMurray First Nation, Athabasca Tribal Council | Col. | Project Funding: Studio One NFB, Edmonton | Special Thanks to: Rose Cheecham, James Donovan, Katie Sanderson, Ivan Ladouceur, Bill Woodward, Roland Woodward, Joe Deranger, Monty Poitras | English | The people of Gregoire Lake Reserve near Anzac in Northern Alberta use video to tell a story about management of forests surrounding their land. Current logging practices destroy ecosystems and proceed without considering the impact on First Nations communities. This video offers strategies that combine traditional First Nations resource management with contemporary forestry. | Camera Persons: Michelle Nahanee, Cece Wyss, Rene Nahanee, Paul Lang, Mike Macdonald Sound: Peter Courtemanche Edited by: Cece[Cease] Wyss Titles by: Cece Wyss, Shawn Chappelle Produced during a media residency @ the Western Front | Appearances: Cecilia Wyss, Barbara Wyss, Senaqwila Nihu Wyss, Michelle Nahanee, Marissa Nahanee, Mandy Nahanee, Andrew Nahanee, Morris Nahanee, Chester Moore, Ian Campbell & Mo's Frenz Voice Overs: Sophie Morasty, Cece [Cease] Wyss, Barbara Wyss, Mandy Nahanee, Denise Lonewalker, Paula Bowman | The subject, of the video - a land use study was conducted in January 1993, and is available online https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwji2oG_oYnxAhXPJTQIHSXWCKgQFjAAegQIAxAD&url=https%3A%2F%2Fclss.nrcan-rncan.gc.ca%2Fclss%2Fplan%2Fimage%2Fid%2F735393&usg=AOvVaw3bCd26GEV1fDFXz8S2Mzpd Additionally the community conducted 2006 land use study here https://www.fortmcmurray468firstnation.ca/chapters/1txqh7qm02a36994sdcl5dnlifkoa5 | y | n | Available for distribution | 2141 | In FNVC fonds and SVES fonds | ||
| Native Women: Within Two Cultures | Women in Focus | 1975 | Documentary | Twin Sisters | Esquimalt | English | part of Women in Focus | n? | y | available for personal/research viewing, contact to discuss other options and distribution | WIF fonds | ||||||||||
| Ladies Of The Inlet | Annie Fraziér Henry | 1995 | Experimental/Video Art | 0:09:00 | Col. & B&W | Banff Centre for the ARts - Media Arts Residency Program NIF Scholarship, National Film Board Studio D, Falienne Pierre-Jacques Full Regalia Productions Aboriginal Film and Video Art Alliance Marjorie Beaucage | English | Based in the oral tradition of storytelling, and layered with multi-textured audio, music and voice, this video translates the historic struggle of First Nations people into a powerful video-poem. In representing the strengths, beauty and spirituality of First Nations’ peoples, the artist takes a celebratory, anti-victim position. “Through a child’s eyes, the spirits of traditional wisdom are awakened...” | Producer/Director/Writer: Anne Frazier Henry DOP/Camera: Richard Agecoutay Post Production Supervisor: Debra Rurak Off-line editor/sound design: Debra Rurak Online editor: Lue Van Dyk Music: Jim Wilson Production Consultant: Const. Carl J. Dixon AD/Continuity: Lodi Butler PA/Technical Assistant: Felicity Gilchrist Boom Operator: Grip: Jordan Louie Best Boy: Robert "Nobs" Williams Camera Boat Operator: Donnelly Rhodes (Focal Point) Airplane Pilot: Blackie - Coast Western Helicopter Pilot/Medic: Robin MacGregor - Sechelt Helicopters Elder Transportation: Alvin "Fuji" August Care Worker/Craft Service: Shirley Baptiste Water Guide/Custodian: Jamie Dixon 40s Dramatization Choreographer: Pam Rosa D.O.P./Camera: Tim Moynihan Camera Assistant: Lez Morrison Lighting Assistant: Gord Woods AD/Continuity: Lodi Butler Set Design: Wayne LaRiviere Props/Playback: Jared Moore PA/Craft Service: Sophie Merasty Traffic Coordinator: Cleo Reece Wardrobe Mistress: Kathy Linder Hair & Makeup: Annie Frazier Henry, Honey Desjarlais Jukebox: John Robertson - Johns Jukes Knowledge Network Liaisons: Diane Chicalo, Elizabeth Grin RCMP "Lindsay" Vessel Crew Cpl. Kenneth K Burton Sgt. Frank Lalear Const. Scott Garvey Const. John May Aux. Erika Missfeldt Sechelt Band Facilitator: Lenora Joe Youth Coordinator: Valerie Bourne Cultural Centre Liaison: Jenny Craigan Museum Curator: Bea Jackson Archive Consultant: Anne Quinn Mom-ay-Mon Nursery School Staff: Beverly Dixon, Daphne Paul Chefs, Vancouver Bay: Audrey Joe, William Jesse Santiago Post Production Color/Layback: Gary Shaw, post haste Audio mix-re-recording: Marc Benoit Audio engineers: Gerry Hughes, Kat Hendricks Audio Facilitator: Hal Beckett - Western Post/Blue Wave Credits: Brice Dowd Knowledge Network Asst': Patrice Ramsey, Greg Hannkins Little Wolf Band/Tulku: "Dramsong"/"Transcendence" Additional Music: Annie Frazier Henry 40's Needle Drop: Airwaves Traditional Songs: T'sula-T'su "Lovers Song", U-kwatam Salham "Oh Heavenly Creator" | Crew | y | n | Available for distribution | 2158 | MAAD file on Annie Fraziér Henry; SVES fonds | ||||||
| Buffalo Bone China | Dana Claxton | 1997 | Experimental/Video Art | 0:25:00 | X̱wemelch'stn (Capilano Reserve (mentioned)) | Squamish Nation | Col | English | A compelling portrayal of birth, life, death through the documentation of a First Nations woman giving birth to her first child. Stories about naming, the phases of the moon, and traditional First Nations child rearing practices are revealed in this mingling of oral history, verite documentary, and personal narrative. | Edited by Winston Xin Music by Russell Wallace Drum Composition: Stan Taylor Camera: Don Claxton Production Assistant: Kim Soo Goodtrack Post Production: Video In Studios Post Sound: Big World Productions | Performer: Anthony McNab Favel | y | n | Available for distribution | 2194 | MAAD file, SVES fonds | |||||
| Totem Talk | Annie Fraziér Henry | 1997 | Documentary | 0:27:00 | Chatelech Secondary School, Mom-ay-Mon Nursery School | Shíshálh Nation | Sechelt | Col. & B&W | Province of BC Cultural Services Branch, Video Arts Award Director - Richard Brownsey Sechelt Indian Band Native Cultural & Theatre Arts Society National FIlm Board Pacific Centre Producer Claire Prieto Knowledge Network - Program Manager MEgan Carvell-Davis, Operations Coordinator: Bill Jennejohn Vancouver Foundation -VP John Binsted Banff Centre for the Arts - Executive Producer Sara Diamond Vancouver Sunshine Coast Aboriginal Management Society Summer Youth Challenge Prog. '95 Full Regalia Productions | Special Thanks to: Staff Sergeant Cam Reid (retired) Sechelt Detachment RCMP Vancouver RCMP Marine Operations "Lindsay" Chatelech High School Sechelt Indian Nation Chief Gary Feschuk & Council Friday Night Bingo Bradley Hunt for his Magic Canoe Elvina Omni Paul and Kelly at Sharpe Sound Studios All the beautiful kids Special friends and family Dedicated to the memory of Beatrice Hewens tl' a k' a may | English | she shashishalhem (Sechelt language) | A personal journey with six female elders of the Sechelt Indian Nation. Travelling by boat up the Jervis Inlet along the coast of British Columbia, these ‘ladies’ share some of the mystical legends of their ancestors, visit hidden sacred sights and deserted highways of this magnificent coastal waterway. | Producer/Director/Concept Writer: Annie Frazier Henry Producer - NFB: George Johnson Traditional Animation based on Original Renderings by: J. Bradley Hunt Animator: Curt Randall - Dimensions Edge D.O.P./Camera: Rolf Cutts Offline Effects: Scott Barrett Online Editors(s): Doug Woods, Brian Waz Sound Design: Marc Benoit "B" Camera/DOP Asst'/Gaffer: Lez Morrison Documentary DOP: James Tocher Sound: Michael Lacoste Mist Effects: Clayton Sheirer Makeup/Hair: Honey Desjalais Wardrobe: Kathy Linder, Melanie Taylor Totem Costume: Pam Baker Continuity: Kathy Kinder Associate Producers: Gail Fabrey-Wilson, Leanne Pattison Stock Footage/Archives Courtesy of Knowledge Network, National Film Board, Royal British Columbia Museum, BC Archives, University of Washington PRess "In the Land of the War Canoes" an Edward S Curtis Film Glenbow Museum Calgary AB American Museum of Natural History Chief Henry Seaweed Archive Sequence: Martin Rose Offline Editors: Debra Rurak, Scott Barrett Colourists: Gary Shaw, Larry Engelmann Final Mix; Sharpe Sound Studios, Sina Oroomchi, Marc Benoit Sound Assistant Jerry Hughes Electronic Graphics: Randy Koyanagi Music "Dying Breed" Derrick Mason, New Breed "Mase the Project Poet" Misty Potts "Lady Poet" Victor Bird "So Nice" Feature Artists: Susie Delvar Produced and Engineered by: Thomas Brabec, Octavo Productions Ltd. New Breed Managed by: Gerald Auger, Black Eagle Promotions Traditional Music written by: George Taylor Traditional Music courtesy of: Native Cultural and Theatre Arts Society SUmmer YOuth Program '96 Additional Music/soundscape: terry Frewer, Michael Lacoste, Annie Frazier Henry Music Mix: Kat Hendrikse, Michael Lacoste Needledrop: Q Up Arts, Nez Perce Vocals, Thunderbird Drums, Big Gym Loop Lawyers: Kim Roberts, Russel Crum | Actors: Morgan Rose, David Thomas, Michael Sherwood Totem Voice-overs: Tae Dawn Chong, Stella Johnson, Sam Bob Traditional Dancers: Chief Henry Seaweed, Jason Taylor Documentary Actors: J. Bradley Hunt, Sean Hunt | y | n | Available for distribution | 2196 | MAAD files | |
| Word For Word | Elizabeth MacKenzie, Ruth Cuthand | 1995 | Narrative | 0:09:00 | Col. | The Saskatchewan Arts Board | Special thanks to: Sheila Urbanoski, Bruce Grenville TJ Cuthand, Stan Cuthand, Lucy MacKenzie, Clark Nikolai, Leona Tootoosis, Wesley the Dog, Joan Borsa, Tara Thompson, Ana Hernandez, Linda Young, Co-Op Greystone Centre Dedicated to our children: Sky, TJ, Lucy, Jack and Alice | Cree, French | English | Two intertwined narratives, translated from English into Cree and French, speak of the longing and frustration the artists feel in relation to the first languages of one of their parents. The narratives are interrupted by visuals that both illustrate and confound the viewer’s understanding of the texts. Voice-overs in Cree and French are attempted by the artists, who are not fluent speakers. The tape includes English subtitles, distorted through the process of translation. | editor & technical assistance: Sheila Urbanoski Translators: Cree- Stan Cuthand & Leona Tootoosis, French - Elizabeth MacKenzie Leguen Services Additional Camera and Sound Production: Rights Tracks Sound and Audio Visual Services, University of Saskatchewan | n | y | Available for distribution | 2177 | ||||||
| Inherent Rights, Vision Rights | Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun | 1992 | Experimental/Video Art | 0:12:00 | B&W | Canada Council Interdisciplinary and Performance Art Section | Special Thanks - Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun, Lori Blondeau and Tribe | none | English | Based on a performance work by the artist, this video looks at the destruction of First Nations' culture through poetic metaphor based on the historical use of buffalo bones to make fine china. Only Available for Classroom Screenings and Library Purchases. | Conceived and directed by Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun Imaging and design: Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun Senior Research Analyst: John Harrison Sound Designer: Dorota Blaszczak Modeling: Douglas MacLeod Computer Support Specialist: Douglas Smith Computer Associates: Raonull Conover, Cathy McGuiness Installations: Mimmo Maiolo Technical Support: Chris Seignitz Executive Producer: Douglas MacLeod | y | n | Available for distribution | 2228 | ||||||
| Untouchable | TJ Cuthand | 1998 | Experimental/Video Art | 0:20:00 | Vancouver | Col. | Bravo! Shaw Children's Programming Initiative Cable Production Fund BC Cultural Services Vision TV CFRN TV CIBIC Interim Financing Native Cultural and Theatre Arts Society Knowledge Network | Camp Byng and Earwin, Kathryn Lynch, Dan Svard, Pam Brown, Jessica Lind, everyone at Post Haste, Drew Pattison, Jean Poulin, Paul Sharpe, Zircon, special friends and family Congratulations to Megahan and Jacob for my Westerly | English | Using computer animation, Frazier Henry translates traditions of Northwest Coast Native art; using live action, natural landscape, archive and animal animations, Totem Talk assembles a world of surrealistic beauty and splendor and teaches us the powerful meaning and symbology of the totem. | Camera by TJ Cuthand and Stephanie Llewellyn Makeup by Anne O'Shea Driving by Annthea Whittaker Props and Hair by TJ and Stephanie Lighting by Joe Kremer | Producer/Director/Concept Writer: Annie Frazier Henry Producer - NFB: George Johnson Traditional Animation based on Original Renderings by: J. Bradley Hunt Animator: Curt Randall - Dimensions Edge D.O.P./Camera: Rolf Cutts Offline Effects: Scott Barrett Online Editors(s): Doug Woods, Brian Waz Sound Design: Marc Benoit "B" Camera/DOP Asst'/Gaffer: Lez Morrison Documentary DOP: James Tocher Sound: Michael Lacoste Mist Effects: Clayton Sheirer Makeup/Hair: Honey Desjalais Wardrobe: Kathy Linder, Melanie Taylor Totem Costume: Pam Baker Continuity: Kathy Kinder Associate Producers: Gail Fabrey-Wilson, Leanne Pattison Stock Footage/Archives Courtesy of Knowledge Network, National Film Board, Royal British Columbia Museum, BC Archives, University of Washington Press "In the Land of the War Canoes" an Edward S Curtis Film Glenbow Museum Calgary AB American Museum of Natural History Chief Henry Seaweed Archive Sequence: Martin Rose Offline Editors: Debra Rurak, Scott Barrett Colourists: Gary Shaw, Larry Engelmann Final Mix; Sharpe Sound Studios, Sina Oroomchi, Marc Benoit Sound Assistant Jerry Hughes Electronic Graphics: Randy Koyanagi Music "Dying Breed" Derrick Mason, New Breed "Mase the Project Poet" Misty Potts "Lady Poet" Victor Bird "So Nice" Feature Artists: Susie Delvar Produced and Engineered by: Thomas Brabec, Ocravo Productions Ltd. New Breed Managed by: Gerald Auger, Black Eagle Promotions Traditional Music written by: George Taylor Traditional Music courtesy of: Native Cultural and Theatre Arts Society SUmmer YOuth Program '96 Additional Music/soundscape: terry Frewer, Michael Lacoste, Annie Frazier Henry Music Mix: Kat Hendrikse, Michael Lacoste Needledrop: Q Up Arts, Nez Perce Vocals, Thunderbird Drums, Big Gym Loop Lawyers: Kim Roberts, Russel Crum | y | n | Available for distribution | 2274 | MAAD file, FNVC fonds, SVES fonds | ||||
| Legends Sx̱wex̱wx̱wiy'am' The Story Of Siwash Rock | Omni Film Productions Ltd., Annie Fraziér Henry | 1999 | Experimental | 0:12:00 | Col. | The Art and Virtual Environments Projects, Computer Applications and Research Program of the Banff Centre for the Arts | None | None | This tape is drawn from what was originally a virtual reality project. The artist describes it ÒIn it, the longhouse is given a space in time which I use to show a religious concept, to physically bring people into contact with a native worshipping aspect of life, praying Indians...What it is like being in a possessed state of feeling rhythmic sounds in a longhouse, feeling sounds go through one's own self, feeling a spirit inside you...Always, I create art to communicate with others, to let other cultures see things for themselves. To show my world, Indian world, to show you that we do have a spirit, a place to go, so people will understand who I am as a West Coast native person. | Production Designer: Randy Chodak Casting by Maureen Webb Music: Terry Frewer Sound Design: Marc Benoit Edited by: Lenka Svab Director of photography: Bob Ennis Produced by Michael Chechik, Annie Frazier Henry Written and Directed by Annie Frazier Henry Line Producer: Howard Dancyger Production Accountant: Wendy Hyman Assistant Accountant: Rygan Argente Producers Assistant: Jill Hind Production Coordinator: Stephen Carruthers Asst Production Coordinator: Sarah Phillips Production Management Trainee: Renae Morriseau 1st Asst Director: Geoff Wilkinson 2nd Asst Director: Kevin Leslie 3rd Asst Director: Steve Hedden Script Supervisor: Tammy Bentz Location Manager: Flemming LUnd Asst Location Manger: Darryl Bird Casting Assistant: Glen Gould Extras Casting: Tina House 1st Ast Camera: Kim McNaughton 2nd Assistant Camera: Julie Kim Additional PHotography: Geoff WIlkinson Camera Trainee: Tara Nicholson Underwater Cinematographer: Pauline Heaton Underwear Focus PUller: Braden Haggerty Underwater Technician: Bridget Strobl Stills Photographer: Lincoln larkes Additional Stills: Tom Omorean Special Effects: Robert Moon Special Effects Assistant: Kevin Dyck Costume Designer/Wardrobe: Crystine Booth Traditional Wardrobe: Pam Baker Assistant Wardrobe: Sarah O'Brian Makeup/Hairdresser: Carey Williams Assistant Makeup/Hairdresser: Barbara Zaseybyda 2nd Assistant Makeup/Hairdresser: Alba Banman Set Decorator: Sacha Moiseiwitsch Ast Set Decorator: Kieran Sean Murphy Set Dresser: Meesoo Lee On Set Dresser: Joy T Munt Props Master: Dean Barker 1st Assistant Props: Grace Kim Assistant Props: Lael Sleep Location Sound Recordist: Dwight Rhodes Boom Operator: Don Howell Key Grip: TOny Hyland Best Boy Grip: Steve Larson Dolly Grip: Joey Aleck 3rd Grip: Alphonse Stager Gaffer: John-David JD Hutchinson Best Boy: Billy Baxter Lamp Operators: JEsse Deacon, Shawn Soucy Generator Operator: Orson Strachow First Aid Craft Service: Dave Hayward Transport Coordinator: Chris Clayton Security Coordinator: Bruce Jones Drivers: Trevor Davies, Jeremy THorsen, Glen"Maniac" Richards, Dean Wannamaker, Roger Mara Boat Wranglers: Danny Crosby, Jason Crosby, Gary Mulligan Production Assistants: Zoe Hopkins, Mark Prior, Greg Loon Additional Pre-Shoot Crew Productions Managers; Chris Bruyere, Betsy Carson Director of Photography: David Frazee Camera Assistants: Rusty De Luce, Diarmuid Conway Gaffer/Grip: Brian Savage BOom Operator: Dean Emerick Sound Mixer: Brent Marchenski Production Assistant: Marin Para Post PRoduction SUpervisor: Brian Hamilton Post PRoduction Accountant: Andre Droege Assistant Picture Editor: Nik Svab Online Editor/Special Effects: Tom Archer "Sparky" Special Effects Assistant: Tina Chow Effects Consultant: VYk Harnett Graphics: Mavis Hamilton, Randy Koyanagi Versioning Editor: James Cowan Video Post Facility COmmand Post, Toybox West, Doug Jeffery FX Supervisor/Musical Co-Director: Annie Frazier Henry Additional Music: Clinton Shorter, Russell Wallace Vocals: Beverly Staunton Music Recorded and Mixed by: Kat Hendricks, CLinton SHorter Sound Effects Editor: HIgh Gordon Assistant Dialogue Editor: Mario Loubert Foley Artist: Michael P Keeping Final Mix: Marc Benoit, High Gordon Post Audio Facility: ORca Pacific Sound, Jeff Young PUblicist: Teresa Marshall Publicity Trainee: Tina House Legal Counsel Kim Roberts Language and Cultural COnsultant: Lawrence Baker Music: Kemo, RObeo Jacobs, Barry Leonard, the RASCALZ, Lawrence Baker, siy'am sekyo, Tzo'kam, Terry Frewer, T Richard Baker, Klatle Bhi, Ian Campbell, Xalek' (a accent) | told by Chief Simon Baker starring Dakota House Doctor: Patrick Keating Nurse: Samantha Wilson Paramedic: Leanne Adachi Lea: Morgan Rose Lawyer: Suzanne Coy Grandmother: Stella Johnson Maid of Honour 1: Robin Gray Maid of Honour 2: Stephanie Langan Canoe Chiefs: Eugene Harry, T Richard Baker, Wayne Baker, Klatle-Bhi Girl with stroller: Amanda Prince Narrator: Annie Frazier Henry | A recording of a virtual reality installation | y | n | Available for distribution | 2412 | MAAD file, SVES fonds | ||||
| Si'elu'taxw & The Making Of Si'elu'taxw | First Nations Video Collective | 1998 | Experimental | 0:25:25 | Stanley Park, Alice Lake Provincial Park, Garibaldi Provincial Park, Squamish Nation Capilano Reserve | Squamish Nation, Band, band | Col. | Canada Council Project Assistance, Canadian Native Arts Foundation - Incentive and Awareness Program, British Columbia Arts Council - Aboriginal Arts Development Awards Program, Southwest Aboriginal Training and Employment Society Sponsored by Video In Studios & Vancouver Aboriginal Friendship Centre Society | Cineworks Independent Film Society & First Nations of BC Special Thanks Carousel Productions Video Out Distribution Helen Scott Karen KNights Christine Stewart Lori Long Jules Smith and all the staff at Video In Studios All my Relations From Time Immemorial Squamish Linguistics Consultant: Pete Jacobs, Jennifer Webb, MOA, and Ken Harris Who will tell me Cathy Norris, Vancouver Native Housing, Squamish Nation There was a time The Chief and Council of the Squamish Nation - Capilano Reserve, THe J George family for providing shelter for this "wandering soul", the crew at Video Inn This video is dedicated to: those that walked before us, those that walk with us, those yet to touch upon this earth and especially those that choose their own paths. Walk in Beauty. why not aboriginal columbia Dedicated to the First Peoples of BC 1914 The Chief and Council of the Squamish Nation Capilano Reserve Generation Wait The Plaza of Nations | English | Si'Elu’taxw is a series of short experimental videos, 30 to 60 seconds in length by the First Nations Video Collective around the treaty and land claims process in British Columbia. These works are accompanied by a short piece documenting the project. Included are works by Tony Melting Tallow, TJ Cuthand, Adele Kruger, Michelle McKeough, Michelle Sylliboy, Charlotte Wuttke, San Dee Doxtdator, Stephanie Llewellyn, and Allan Hopkins. | Titles: Tony Melting Tallow Stills Photographer: Michelle McGeough Executive Producer: San Dee Doxtdator Included are works by Tony Melting Tallow(Northern Blackfoot,Siksika Nation), TJ Cuthand(Plains Cree/Scottish), Adele Kruger( Okanagan Salish), Michelle McGeough(Metis), Michelle Sylliboy (Mi'kmaq Nation), Charlotte Wuttke(Garden Hill First Nation), San Dee Doxtdator(Iroquois:Six Nations), Stephanie Llewellyn(Ojibwe/Welsh), and Allan Hopkins(Lillooet Nation). Making of Featurette: Director: San Dee Doxtdator Camera/Sound: Stephanie Llewellyn Editor: Winston Xin Sound Editor: John PRescott Music: Ken Harris Opening Title Sequence: Allan Hopkins Still Photography: Michelle McGeough Multimedia Effects/Stills: Tony Melting Tallow Capilano River Footage: Charlotte Wuttke Post Production facilities: Video In Studios From Time Immemorial Director: Tony Melting Tallow 1st Ast Director: Warren Arcan 2nd Ast Director: Stephanie Llewellyn Camera Operator: Allan Hopkins Camera Assistant: Adele Kruger Lighting/Electricity: Michelle Mcgough Continuity: charlotte Wuttke Sound Consultant: John Prescott Editor OFfline: Shirley Anne Claydon Editor Online: Paul Manly Earth Flesh Director: TJ Cuthand 1st Ast Director: Warren Arcan 2nd Ast Director: Charlotte Wuttke Camera Operator: Tony Melting Tallow Camera Assistant: Michelle Sylliboy Projector: Adele Kruger Continuity: Michelle McGeough Sound Mixer/Cable Puller: Allan Hopkins Boom Operator: stephanie Llewelyn Sound Consultant: John Prescott Editor Offline: Shirley Anne Claydon Editor Online: Paul Manly Who WIll Tell Me Director: Adele Kruger Artists: Adle Kruger, Adriane Star Curry Music: "Mi'kmiwesuwesuey" Joel Denny - flute 1st Asst Director: Tony Melting Tallow Camera Operator: Stephanie Llewellyn Camera Assistant: Michelle McGeough Lightning/Electricity: Michelle Sylliboy Lighting Assistant: Charlotte Wuttke Continuity: ALlan Hopkins Sound Mixer/Cable Puller: Michelle Sylliboy Boom Operator: TJ Cuthand, Tony Melting Tallow Transportation: Michelle McGeough, Warren Arcan Sound Consultant: John Prescott Editor Offline: Shirley ANne Claydon Editor Online: Paul Manly There Was a Time Director: Michelle McGeough Music/Vocals: Karin Roberts 1st Assistant Director: Warren Arcan 2nd Asst Director: TJ Cuthand Camera Operator: Charlotte Wuttke Camera Assistant: Adele Kruger Lighting/Electricity: Allan HOpkins Lighting Assistant: Tony Melting Tallow Continuity: Michelle Sylliboy Cable Puller: Stephanie Llewellyn Camera Operator; Charlotte WUttke camera Assistant: Tony Melting Tallow Transportation: "The War Pony" Sound Consultant: JOhn PRescott Editor Offline: Shirley Anne Claydon Editor Online: Paul Manly Why Not Aboriginal Columbia Director: Michelle Sylliboy Music: Niels Mitchell, Kamloops Reserve 1st Ast Director: Charlotte Wuttke 2nd Ast Director: Warren Arcan Camera Operator: TJ Cuthand Camera Assistant: Allan Hopkins Lighting/Electricity: Adele Kruger Lighting Assistants: TOny Melting Tallow, Michelle McGeough COntinuity: Michelle McGeough Sound Mixer: Adle Kruger Cable Puller: Tony Melting Tallow Boom OPerator: Stephanie Llewellyn Catering: Dolly Watts, Liliget Feast House Set Design: Bo Myers Transportation: "War Pony", Michelle McGeough, and the driver of the Purple Valiant Terra Pier Sound Consultant: JOhn PRescott Editor Offline: Shirley Anne Claydon Editor Online: Paul Manly 1914 Director: Charlotte Wuttke 1st Ast Director: Michelle Sylliboy 2nd Assistant Director: Warren Arcan Camera Operator: Michelle McGeough Camera Assistant: Tony Melting Tallow Lighting/Electricity: Allan Hopkins Continuity: TJ Cuthand Sound Mixer/Cable Puller: Stephanie Llewelyn Boom Operator:Adele Kruger Transportation: Michelle McGeough, Warren Arcan Sound Consultant: JOhn PRescott Editor Offline: Shirley Anne Claydon Editor Online: Paul Manly Marshmallow War Writer/Director: San Dee Doxtdator Camera Operator: Tony Melting Tallow Lighting: Adele Kruger Marshmallow Wranglers: Stephanie Llewellyn, Charlotte Wuttke, Michelle McGeough, Adele Kruger Sound Consultant: JOhn PRescott Editor Offline: Shirley Anne Claydon Generation Wait Director: Stephanie Llewelyn 1st Ast Director: Adele Kruger 2nd Ast Director: Allan Hopkins Camera Operator: Michelle McGeough Camera Assistant: Tony Melting Tallow, Charlotte WUttke COntinuity: TJ Cuthand Talent COordinator: MIchelle Sylliboy Transportation: Michelle McGeough, Warren ARcan New Arch Angel Director: Allan HOpkins Music: Hue Fisher 1st Assistant Director: Warren ARcan Camera Operator: TJ Cuthand Camera Assistant: Michelle SYlliboy Lighting/Electricity: Stephanie Llewellyn Lighting Assistant: Adele Kruger, Charlotte Wuttke Continuity: Tony Melting Tallow Animation: Tony Melting Tallow Make up: Shannon | Who will Tell Me Anthony Norris There was a time Young Boy: Eli Lewis Young Girl at River: STephanie Schneider Clan Mother: Janice George Voice of Chief Henry Martin: James Nicholas Clothing "Spirit Dress" Janis George Why Not Aboriginal Columbia Viola Thomas, President of the United Native Nations 1914 Woman in the woods: Adele Kruger Voice of Chief Negai of the Mahmalitlikullak Band & Chief Owattagaleese of the Kwawkwelth Band: Curtis Ahenakew Marshmallow War Young Man: Davey Thomas Voice of Young Adult Male: Tony Melting Tallow Scale of Justice's Arm: Charlotte Wuttke Generation Wait Leonard George Protestors: James Desjarlais, Clint Noble, Curtis Blaney, Aaron Deranger, Adele Kruger, Michelle McGeough, Michelle SYlliboy, Warren Arcan Kids: Kevin, Cory and Laura Wilson New Arch Angel Dennis Hackett, Floyd | produced as part of the First Nations mentorship Project in 1997/998, run by the First Nations Video Collective | y | n | Available for distribution | 2235 | MAAD file, FNVC fonds, SVES fonds, B-roll | ||
| The Red Paper | Dana Claxton | 1996 | Experimental/Video Art | 0:04:22 | Col. | Additional Thanks and Kisses to: tan Cuthand Elizabeth Mackenzie Video In olx ECIAD Discontented Content class Christopher Lefler Ivana VUkov Margaret Flood Ruth Cuthand Laila Edwards Louise Croft and everybody who talked with me about pedophilia | Playing with images of pedophiles, teenage stalkers, and innocent little girls, Cuthand explores the struggles between inter-generational partners and the powerlessness felt by youth. Winner of Best Canadian Short at Out on Screen 1998. | Written & Directed by Dana Claxton Director of Photography; Trevor Holbrook Picture & Sound Editor: Janel Hassine Music: Russel Wallace Costume Designer: Kate Smith Sound Recordist: Leigh Wilks 2nd Camera Assistant: Carol MacDonald Assistant Director: Warren Arcand Boom Operator: Peter JOnes Property Master: Daav MacNab Assistant to Mz.Claxton: Mark Handley Still Photography: Cliff Andstein Handmade Paper: Sharyn Yuen | Louis: Sam Bob Young Man: Darrell J Guss Bound Man: Oraf Elizabeth: Samaya Jardey Winkte: Cliff Red Crow Nude: kate Smith Women Ironing: Gail Peters Man Washing Cloth: Paul Wong Man Removing Shoes: Peter Jones Dog: Tsonoqua Laughing People: Daryl, Fern Michell, Kele Wallace (Apa٢sut) | y | n | Available for distribution | 2466 | MAAD Files, FNVC fonds | |||||||
| TJ Cuthand Compilation | TJ Cuthand | Experimental/Video Art | 0:21:00 | Col. | Untouchable, Working Baby Dyke Theory: The Diasporic Impact of Cross-Generational Barriers, and Colonization:Second Coming | Untouchable Camera by TJ Cuthand and Stephanie Llewellyn Makeup by Anne O'Shea Driving by Annthea Whittaker Props and Hair by TJ and Stephanie Lighting by Joe Kremer | y | n | - | 2275 | MAAD Files, FNVC fonds | ||||||||||
| To Return | Annie Fraziér Henry | 2000 | Narrative | 0:23:51 | col. | Canadian Television Fund (Government of Canada & Canadian Cable Industry) Telefilm Canada: Equity Investment Program CTF License Fee Program Shaw Television Broadcast Fund Support of Vancouver Television and CTV Produced in association with TVNC and VISION TV Produced with the generous support of the Squamish Nation | Additional Thanks and Kisses to: tan Cuthand Elizabeth Mackenzie Video In folks ECIAD Discontented Content class Christopher Lefler Ivana Vukov Margaret Flood Ruth Cuthand Laila Edwards Louise Croft and everybody who talked with me about pedophilia | LEGENDS sxwexwxwiy'am—The Story of Siwash Rock, stars young actor Dakota House. This powerful 'coming-of-age' drama translates an ancient Coast Salish creation myth into contemporary, gritty inner city realities—co-produced with National Film Board, LEGENDS screened at the Sundance Film Festival 2000, both in the shorts competition and Native Forum. The film received best short dramatic award at the 24th American Indian Film Festival in San Francisco; best of the festival at the prestigious First Nations Festival, Terres En Vues in Montreal, and was presented the honour of Aboriginal Title of the Year by Canadian Heritage and the Penticton Indian Band. LEGENDS is broadcast nationally on several Canadian networks including CTV. | Executive Producer: Tom Konyves, Maureen Kelleher Producers/Writers: Annie Frazier Henry Maureen Kelleher, Tom Konyves Directors: Maureen Kelleher, Annie Frazier Henry Director of Photography/Editor: Neil Thompson Sound Recordist/Camera Assistant: Darryl S Bird Language Narrator/Translator: Chief Robert Joseph English Narrator: Annie Frazier Henry Cultural Consultants: Pady Walkus, Ernie Crey, Henry George Title translation: betty Walkus and the Elders Music Director/editor: Annie Frazier Henry Composer: Jason Burnstick Harmonica: Clayton Brown Vocals: Ray Thunderchild B Camera/Key Grip: Darryl S Bird Boom/PA Grip: Zoe Hopkins Grip/Boom Mark A Prior Port Hardy Special Effects: Sheldon Powell Port Hardy Production Manager: Joye Walkus Production Assistants: Geoffrey Ganon, Melanie Morrisseau Research: Kathleen Burns Additional Audio: David McKNight, Marcus Hutchins Additional Camera: Marcus Rogers Graphics & Effects: Richard Mintak Motion Control: David Lacey Brown Sound Design: Ken Biehl Dialogue Editor: Jesse Lyon Sound Effects Editor: Rick "Smokey" Senechal Foley Walker: Michael Keeping Music Mix; Tyler Berrie Re-recording Mix: Dean Giammarco Post Production Sound: Western Post Production, Karin Doerwald, Suzanne Thompson Accountant and Producers Assistant: Kim Lloyd Legal Counsel: Kim Roberts, Roberts & Stahl publicist: Helen Yasuko Yagi Stills Photographer: Lincoln Clarkes | Jim Green (John's Adoptive Father) Lizabeth Hall (UNN Family Reunification Program) Ernie Crey (co-author: "Stolen from Our Embrace") Jennifer Sinclair (AFN Adoption-Repatriation) Ginny Green Beth Pate Adoptees: John Walkus Green, Sandra O'Connor, Michel Perreault, Arthur Bergey, Jennifer Sinclair, Melanie Morrisseau, Scott Landucci, Geoffrey Gagnon, Darcy Kidd, Allie Kidd, Joye Walkus, Alec Reid, Dionne Paul Advocates: Paddy Walkus, Lizabeth Hall, Ernie Crey, Edward John Family Friends: Jim Green, Ginny Green, Beth Pate, Chris wyndham | y | n | Available for distribution | 2472 | MAAD Files, FNVC fonds | ||||||
| Untitled (C) | Dana Claxton | 2001 | Experimental | 0:06:00 | Col. | Thanks to: Dana Claxton Eileen Ruth Cuthand David Rimmer Jessica Rose ECUAD Video Class Nikolas | English | By using clips of evil queens/witches this video plays off the sadomasochistic lesboerotic subtexts commonly found in children’s entertainment. A helpless maiden is tiring of her consensual s/m relationship with her lover, and “evil” queen. She wants to break up. An impassioned monologue in a dungeon with our heroine in wrist cuffs quickly becomes an emotionally messy ending in flames. This video was inspired by the artist’s own childhood “kiddie porn”, Disney movies which turned her on to no end and kicked off many a prepubescent masturbation session. | Writer & Director: Dana Claxton Picture & Sound Editor: WInston Xin Music: Russell Wallace Camera: Paul Manly New York & Ottawa Footage shot by: Dana Claxton Boom: Allan Hopkins Production Assistant & Catering: Kim Soo Goodtrack Makeup: Honey Desjarlais Post Production Facilities: Video In Studios, Vancouver | Sam Bob, Michelle Thrush | y | n | Available for distribution | 2545 | featured in TJ Compilation. | ||||||
| The People Dance | Dana Claxton | 2001 | Experimental | 0:13:48 | Vancouver | B&W | Hunkpapa Productions, British Columbia Cultural Services and The National Film Board of Canada | With the assistance of Brian Pearson Reginald Dean Harkema, Mark Handley, Anthony Favel McNab, Jill Bend, and Donald Morin Many thanks to: Cliff Andstein, Kim Soo Goodtrack, and Monika Kin Gagnon Also Trevor Holbrook and Kate Smith for their inspiration | English | This highly stylized, black and white experimental drama takes its name from the official response by the National Indian Brotherhood to the Canadian government’s 1969 White Paper on Indian policy, authored by then-Minister of Indian Affairs Jean Chrétien. Aboriginal actors appearing in flowing gowns, ruddled shirts and buckled boots deliver a pseudo-Elizabethan dialogue of “art thou’s,” with two European actors representing a distillation of European male and female figures.Only Available for Classroom Screenings and Library Purchases | Writer, Director & Producer: Dana Claxton Director of Photography: Trevor Holbrook Picture & Sound Editor: Winston Xin Music: Russell Wallace Assistant Director; Zoe Hopkins Sound Recorder: Leigh Wilks Steadicam Operator: Cliff Hokanson Gaffer: Ian Barrett Grip: John Dryden Focus Puller: Shaun Pollinger 2nd Camera Assistant: Jason Chapman Boom Operator: Allan Hopkins Production Assistant: Shawn Desjarlais Traditional Dancer: Joseph Paul Jingle Dress Dancer; Justine Smoke Hair & Makeup: Honey Desjarlais Wardrobe: A Wear Vancouver Still photography: Carole Segal Catering; Liliget Feast House Kim Soo Goodtrack | Woman: Samaya Jardey Man: Glen Gould | y | n | In distribution (only available for classroom and library purchase) | 2554 | |||||
| Native Youth Movement: Vancouver Chapter | Nitanis Desjarlais | 2001 | Documentary | 0:45:22 | Native Education Centre, Vancouver Aboriginal Friendship Centre, Gwa'Sala-'Nakwaxda'xw School | Kwakwaka’wakw, Tsawwassen | Vancouver, Port Hardy, Village of Tsulquate, White Rock | Col. | Canada Television Fund, Shaw Television Broadcast fund, Canadian Film or Video Tax Credit Produced in association with: Aboriginal Peoples Network, Knowledge Network, Saskatchewan Communications Network, Archives Royal BC Museum, CBC Archives | Special Thanks to: Jean Guy Rousseau, The Green family, John Veillette, Dan Savard, Charlie G Walkus Special thanks to: Entire village of Tsulquate, Chief James Walkus and family, 'the Elders', Chief Robert Joseph, Henry George, Nellie Walkus, Jack Nolie, Doreen Walkus, Gwa'Sala-'Nakwaxda'xw School, Chris Coldham Betty Walkus, Grade 2 Class and Jenelle Mudge, Grade 6 class and Dianne E Harris,, Town of Port Hardy, Port Hardy VOlunteer Fire Department, Rob Giblak and the North Island Gazette, Brenda Hubbard and the Quarterdeck Inn, Town of White Rock, WHite Rock Elementary School, Roberta Harvey, Principal, Jean Guy Rousseau, Semiahmoo Band, Chairman, Crysta dn Brandon UNN, Viola Thomas, everyone at the Adoptees Birthday Party, Carole Passmore (sto"lo Nation), Tsawwassen Band OFfice, Shawn Atleo and class, Wendy Ancell, Vancouver Aboriginal Friendship Centre, Tuesday Night Drummers, Singers and Dancers Wednesday Family Night, Native Education Centre, Shirlene Asham-Manitoba First Nations Repatriation Program, Hill's Indian Crafts, Pacific Coastal Airlines, SOny of Canada Limited, the NFB | English | Kwak’wala (spoken briefly) | This powerful one-hour documentary on belonging, acceptance and loss of culture celebrates the life of young native adoptee and Kwakwa̱ka̱ʼwakw artist, John Walkus Green. Supported through the strong voices of other young adoptees and the advocates who fight for them, John’s story and struggle to return becomes a remarkable journey - as he ‘carves’ his way home, to the community and the culture he was forcefully taken away from as a child. | Produced and directed by Nitanis Desjarlais, Purple Turtle Productions Post produced by IMAG Indigenous Media Arts Group Camera work by: Bean, Skeena, Echo Hawk, Cleo and Nitanis and Horse Footage of First People's Music Festival, Courtesy of Greg Pierre All Music by NYM members: RIP, Lanna, Skeena, Manik, Simon and Chili redhiphop.com | y | n | Available for distribution | 2589 | |||
| Singing Our Stories | Omni Film Productions Ltd., Annie Fraziér Henry | 1998 | Experimental | 0:07:00 | New York, Ottawa, Vancouver | Col. | English | - | Dream-like imagery and dialogue centering around the violent oppression of First Nation in North America and the question of who delegates freedom. | Writer/Director/Producer: Annie Frazier Henry Exec Producer: Annie Frazier Henry, Michael Chechik NFB Producers: George Johnson, Graydon McCrea associate Producer/Production Manager: Lodi Butler Narrator: Shirley Cheechoo Director of Photography: Rolf Cutts Sound Recordist & Mixer: Jeff Henschel Editor: Debra Ruhak Gaffer & Key Grip: Larry Di Stefano Unit Manager: Bridget Hill Musical Director: Annie Frazier Henry Audio Design & re recording: Marc Benoit Online Editor: Luke Van Dyk Colourist: Gary Shaw Digital Graphics: Randy Koyanagi Motion Control: Frank Van De Ven Effects Supervisor: Brian Wawzonek Music Mixer: Paul Herspiegel Final Sound Mix; Marc Benoit, Miguel Nunes Production Assistant: Bart Simpson Production Accountant: andre Droege PUblicist: Caroline Coutts Legal Counsel: Kim Roberts/Robert & Stahl Cree translation: Shirley Cheechoo, Arnold Cheechoo Banff Centre Exec producer: Sara Diamond Banff centre associate producers: Joy Barrett, Jed DeCory Washington DC LIbrary of Congress, AMerican FOlklife Centre, Wax Cylinder Re-enactment, thanks to Craig Dooge, Sam Brolowski, Carl, David and Neil | Soni Moreno (Apache, Yaqui & Mayan) Pura Fe (Kahtenuaga Band, Tuscarora Nation) Jennifer Kreisberg (Kahtenuaga Band, Tuscarora Nation) Oliva Tailfeather North Carolina Ulali: Soni Moreno (Apache, Yaqui & Mayan) Pura Fe (Kahtenuaga Band, Tuscarora Nation) Jennifer Kreisberg (Kahtenuaga Band, Tuscarora Nation) Kahtenuaga Band, Tuscarora Nation Monk-sanders Family Singers: Gloria Jeffries, Jessica Jarvic, Paula Poulafearh, Nanice Lund, Meisha Kreisberg, Sasha Valeria McCall Alberta - Blood Nation Tatsikusaapo'p Middle School Students Teacher and SInger: Olivia Tailfeathers Woman Singers and Drummers of Old Agency: Mary Stella Bare Shinbone, Irene Day Rider, Rosaline Weasel Moccasin, TammY Weasel Moccasin, Alva Weasel Moccasin, Byrde Eagle SPeaker Woman's Headdress: Lori Shade Location Manager: Bill T Head Translation Consultant: Louie Soop painting: 'Willow Walk" (gerald Tailfeathers Study) by Lance Tailfeathers in 1996 'Namgis Traditional Singers: Vera Newman, Donna Crammer, Nornie Charlie, Ethel ALfred, Eva Dick, Emma tamlin, Stella Beans, Tina Dic, Ethel 'Gandi' Scow, Elizabeth 'Tidi' Nelson, Drummer and Singer: Kodi Nelson, Ernest Alfred Namakwala Dancers and Singers: T'lisala'gilakw High School Students: Ruck Raesler New Mexico-Zuni Nation Zuni Olla Maidens: Cornelia Bowannie, Breana Yamutewa, Arliss Luna, Juanita Edaakie, Loretta Beyuka, Joy Edaakie California Walela Cherokee Nation Courtesy of Triloka Records Rita Coolidge, Priscilla Coolidge, Laura Satterfield Location Manager: Carlos Edaakie Sr. | y | m | Available for distribution | 2381 | ||||||
| Warriors On The Water | Nitanis Desjarlais | 2002 | Experimental | 0:23:40 | Lakota | B&W | Produced in association with the Canada Council, BC Arts Council, Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun, Hunkpapa Pictures | Thanks to Skeena Reece, Flo Williams Special thanks to: Denny * Terry at Clairmont Camera, PS Northern Lights, Huyghe Meakes Illuminations, Video In Studios, B&W FIlm Factory, Rainmaker Digital Pictures Group Pilla Maya Yello | English | - | A surreal story about spirituality and infinity that blends Lakota worldview with media art. | Produced and edited by: Nitanis Desjarlais, Butterflywomyn productions Post production provided by IMAG Indigenous Media Group Camera: Nitanis Desjarlais, Riki Reinfield | Chief June Quipp | y | n | Available for distribution | 2624 | ||||
| Skwelkwekwelt Protection Center | Nitanis Desjarlais | 2002 | Documentation | 0:47:00 | Peace Arch | Vancouver | Col. | The next Native Youth Movement To the ones before us my mother you taught us well My family the NYM I love you all forever Special thanks to: Kalilah, Skeena, Simon, Manik, Lil Dave, Jason, Ohoosis, Echo Hawk, Honey, Musquasis, Laurie, Horse, louie, Chili, Bean, Angela, Calvin, Tanner, Cleo, Billy, Gabe, Curtis, Keyway, Fish, Sweetwater, Bev, Garth, Royal, joanne, Shakey, Dawn, Chrissy, TOm, Shelly, Ian, SPam Lips, Mike, Sasheen, Marcus, Naomi, Stephani, Mitta, Dave, Leona, Laurel, Arial, ALisha, Russel, Kelly, | english | A documentation of the Native Youth Movement of Vancouver and the work that they do. Events covered include a protest at the Peace Arch border for the release of Leonard Pelletier, and a sit-in at the office of Herb Dhaliwal, minister for the Department of Fisheries and Oceans. | Edited and Directed by Nitanis Desjarlais Produced by the Skwelkwek welt Protection Center All footage by Secwépemc People | Chief Aruther Manuel (Neskonlith Chief) Sarah Deneault (Secwépemc Elder) Segways Chief June Quipp (Cheam Indian Band, Stolo Nation) | Contains documentation of multiple actions organized by the Native Youth Movement:Vancouver who were active in Vancouver from late 1990s to early 2000s, disbanding after a bridge standoff and RCMP surveillance. The occupation of the DFO office was in solidarity with the Mi'kmaq who were involved to the Burnt Church Crisis Mi'kmaq people of the Burnt Church First Nations (Esgenoôpetitj) and the settler fisheries in New Brunswick/Nova Scotia . see https://indigenousarchive.wordpress.com/2019/01/27/what-is-the-native-youth-movement/ | y | n | Available for distribution | 2656 | Some related items in the vertical files | |||
| Take Back The Land - Spirit Lake | Nitanis Desjarlais | 2002 | Documentary | 0:48:00 | Col. & B&W | Canada Television and Cable Production Fund, Telefilm Canada - Equity Investment Program, CTCPF License Fee Program, Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit Produced in Association with: Vision TV, Knowledge Network, CFRN Television Edmonton Alberta, CFCF 12, CFCN Television, WTN, WOmen's Television Network, Saskatchewan COmmunications Network, Television Northern Canada, LIfestyle Television 1994 Limited | english | Cree | Edited and Directed by Nitanis Desjarlais All footage taken by the Secwépemc people who defend Skwelkwekwelt | Janice Billy (Skwelkwek welt Protection Center) Aruther Manuel (Chief of the Neskonlith Band) | y | n | Available for distribution | 2657 | MAAD file for Frazier Henry | ||||||
| Native Youth Movement (Secwépemc Chapter) Roadblock | Nitanis Desjarlais | 2002 | Documentation | 0:31:00 | Fraser River | Cheam nation | Cheam Reserve | Col | Funded by Canada Council for the Arts | Warriors on the Water, you are my heroes This is dedicated to Grand Chief Sam Douglas, You are a Legend to be forever told Special thank you to Chief June Quipp, all the people of Cheam, Rick Quipp, Fred Quipp, Leanne Quipp and sons Nick and Justin, Corky Douglas, Wayne Douglas, Brian Douglas, JJ Douglas, Jean Douglas, Sid Douglas, Todd Wood, Darwin Douglas jr, Robert Douglas jr, Joe Aleck, Isaac ALeck, Sandra Victor, Carrie Victor, Keith Dan, Mark and Lucy Giroux, Harland Hourie, Kirby HOurie, Kirby Dale Hourie, MEredith Hourie, Wendy and ALisha Douglas, Friends and Family of CHeam, Gary PEters, Norm Commodore, Michelle Oleman, Patricia Kelly, Native Youth Movement, West Coast Warriors you know who you are, much love to John "Kicked in the head" Rampanen | English | This video footage documents the ongoing conflict between the Department of Fisheries & Oceans and the Chean First Nation over Aboriginal fishing rights. As both sides videotape each other while on the Fraser River, tense dialogue and net seizures take place. | Edited and Directed by Nitanis Desjarlais Produced by the Skwelkwek welt Protection Center All footage by Secwépemc People | Speakers: Mr. Al Kemp Chairman TNRD, Janice Billy | https://indiancountrytoday.com/archive/a-digest-of-first-nations-news-from-canada-2 | y | n | Available for distribution | 2658 | First Nations Video Collective materials | |
| Some Of The Stories: A Documentary About Trans Youth | Jacob Simpson | 2001 | Documentation | 0:28:00 | Col | English | This video explains the establishment of the Skwelkwekwelt Protection Center. This Center was established to protect the traditional land of the Secwépemc and to inform the public and the world of their unresolved land issues. It highlights the arrest of four Secwépemc people including 2 Elders. The Secwépemc people are being forcibly removed from their traditional lands by the Government of British Columbia and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. | Directed by Jacob Simpson Thank you to participants for their additional help with this project | Featuring: Roisin E Bean James Diamond Sacha Fink Davis Paul McKenzie Evie Jaclyn Pearl Jacob Simpson | y | y | Available for distribution | 2693 | ||||||||
| From Another Time | Zachery Longboy | 1990 | Documentation | 0:28:00 | Spirit Lake | Col. | English | This video highlights what happens when the Secwépemc assert their Title and Rights to their traditional lands. The Secwépemc maintain that they own their lands and have never sold, surrendered, or entered into treaties. To assert Title to the lands, the Secwépemc build a permanent home at Spirit Lake (MacGillvray Lake) for a young family. The Secwépemc were charged with trespass and the home was demolished by the Government of British Columbia. Two sacred sweat lodges were also demolished.. Some scenes contain course language and police brutality | resistance to the expansion of the Sun Peaks Expansion by Nippon Cable RCMP violence against the Skwelkwekwelt Protection Center http://www.turtleisland.org/news/sacred.pdf | y | n | 2694 | |||||||||
| Water Into Fire | Zachery Longboy | 1994 | Documentation | 0:30:00 | Col | English | Frustrated by years of unresolved land issues and loss of traditional Secwépemc lands, the Secwépemc youth became actively involved in the struggle to save Skwelkwekwelt from destruction by Sun Peaks Ski Resort and to assert Title to the traditional lands of the Secwépemc. The youth stage a roadblock on the main road into the Sun Peaks Ski Resort as a response to the demolition of a road leading to traditional hunting area. The destruction of road effectively blocked the Secwépemc from exercising their right to hunt and to engage in spiritual practices on this mountain. | Camera: Jennifer Abbott, Kathy mita, Paul Lang, Michael MacDonald, Zachery Longboy Editor: Mary Alice Audio Magic: Real Gauvreau Welcome Song: Margo Kane | y | n | Available for distribution | 2699 | |||||||||
| 10 | Dana Claxton | 2003 | experimental art | 0:30:00 | Col | English | A look at Agatha Christie's film 10 Little Indians and how it's implicated in the violence against indigenous people. Jump cutting 3 different film versions -from 3 different eras - the repeated nursery rhyme becomes more and more aggressive demonstrating the power of language, words and images. | Picture & Sound Editor: Winston Xin By Dana Claxton Compiled entirely on location in Vancouver, Canada | y | n | Available for distribution | 2718 | |||||||||
| Unspoken Territory | Marusya Bociurkiw | 2001 | Experimental | 0:09:00 | Col | dedicated to my father thank you: Paul Adam Fiona Banister Juliet Belmas Richard Bidwell Caroline Bjorklund Emily Carr College... Barbara Cranmer Ruby-Marie Dennis Sara Diamond Madonna Hamel David Kirk Cuck Laferty Andrew Lawrence James Mecham Vera Cranmer-Newman Dorothy Strain Michael Strain Shelline Vandermey Helen Yeomans | English | Dedicated to the artist's father, this experimental tape begins sorting through identities contaminated by the generalized racism of white society and its degrading commercial exploitations of Native cultures (represented by "Indian" drum and doll souvenirs) five young Natives, search for reconnection to their families, their stories, their traditions and their religion. | BC Unit Cinematographer; Carrie Sasarratt Sound Recordist: Eva Madden Production Coordinator: Angelique Crowther Production Assistants: Mary Crowe, Penelope Goldsmith, Lauren Howe, Jaclyn Valois Makeup: Lynn Defeher Ontario Unit Cinematographers: Kim Derko, Zoe Dirse SOund Recordists: Henry Embry, Marc Lafoy Production Coordinator: CLaire Sykes Assistant Director: Zvia Bird Camera Assistants: Richard Daley, Laurie Longstreet Gaffer: John Crockford Art Director: Natalie Olanick Production Assistants: Mario ANtognetti, RObert Biagi, Diana Donato, Carolyn Gammon, Deborah Moore, Dan Stephenson Quebec Unit Cinematographer: Yvan Gekoff Camera Assistant: Angela Fong Production Coordinator; donna Drury Production Assistant: Marie-Claude Goyette Voice Overs: Marusya Bociurkiw, Christina Jastrzembska Animaton: JIll Haras Assistant Editor: Ileana Pietrobruno Consulting Editor: Haida Paul Sound Mixer: Brian Campbell Film Lab: Gastown Sound Transfer: Pinewood Studio NEg Cut: Liz Tevaarwerk Research: Marusya Bociurkiw, Donna Drury, Lubomyr Luciuk Archival Photos: Historical Society of Amos, National Archives, national Film Board Stills: Diana Donato, Marie-Claude Goyette Credits: Patty Osborne, Al Sens Additional Music: "Ukrainian Polka" (Barbara Nickel & Marion Rose), "Pan Flute Concerto" (Nestor Budyk, Petro Iuraschuk, & ALexander Boychuk), "Slave Song" (OFra Haza), " Oy Popid) (Zeellia Vocal Ensemble), "Oy Ne Xhody Hrytsiu" (ROman Bociurkiw), "Troyka" (Oleksa Kochan), "blessing" (Zeellia Vocal Ensemble) | Cast in Order of Appearance 1st Ukrainian Woman: Marusya Bociurkiw Chinese Woman: Renee Long Second Ukrainian Woman: Carolyn Tweedle Violinist/Mary's Father: John Bailey Little Girl/Nellie: Ruby Smith-Merovitz Older Japanese Woman: Brenda Kamino Younger Japanese Woman: Lynn Sekai-Bowden Quebecoise Woman: Nicole Robert Interviewees: Deborah Etienne, Aida Graff, Mary Mank-Haskett, Frances Manko-Haskett, Salma Sakhnini, Bernadette Tawl | n | n | Available for distribution | 2760 | The work mentions the legal case of Donald Marshall Jr (Mi'kmaq) | ||||||
| The Hill | Dana Claxton | 2004 | Experimental | 0:10:20 | Col | dedicated to: Bob, Mike, Leonard Johnston, Gerry Rowland, Allan Bridges, David Todd, Rae Bakke, Keith Johnson... Thank you: Glenn Alteen, Lorna Boschman, Mark Handley, Bree Khyle, Joe Sarahan, Kerri Staufer, Cece [Cease] Wyss Thank you!! thank you!! Michael Balsar, Caroline Bjorklund, Richard Desroches. Anne Golden, Rocco Kennyo, Paul Lang, Dorothea Strain, Bette Zorn | English | In this performative piece, the artist continues his search for identity and placement in Canada's Multicultural and First Nations arena. Longboy outs himself as a First Nations FAG, who is living with HIV and abruptly severs attached preconceptions of two-spirited peoples, forcing the First Nation's community to address him rather than the disease.In a contemplative and meditative search, Longboy recollects how HIV / AIDS has affected him and the community around him, revealing a strength through loss. "standing on a bed of pebbles/ water rushes over my feet/ the stream is covered in a canopy of leaves/ sunlight dances through the foliage/ the aroma of wild flowers and pine/ alive/ blood rushes through my veins/ seek a new freedom." | a video by Dana Claxton editor: Winston Xin music: Os 12 | actor: Michelle Thrush | y | n | Available for distribution | 2779 | |||||||
| Trauma Queens | Heidi Slat | 2004 | Experimental | 0:07:44 | B&W, Col | English | In Trauma Queens: the Haida Scenes, Brenda, a young Haida girl, confronts her two-spirited queer side. She talks to her grandmother Nonnie, whoÊtells BrendaÊwhat sheÊwitnessed in residential school in order to help Brenda comeÊto terms with her sexuality and awaken her spirituality.Ê | written and directed by heidyenka produced by susana valera co-produced by Kelly White still photography: heidyenka music composed and produced by heidyenka except for the THANK YOU SONG: drumming and singing composed and performed by Kelly White and the few subliminal notes from Loverboy's "Turn me Loose" nun (ch)oral version camera assistants: susana valera, ellen pond, gordon wong, miguel fernandez mondaca sound techs: kelly white, heidi slat script supervisor: jacky boyle costumes & make up: roddy mcdonald, jill mctavish transportation: eddie, martha perez de valera catering; martha perez de valera keeper of the fire: eddie technical support: dinka pignon, rafael tsuchida, seanna mcpherson, emma hendrix, donna szoke, winston xin location scouts: kelly white, roddy mcdonald security: eddie | Vanessa walters rima chartrand thererasa cloud ki speer barb neuman alisha marie titian | y | Available for distribution | 2800 | |||||||||
| Untitled Part 4: Terra (in)cognita | Jayce Salloum | 2005 | Documentary | Oka | Kanesatake | Col | Thanks, Dedications, and Other Credits: Special Thanks:Betsy Carson, Donna Drury, Penelope Goldsmith, Lubomyr Luciuk, Haida PaulAdditional Thanks:ACTRA, Arka Ltd of Toronto, John Bailey & Al Scheer, Michael Bociurkiw, Vera and Bohdan Bociurkiw, Brothers of St Viateur, Billie Carroll, Sheena Gourlay, Selwyn Jacobs, Ken Luckhardt, Kathryn Lynch, Gwen McGregor, James McSwain, Myron Momrik, National Archives of Canada, Nikkei Museum of the Japanese Internment, Nightwood Theatre, Ileana Pietrobruno, Ginny Stikeman, Sharon Switzer, The Western Front, Barbara Wisnoski | English | terra incognita focuses on fragments of histories, of pre-contact, contact, and settlement of the Kelowna area though the accounts of several nSyilxcen (Okanagan) speakers. It traces connections and correlations between the periods of extermination/disintegration, assimilation, and marginalization to their present day and context of being First Nations. Sites of social and historical significance are encountered juxtaposed with the current realities of the area as landscape. An experiential videotape that lends itself not to a comprehensive survey, but a sifting through the layers of time and present, an inconclusive yet incisive speculation, in a history lived and survived. Through various generations of accounts, the familiar and historical read the existing with the disappeared, just past the surface, digging into our (not unproblematic) relationship with the complexities of the past, our presence here, and that of the original inhabitants of this place. Jayce Salloum has been working in installation, photography, mixed media and video since 1975. Salloum is known for installation works that sensitively investigate historical, social and cultural contexts of place. The grandson of Syrian (now a part of Lebanon) immigrants, Salloum studied in the United States. Central themes played out in his work include questions of exile, ethnic representation and cultural identity. Exhibiting nationally and internationally, his work is held in the collections of the National Gallery of Canada, the Museum of Modern Art and the Centre Pompidou. In 2014, Salloum won a Governor Generals Award in Visual and Media Arts. | 2nd Camera: Warren Wyss music: Sylix (Okanagan songs) taped on location with Roxanne Lindley & Chad Paul Warriors(Anthem) and Love & Hate from the CD, Forever Rain, written by Will Swite, music by Will Swite & Travis Saunders | Roxanne Lindley Chad Paul Dan Wilson Elizabeth Lindley Charters Starleigh Grass Leonard Raphael Will Swite Grouse Barnes Pamela Barnes Edna Terbasket Sensisyusten student | y | Available for distribution | 2863 | |||||||
| Ravenheart | Terry Haines | 2002 | Experimental | 0:05:44 | Parliament | Ottawa | Col. | English | An aboriginal woman walks around the parliament buildings in Canada’s capital, searching for a way in. Is there a way for her to access and participate in what’s inside? | Written and produced by Terry Haines and Lynn Hill | Raven: Aaron Rice Woman: Suzi Bekkattla Cat: Frida Ravene: Suzi Bekkattla Director: Lynn Hill Camera: terry Haines Editors: terry Haines and Lynn HIll Costumes: Terry Haines and Lynn Hill Hair and Make up: Lynn Hill Lightning & Sound: terry Haines and lynn hill Sound FX: Terry Haines, Lynn Hill, Cease Wyss Set Decoration: Raven Heart Collective Props: Raven Heart Collective Cat Wrangler: Lynn HIll | y | n | Available for distribution | 2872 | Dana Claxton MAAD file | |||||
| Payuk Sakeehitowin (one Love) | RoseAnne Archibald | 2005 | Narrative | 0:08:00 | Saxon House, Sandy Creek | Col. | For Robin Additional thanks to Lynn Hill, Stephanie Llewellyn and Ruth Cuthand | English | A Two Spirited woman surrounded by spy signals and psychiatric walls attempts to make sense of love, global paranoia, and her place in the history of colonialism. Spliced in between her monologues are the binary codes of all the psychiatric drugs she has taken. | produced, written and directed by RoseAnne Archibald Cree Language Consultant: Veronica Archibald Assistant Director: Nicole Copenace Assistant Producer: Kasey Atcheynum Production manager; Rota Godbout Story Editor: Jordan Wheeler Cinematographer: RoseAnne Archibald Dolly/Grip: Nathan Kinnear Editor/Sound Mix: RoseAnne Archibald Boom Operators: Nick Azak, Nicole Copenace, Rita Godbout, Nathan Kinnear Production Assistant Rita Godbout Music/Score: RoseAnne Archibald, Stephanie Desousa Lighting Design: Kasey Atcheynum Crafts Services Manager: Rita Godbout Transportation: Nicole Copenace | Cast: Judson Pooyak, Justine Wallace | y | n | Available for distribution | TJ Cuthand MAAD file | ||||||
| Class Clown | RoseAnne Archibald | 2005 | Narrative | 0:10:04 | Haida | Col. | Video In & Out on Screen made me do it Scholarship Recipient 2004 we couldn't make it without the donations from The Wheelhouse Seafoods, Sweet tooth Cafe and without the help of Chaz Olson, Nadine Montbourquette, Roddy McDonald, Gwen Groening, Seanna McPherson, William Hay, Laura Murray | this short film is dedicated to all First Nations people who went through residential school and did not survive... may their spirits rest in peace Special thanks to: Leonard George and family for the privilege of filming on his land "Howa!" Kelly White for the honour of your casting skills you can the net and pulled in the actors "Gracias" Susana Valera for the dedication and love you poured into me and this project "Bravo" Tiberius T Mitu Sarah Ward for the music wouldn't have been created without your gracious help..anybody want to buy a steinway? "Hvala" Dinka Pignon for bringing clarity to the final edit kudos to the scholar support group: April Sumter-Freitag, Gwen Groening, Ellen Pond they persevered, endured and conquered the editing system we were up against AVID EXPRESS God Bless and thanks to Video In and Out on Screen and to St Jude, matron saint of crystoppers | English | This short film is the first of its kind in Canada. The unique clown tradition shown - the Pochinko clown method as taught by John Turner (Mump & Smoot) Ð has never been presented on film before with an Aboriginal clown. Clowns from this background are usually presented live, on-stage in a theatre space. As such, Silent Clown can be deemed as a new and experimental film genre. Clearly, the influence of Charlie Chaplin (film) and Benny Hill (television) are evident throughout this short; concurrently, Aboriginal culture and the spiritual traditions of the "heyoka" clowns are showcased and reveal a unique art form. Audiences will enjoy the riotous antics as Baby Clown becomes the first clown to go to film school. Class Clown also touches on subtle socio-political underpinnings surrounding issues of segregation, intolerance and ultimately, acceptance and change. | Produced, written and directed by RoseAnne Archibald Creative Consultant: John "Smoot" Turner Director of Photography: Kyle Corston Camera Operators: Kristy Assu, Nicole Copenace, Holly Spencer Asst Camera: Holly SPencer 1st Ast Director: Rita Godbout 2nd Ast Director: Nicole Copenace Editor: RoseAnne Archibald Post Production advisor (Atf) Bren "the hat" MacDonald Sound Foley: Sonny Voyageur Sound Mixer: RoseAnne archibald | RoseAnne Archibald Kyle Carston Marshall Leigh George Nicole Copenace extras: Kasey Atcheynum, Sarah Bellerose, Tanya Collinson, Dean Febbo Rita Godbout Sherell Liciaga Rina Michell Judson Pooyak, Kevin Starr | Out On Screens scholarship program | y | n | Available for distribution | |||||
| Peuk Nepi, Meeting Waterwoman | James Nicholas | 2004 | Documentation | 0:05:00 | Cree | Col. | Canada Council first peoples words | this video is dedicated to those who have lost loved ones to suicide and to those who have had the courage to continue living in the face of deep suffering thank you: oriole dancer, margaret cardinal | English | Cree | Peuk Nepi, Meeting Waterwoman is a short video ritual where Cree author, director, and actor James Nicholas calls himself using his Cree name, Pau i stik, down into the depths of a well. Water is the state of life as represented by Waterwoman when she enters the Native American peyote ceremony at dawn. She beckons people to come to their own depth, to go within, that in the darkness there is light, fire. This video is done in support of those who have experienced loss through suicide and those who have had the courage to survive through great pain.Songs are by Joyce Dancer. | Songs by Joyce Dancer director/actor: james nicholas videographer: sandra semchuk | y | n | Available for distribution / Special Collections | 2829 | |||||
| Dragonfly | Terry Haines | 2007 | Art | 0:37:50 | Sensisyusten | Sylix | Kelowna | Col. | English | Director, Editor, & Sound Mix: Terry Haines Camera: Aaron Rice DOP Terry Haines Original Score D'Arcy O'Connor Original Poem by Terry Haines Produced by Tolotech Productions & Cineworks Vancouver co-produced by Video In Studios, Video Out Distribution & IMAG Indigenous Media Arts Group | y | n | 2920 | ||||||||
| Towards The Day... We Are All Free | Meg Torwl | 2007 | Experimental/Video Art | 0:11:30 | Col. | Margaret Mitchell Bursary for Women Native Education Centre A.C.C.E.S.. | Special thanks to: Aaron Rice, Suzi Bekkattla, Cease Wyss, Senaqila Wyss, "Tech Doctor" Don Howell, Cease Fire Productions, Howlco Productions, Frida the Cat, xxx special thanks to Marilyn Manson for "Sweet Dreams" (1995) | Ravenheart is a mysterious fable about a dark character that preys on people who neglect their hearts | n | y | Available for distribution | Terry Haines MAAD file | |||||||||
| The Patient Storm | Dana Claxton | 2006 | Experimental/Video Art | 0:05:35 | Col. | Special thanks to: Gitchi Manitou (my Creator), Cam Williams, Jackson Crick, M. Leigh George, Peter Crass, Jordan Wheeler, George Henry, Doreen Manuel, Loretta odd, SHawn Foss, Don Howell, Vera Wabegijig, Murray Stiller, my fellow AFTP students, Alexei Berteig, Stephanie DeSousa, Mannie DeSousa, Nikko DeSousa, Holly Spencer, Sherrell Liciaga, Kyle Corston, Rina Michell, Kevin Starr, Nick Azak, Nathan Kinnear, Tanner Adams, Bren MacDonald, Veronica Archibald and the whole Frank Archibald clan, Doug Sinoway, Dixie Bowerman, and everybody who endured my endless conversations about love and SEX in the spirit of our trickster Weesageechak | English | Cree | A young heterosexual Native couple, both early to mid- twenties struggling with abstinence serves as a visual backdrop for larger questions of sexual repression and the impact of colonization on Native sexuality. Has a major ad campaign for any product ever shown a picture that displays sexy Natives? Why are there no books on Native sexuality? The de-sexualization of Natives is another byproduct of the ongoing colonization of native people in Canada. The problem is both internal and external for Native communities. Internally, communities refuse to acknowledge the realities of sexual dysfunction and repression. Externally, the larger society reinforces the non-sexual, one dimensional and stereotypical Native. Under these circumstances, Natives must struggle to decolonize themselves and reclaim their sexuality. | Director of Photography: Steven Miko Assistant Director: Kevin Burton Sound Recording: Mark Pitkethly Gaffer: BJ Wilson Grip: Joseph Paul Camera Assistant: Alec Dan Make Up: Karin Mika Shoji Hair: Oribu Olivia Yokota Still Photography: Matthew Jacob Craft Services Kim Soo Goodtrack, Liliget Feast House Post Production: Video In Vancouver | y | Available for distribution | 2989 | ||||||||
| Say It’s Ok | Dana Claxton | 2006 | Experimental/Video Art | 0:05:00 | Capilano College | Col. | Special thanks: Gitchi Manitou, Mump and Smoot, Jackson Crick, Marshall Leigh George, Peter Crass, Cam Williams, Loretta Todd, Doreen Manuel, Don Howell, my fellow AFTP students, Bren MacDonald, Capilano College, Centre for Indigenous Theatre, Doug Sinoway, Floyd Hand, Mom, the whole Frank Archibald clan and of course the clown gods | English, no spoken dialogue | This short film is the first of its kind in Canada. The unique clown tradition shown - the Pochinko clown method as taught by John Turner (Mump & Smoot) – has never been presented on film before with an Aboriginal clown. Clowns from this background are usually presented live, on-stage in a theatre space. As such, Silent Clown can be deemed as a new and experimental film genre. Clearly, the influence of Charlie Chaplin (film) and Benny Hill (television) are evident throughout this short; concurrently, Aboriginal culture and the spiritual traditions of the "heyoka" clowns are showcased and reveal a unique art form. Audiences will enjoy the riotous antics as Baby Clown becomes the first clown to go to film school. Class Clown also touches on subtle socio-political underpinnings surrounding issues of segregation, intolerance and ultimately, acceptance and change. | Director: Dana Claxton Writer: Neil Eustache Picture & Sound Editor: Winston Xin Music: Os Twelve R Harris Director of Photography: Steven Miko Assistant Director: Kevin Burton Sound Recording: Mark Pitkethly Gaffer: BJ Wilson Grip: Joseph Paul Camera Assistant: Alec Dan Still Photography: Matthew Jacob Craft SErvices: Kim Soo Goodtrack, Liliget Feast House Post Production: Video In Vancouver | Actor: Ben Paul | y | n | Available for distribution | 2990 | ||||||
| Gunplay (part Two) | Dana Claxton | 2007 | Experimental/Video Art | 0:03:46 | Col. | Thank you: Aaron Rice, Elaine McChesney, Jean-Denis Rouette, D'Arcy O'Connor, VI/VO & IMAG Dedicated to Frida | English | Dragonfly unveils the vulnerable position of mankind in the uncertain environment we have helped create. | a video by Dana Claxton editor: Winston Xin | voices: Megan, Mitchell, David, Charlie | y | n | Available for distribution | 2991 | Terry Haines MAAD File | ||||||
| Hope | Dana Claxton | 2007 | Documentary | 1:27:00 | International Women's Day | Maori, | Vancouver | Col. | English | French, Spanish | A feature documentary with Refugee and Aboriginal women and girls from Canadian First Nations, Iran, Afghanistan, Algeria, Bosnia, Vietnam, Guatemala, Uruguay, Aotearoa. Portrays their persecution, activism, journeys to and within Canada, through personal narrative, art, poetry, discussions and demonstrations. These are ordinary women who did extraordinary things, against all odds took matters into their own hands, changed their own lives, and the world. Their community activism and strategies for change, reflect a world of possibilities.Towards the day…we are all free explores how gender, class, race, nation of origin, language, religion, sexuality, disability, intersect in displaced women's lives, as they are affected by state and community persecution, racial profiling, 9/11. | a video by Dana Claxton editor: Winston Xin post production: Video In Studios, Vancouver, Canada | y | n | Available for distribution | 2992 | |||||
| Hybred | Christine Kirouac | 2007 | Documentation | 0:07:37 | Col. | Funded by Virtual Museum Canada, Heritage Canada | English | In the singe-channel video Hybred, artist Christine Kirouac translates a conversation with her mother into an exploration of the stereotypes and subjectivities surrounding her MŽtis identity (Cree/Irish). Set in the kitchen of their family home as Kirouac s mother prepares a pumpkin pie, history becomes the site of debate as the daughter poses a series of questions related to her adoption, amidst a series of jokes collected from the Internet. Across anecdotes, memories, confrontations, and crude, politically incorrect jokes related to Irish and Aboriginal stereotypes, the human side of a patchwork history is uncovered as the pair navigate the disconnect between generations. Beneath the banter, these women display contrasting approaches to the traditions of storytelling and attitudes towards race as they reflect the difficulties of finding a common language. | a video by Christine Kirouac edited by Christine Kirouac | cast - Irene Kirouac and Christine Kirouac | y | Available for distribution | 3007 | Dana Claxton MAAD file | |||||||
| This Lane Is Our Lane | Terry Haines | 2008 | Narrative | 0:04:35 | Col. | English | A young aboriginal boy ponders the representation of self in the context of survival and shapeshifting. | by Terry Haines Story Concept: Aaron Rice & Terry Haines Mohawk Song Recordings: Lindsay Tolotech Productions | Lindsay Delaronde and Daughter, Cassidy Car Driver: Aaron Rice | y | n | Available for distribution | 3058 | Dana Claxton MAAD file | |||||||
| Warrior | Terry Haines | 2008 | Experimental/Video Art | 0:02:30 | Col. | English | This second work in a series on gun culture looks at girls and gangs, the cowboy narrative and indigenous resistance. The toy gun becomes an instrument of contradiction - not longer an innocent toy but a symbol of violence. | y | n | Available for distribution | 3068 | Dana Claxton MAAD file | |||||||||
| Notik Masowan? | Frederick Cummings | 2011 | Experimental/Video Art | 0:09:36 | Col. | English | Notik Masowan? uses video as a platform to mesmerize the audience through Frederick Cumming’s depiction of three different Cree-speaking individuals: the warrior the shaman and the berdache. Throughout the video "he" transforms "us" and our opinions of First Nations mother tongues and their continual disappearance. | with help from Shawn Chappelle, Brian Gotro, Claudio Rivera-Seguel and James Diamond | y | n | Available for distribution | 5024 | Dana Claxton MAAD file | ||||||||
| ...and The Word Was God | Ruby Truly | 1987 | Experimental/Video Art | 0:10:00 | Cree | Col. | English | A manuscript, written in 1954 to aid missionaries working among the Cree speaking natives of northern Saskatchewan, Canada, is the basis for this reflective narrative. The reader is surounded by emblems of language, religion, and trade -- the images challenging the redefinition of the aboriginal structure to fit a Judeo-Christian mold. This is a found poem. Special Collection - Indigenous Media Art First Nations | Produced by: Ruby Truly Directed by: Jay Samwald Technical Director:D Howard Bearhan Musical Director: Gordon Bertran Production Assistant: Mary Ann Liu Text "Cree" written by: Mary Edwards Edited at the Video in Vancouver BC 1987 | y | n | Available for distribution | 1541 | ||||||||
| Helpless Maiden Makes An “i” Statement | TJ Cuthand | 1999 | Experimental/Video Art | 0:06:24 | Col. | - | By using clips of evil queens/witches this video plays off the sadomasochistic lesboerotic subtexts commonly found in children s entertainment. A helpless maiden is tiring of her consensual s/m relationship with her lover, and evil queen. She wants to break up. An impassioned monologue in a dungeon with our heroine in wrist cuffs quickly becomes an emotionally messy ending in flames. This video was inspired by the artist s own childhood kiddie porn , Disney movies which turned her on to no end and kicked off many a prepubescent masturbation session. | Helpless Maiden: TJ Cuthand Nikolas: Rat Grand High Witch: Angelica Huston Maleficent as herself Evil Queen as herself Woman from Legend as herself | y | n | Not available for distribution | 2451 | Terry Haines MAAD file | ||||||||
| Love And Numbers | TJ Cuthand | 2004 | Experimental/Video Art | 0:04:36 | Dunvegan Beaver Band (Dene-Tza) | Col. | Cree | English | A Two Spirited woman surrounded by spy signals and psychiatric walls attempts to make sense of love, global paranoia, and her place in the history of colonialism. Spliced in between her monologues are the binary codes of all the psychiatric drugs she has taken. | camera by TJ Cuthand & Candie Tanaka | y | n | Not available for distribution | 2787 | |||||||
| Vigil 5.4 | Paul Wong | 2012 | Documentation | 0:08:00 | Downtown Eastside | Anishinaabe | Vancouver | Col. | English | Documentation of Rebecca Belmore’s performance VIGIL from the 2002 Talking Stick Festival in Vancouver . Performing on a street corner in the Downtown Eastside, Belmore commemorates the lives of missing and murdered aboriginal women who have disappeared from the streets of Vancouver. | Performance by Rebecca Belmore Camera/Director Paul Wong Editor: Kelly Morris | Rebecca Belmore | y | y | Not available for distribution | 5064 | |||||
| Untitled Part 5: All Is Not Lost… And And Some Points In-between. | Jayce Salloum | 2009 | Documentary | 1:50:00 | Westbank First Nation, member of Syilx/Okanagan Nation | Col. | English | Over the summer of 2007 Salloum made four trips to Kelowna to do videotaping sessions with members of the Westbank First Nation and other First Nation residents of the area. He worked in collaboration during much of the time with Chad Paul & with the assistance of Roxanne Lindley, both Syilx/Okanagan residents of the Westbank lands. The tape focuses on trajectories and contentions of relationships - with the land: private and band development/land use/stewardship, medicines/foods; race, representation, identity, and knowledge; the legacies of contact; oral histories and sites of significance; cultural adaptation and survival; moving forward; and the complexities of reconciling traditional values with contemporary daily life within this specific geographic and social nexus at this moment in time. | n/a | n/a | n | y | Available for distribution | 5107 | |||||||
| I Love My Skin | Terry Haines | 2012 | Experimental/Video Art | 0:04:13 | Col. | English | A quirky conversation about the affects of colonialism on the minds of First Nations children. | by Terry Haines a tolotech production | facetime: aaron rice suzi bekkattla & lynn hill | y | n | Available for distribution | 5112 | Terry Haines MAAD file | |||||||
| ;ization ;izer ;ized | Emilio Rojas | 2013 | Experimental/Video Art | 0:14:59 | Col. | English, Spanish | ;ization ;izer ;ized juxtaposes the artist's personal narratives with video images of colonialism, chronicles from the trips of Christopher Columbus (in Spanish Cristobal Colon) and different diagnostic colonoscopies. Connecting the personal, the social, the historical, the medical, the erotical, and the abject to the repetition of the action of introducing corks into the artist's rectum. This performance invokes a memory of a homophobic remark spoken to the artist when he was a child: “If you are going to sleep in the same bed, you better put a cork up your ass.” The work additionally invokes memories relate to childhood sexual explorations, homophobia, and the construction of the artist's own gender identity. | n/a | n/a | Available for distribution | 5316 | ||||||||||
| I Is For Idle No More | Sarah Shamash | 2013 | Documentary | 0:09:34 | Native Education College, Idle No More | Vancouver | Col. | English | “I” is for Idle No More is part of a larger modular video alphabet project. “I” is for Idle No More is a portrait (as opposed to landscape) format video, meant to be shown as an installation either projected on a screen with audio or on a vertical monitor with headphones. This video poster for “Idle No More” was inspired by the young students at the Native Education College, that are engaged, often for the first time, in having their voices heard by Canadian society and the Canadian government. This video poster presents three voices, and three faces of individuals talking about their viewpoint on and involvement in the Idle No More movement. Project, camera, editing, sound recording: Sarah Shamash Sound mix: Inaam Haq Poster graphic design: Carlos Colin Featuring: Eva Billy, Carlos Colin, Janice Thomson | Project, camera, editing, sound recording: Sarah Shamash Sound mix: Inaam Haq Poster graphic design: Carlos Colin | Featuring: Eva Billy, Carlos Colin, Janice Thomson | y | n | Available for distribution | 5321 | ||||||
| Coyote X | Terry Haines | 2013 | Experimental | 0:13:44 | Col. | This work created through an artist's residency at VIVO Media Arts Centre | English | Coyote X is an experimental four wall video projection installation that evokes nuances of land ownership issues and cultural survival through the presence of the Coyote acting as a metaphor and bearer of this sober message.Can also play as a single channel projection. | Sound production and design by D'Arcy O'Connor & Eliza McCullough Camera Assistance by Aaron Rice | y | Available for distribution | 5328 | Terry Haines MAAD file, SVES Documentation ( https://www.flickr.com/photos/vivomediaarts/albums/72157634554327638) | ||||||||
| Just Dandy | TJ Cuthand | 2013 | Experimental/Video Art | 0:07:38 | Col. | Thanks to: Ruth Cuthand, Shar Cuthand, Indigenous Peoples Artist Collective, Paved Arts | English | Invited to speak at an Indigenous Revolutionary Meeting, the narrator describes an encounter intimate encounter with an Evil Colonizing Queen which led to Turtle Island's contraction of an invasive European flora. | Camera: Carrie Gates Shot in Studio at PAVED arts | y | y | Available for distribution | 5354 | TJ Cuthand MAAD Files | |||||||
| You Are A Lesbian Vampire | TJ Cuthand | 2008 | Experimental/Video Art | 0:03:46 | B&W | English | In the dark night of a prairie city, a vampire considers her future with fetching mortal. However, requiring blood for sustenance brings a host of problems to the relationship. | y | n | Available for distribution | 5357 | TJ Cuthand MAAD Files | |||||||||
| The Weaver’s Circle | Martin Borden | 2013 | Documentary | 0:09:52 | Haida | Col. | Thanks to Sharon Kallis, Greg Ferguson, Todd DeVries, Haruko Okano, Marina Szijarto, Joy Witzche, Debra Sparrow, Imogen Cairns, Sharon De Souza, Elisabeth Murdoch, Karen Barnaby, Anne Worral, Kathy Brydon, Michalina Hunter Mac Pinney, Karenza T Wall Mary Steeves, Jeff Nishimura, Lisa Walker, Glen Anderson, Urban Weavers Project, Stanley Park Ecology Society, Vancouver Board of Parks and REcreation, SOLE Food URban Farm Project, Telus World of Science, Gulf and Fraser Fisherman's Credit Union, Capilano University, Michelle Mason, Jack SIlberman, Warren Demsys Capilano University Film Centre | English | THE WEAVER'S CIRCLE is a short documentary film portrait of environmental artist ; Environmental. Working in the downtown eastside of Vancouver, Sharon has left the world of galleries and conventional art materials to forge an ethical art-practice and strengthen local community in an area fractured by poverty and redevelopment. Combining traditional First Nations and European weaving methods to repurpose invasive plant material and "green waste" culled from city parks, her Urban Weaver Project rethinks the idea of public art. The resulting installations, build by diverse residents of the area, are allowed to weather and decay over time, as a reminder of the cycle of nature and to challenge our unsustainable consumer culture and destructive attitudes towards the environment. | Directed & edited by Martin Borden Camera: Ken Matheson, Marina Dodis, Martin Borden Sound: Robyn Thomas, Derrick Daniels Music: Aaron Dun - Sonata No. 1 Kevin Macleod - Harlequin | Marina Szijarto (Creative Alchemist) Todd Devries (Traditional Haida Weaver, Lead Artist @ Urban Weaver Project) Haruko Okano (Environmental Artist) | y | y | Available for distribution | 5368 | ||||||
| Qaggiq | Zacharias Kunuk | 1989 | Narrative | 0:58:39 | Keewatin Region | Iqaluit | Col. | Special thanks to: the People of Igloolik Adult Education (Igloolik), Ataguttaaluk School (Igloolik), Inuit Broadcasting Corporation, Videographe (Montreal), Co-Op Video (Montreal) Thomas Kublu (Mayor of Igloolik), Municipality of Igloolik, Reverend Noah Nassok (Anglican Minister), Mar Evalordjuk (Baffin Regional Council) | Inuktitut | English | Inuktitut with English subtitles. | Zacharias Kunuk, Paul Apak Angilirq, Pauloosie Qulitalik, and Norman Cohn Editor: Paul Aapak Angliq Final Editor: Rene Roberge Titling: Jean Leblanc producer-director: Zacharias Kunuk cameraman: Norman Cohn translator: Lazarie Otak Costumes by the people of Igloolik | family1 : Peter Arnatsiaq: Tatiggat Catherine: Aaluluuq Deogarh: Panikpakuttuk Joyce; Alariaq Bosco: Aqiaruq family 2 Paul Qulittalik: Qulittalik Mary: Niriungniq David: Amaklaannuk Allan: Pikujak Charlie: Akumalik Lizzie: Aatitaaq Family 3: Samuillie Amaaq: Inuaraq Michelline: Ataguttaaluk Jacobie: Ikummaq Bonnie: Qajugasukkaaq Philomena: Kuattuk Isa: Aglukkaq Family 4: Eugene Ikkarnak: Ikkarnak Melanie: Inuksuk Lou: Paula Raymond: Puata Jean-Marie; Annannguaq Martha: Aapak | y | n | 1681 | More information https://artmuseum.utoronto.ca/exhibition/qaggiq-gathering-place/ View at Isuma TV http://www.isuma.tv/isuma-productions/qaggiq-gathering-place | ||||
| Two Soft Things, Two Hard Things | Michael Yerxa, Mark Kenneth Woods | 2016 | Documentatary | 1:10:00 | Iqaluit, Naguit | Col. | English | As a small group in Nunavut, Canada prepare for a seminal LGBT Pride celebration in the Arctic, the film explores how colonization and religion have shamed and erased traditional Inuit beliefs about sexuality and family structure and how, 60 years later, a new generation of Inuit are actively "unshaming" their past. | Directors: Mark Kenneth Woods Michael Yerxa Writers: Mark Kenneth Woods Michael Yerxa | Alethea Arnaquq-Baril (Iqaluit Resident) Jack Anawak (Former member of Nunavut Legislative Assembly) Allison Brewer Franco Buscemi Miali Buscemi Maureen Doherty Kieran B. Drachenberg .. Nuka Fennell Kyla Gordon Catherine Lightfoot Jesse Mike Paul Okalik Jerald Sabin (PHD University of Toronto) Suzanne Schwartz Michelle Zakrison | y | y | Available for distribution | 4592 | |||||||
| Sadie Curtis Navajo Weaver | Laurie McDonald | 2006 | Documentary | 0:05:36 | Be'ek'id Naahaazahi (Curved Dam) | Navajo Nation | Col. | Navajo | English | Sadie Curtis (1931-2012) was a Navajo woman descended from five generations of weavers. Filmed inside her hogan near Kinlichee, Arizona, Sadie talks about learning to weave as a child and how she gained fame from the creation of an American flag woven in the Navajo style. includes a demonstration of her weaving. | filmed & edited by Laurie McDonald Consulting Anthropologist: Teresa WIlkins (University of New Mexico) Translations: Christine Curtis, Pearl Sunrise Music: Terry McKinley Assisted Linda Thornton | unknown | unknown | Available for distribution | 6018 | ||||||
| 2-spirit Introductory Special $19.99 | TJ Cuthand | 2015 | Narrative | 0:04:36 | Col. | Commissioned by: imagineNATIVE, charles street video | Thanks to: Greg Woodbury, Daniel Northway-Frank, Charles Street Video, ImagineNATIVE, Ruth Cuthand, Louis Cruz, Stan Cuthand, and all 2 spirits across this nation and around the world 1 | English | New to the 2 Spirit lifestyle? Want to talk to someone in the spirit and the flesh instead of reading The Spirit and the Flesh? We have just the service for you! Call now and for only $19.99 a month you can get instant unlimited telephone access to traditional knowledge and support. We also provide monthly gifts to subscribers. Don't hesitate, ring those phones! | Camera: Irene Armit, TJ Cuthand Camera Assistant: Mano Sound: Mano, Irene Armit Editing: Konrad Sketa, TJ Cuthand Props: Ruth Cuthand | Host:TJ Cuthand, Customers: Tobi Caribou, Elwood Jimmy | y | n | Available for distribution | 6025 | ||||||
| 2 Spirit Dreamcatcher Dot Com | TJ Cuthand | 2017 | Narrative | 0:04:54 | Col. | Funded by the City of Toronto Toronto Arts Council | Thanks to: Riki Yandt, Ruth Cuthand, Charles Street Video | English | 2 Spirit Dreamcatcher Dot Com queers and indigenizes traditional dating site advertisements. Using a butch non-"lavalife" lady (performed by Cuthand), 2 Spirit Dreamcatcher Dot Com seduces the viewer into 2 spirit "snagging and shacking up," with suggestions of nearby pipeline protests to take your date to. | Woman 1: Lindsay Nixon Woman 2:: Judith Schuyler Man: Elwood Jimmy Host: TJ Cuthand | y | n | Available for distribution | 6026 | |||||||
| TJ Cuthand Is An Indian Within The Meaning Of The Indian Act | TJ Cuthand | 2017 | Narrative | 0:08:53 | Toronto | Col. | Commissioned by VIMAF, Queer Arts Festival with support from Canada Council for the Arts | Thanks to Ruth Cuthand, Charles Street Video, VIMAF, Queer Arts Festival | English | Contemplating mixed race identity in Canada, Cuthand presents us with images of blood ties and land ties for indigenous people, and questions the use of the words "white passing" and "light skinned." As a light skinned indigenous woman, Cuthand reiterates that racism and discrimination still happen for her, just in different ways. Community belonging is contrasted with the difference experiences she has from her darker skinned family. Ultimately, a video with more questions than answers, it situates the artist's body in historical trauma and ongoing colonial survival. | Performance spotter: Emmanuelle Pantin | y | n | Available for distribution | 6027 | ||||||
| How Raven Stole The Sun | Laura Carnet | 2019 | Narrative | 0:03:55 | Col. | English | A Kwakwa̱ka̱ʼwakw story about how the Raven stole the Sun, as told by carver Simon Daniel James. | Simon Daniel James. | Available for distribution | 7027 | |||||||||||
| LHA_Building Sweat_Video8 | Lenore Herb | Documentation | 1:16:00 | Col. | English | Eagle Star | Unknown | n | y | Special Collections | |||||||||||
| LHA_Native Rights Forum 1986-03-05 #3 | Lenore Herb | 1986 | Documentation | 0:15:38 | Cache Creek | Col. | English | Kelly White (Q&A) | unknown | unknown | Special Collections | ||||||||||
| Lha_native Rights Forum 1986-03-05 #1 | 1986 | Documentation | 1:02:00 | Col. | English | George Watts, President of the Nuu-Chah-Nulth Tribal Council Bill Wilson, Activist, Exec Director of the Kwagiulth (Kwakwaka’wakw) Tribal Council Chief John Mathias, Councillor with the Squamish Indian Band, Vice-Chief of Assembly of First Nations, Member of the Task Force on the Comprehensive Review of Land Claims (Federal). Lavina Lightbown, Elected President of the Haida Nation (1976), works with Union of BC Indian Chiefs, a member of the negotiating board. Wilfred Jacobs, Chairman of the Kootenay Area Indian Council. Miles Richardson, President of the Council of Haida Nations. | unknown | unknown | Special Collections | ||||||||||||
| Misc01_first Nations Video Collective B-roll_1997-05-21 | First Nations Video Collective | 1997 | Documentation | 0:44:58 | Stanley Park, Alice Lake Provincial Park, Garibaldi Provincial Park, Squamish Nation Capilano Reserve | col | English | Tony Melting Tallow(Northern Blackfoot,Siksika Nation), TJ Cuthand(Plains Cree/Scottish), Adele Kruger( Okanagan Salish), Michelle McGeough(Metis), Michelle Sylliboy (Mi'kmaq Nation), Charlotte Wuttke(Garden Hill First Nation), San Dee Doxtdator(Iroquois:Six Nations), Stephanie Llewellyn(Ojibwe/Welsh), and Allan Hopkins(Lillooet Nation). | Tony Melting Tallow(Northern Blackfoot,Siksika Nation), TJ Cuthand(Plains Cree/Scottish), Adele Kruger( Okanagan Salish), Michelle McGeough(Metis), Michelle Sylliboy (Mi'kmaq Nation), Charlotte Wuttke(Garden Hill First Nation), San Dee Doxtdator(Iroquois:Six Nations), Stephanie Llewellyn(Ojibwe/Welsh), and Allan Hopkins(Lillooet Nation). | y | n | Special Collections | Si'Elu'taxw, First Nations Video Collective fonds | ||||||||
| Quebec! Ke Ce Ca? #4 | Videographe | 1974 | Community Broadcast | 0:28:00 | James Bay Cree | James Bay, Montreal | B&W | French | Part of a community TV broadcast series on Quebec politics and community issues. This one looks at a small Quebec sound component manufacturing business, a comic strip, Yvon Dupuis, an archeological find at Ste-Anne des Monts nearly 7000 yrs old, and a protest by native people for the welfare of the James Bay Land being threatened by the Quebec Government and its Hydro Society. | Montgomery[?] video by Michael Pelletier distributed par le VIdéographe Laplaste[?] Musicians: Gresavis Lessard, Claude Mcethe, Daniel Patterson Richard Boivin and Marc Labehge Gilles Dufour, Louise Duflessis, Alain Gauthier, Louis Poulette [Much of the credits are extremely difficult to read] | https://waskaganish.ca/the-james-bay-project/ | unknown | y | available for personal/research viewing, contact to discuss other options and distribution | 162 | Quebec! Ke Ce Ca? series | |||||
| 439 Ans Apres [1/2] | Videographe | 1972 | Documentary | 0:31:00 | Pikogan, also known as First Nation of Abitibiwinni | Amos | B&W | French | A documentary about an indian reservation in Quebec. The social problems facing the people, their culture, and their place in Quebec society are the focus of the tape. | Direction Jean-Pierre Dumont François Gariepy Bruno Kistabish Réjean Thomas Translation Normand Mowatt Music Anna Mowatt Anni Mapachee Jean-Louis Martin Music Anna Mowatt Anni Mapachee Editing François Gariepy Normand Mowatt Réjean Thomas Jean-Louis Martin | https://vitheque.com/en/titles/439-ans-apres-j-c | unknown | y | available for personal/research viewing, contact to discuss other options and distribution | 238 | ||||||
| Les Droits Des Indiens | Ginette Benoit, Videographe | 1972 | Documentary | 0:31:00 | Pikogan, also known as First Nation of Abitibiwinni | B&W | remerciements: University du quebec (materials) edouard dufresnes (Studio et conseils techniques) jean pierre dumont (conseils techniques) toute la reserve Pikogan (participation) | French | A fast-paced documentary of the Quebec Native Peoples struggle for native rights in that province. | Camera; La Tribut C'Est-A-DIRE: Normand Mowatt Jpaul ET Therese Rankin Daniel Thomas, Ginette Benoit (Et. bruno Kistabish) Montage; La Tribu Traduction: Norman Mowatt prise de son: Jean-Paul | lecture des textes: ginette, jean-paul, norman interviews; Norman, therese, Jean-Paul Chants Indiens: Harry Wylde, ALice Kistabish Musique sur Disque: Richard et M Claire Seguin | unknown | unknown | available for personal/research viewing, contact to discuss other options and distribution | 247 | ||||||
| Culture | Raven Society of B.C. | 1972 | Documentary | 0:12:00 | Nishga | B&W | English | George Clutesi gives an introductory narrative on Indian cultural history followed by ceremonial dance sequences. A presentation for the Dept of National Health and Welfare by the Raven Society of BC | Credits: Camera - Randall Ginger | George Clutesi Dances: Nishga Kwakiutl | Produced by the RAVEN Society of BC, a communications network run by Indigenous peoples in the early 1970s https://tseshaht.com/history-culture/influential-figures/george-clutesi-2/ | y | unknown | available for personal/research viewing, contact to discuss other options and distribution | 268 | see other RAVEN society tapes | |||||
| See How We Are | Raven Society of B.C. | 1974 | Documentary | 0:23:04 | Lil'wat, Ahousaht | B&W | English | Education, housing and health care for native people are documented by B.C. Indians. | Camera: Randall Ginger Sound: Kim Calma | Narration: George Clutesi, Alvin McKay, Dianna Recalma VIllages: Ahousaht , Mount Currie | Produced by the RAVEN Society of BC, a communications network run by Indigenous peoples in the early 1970s | y | unknown | available for personal/research viewing, contact to discuss other options and distribution | 270 | see other RAVEN society tapes | |||||
| Vancouver Indian War Dance Club [1/2] | VIWDC | 1973 | Documentation | 0:29:40 | Vancouver, Surrey | B&W | English | Dance club in performance at Guildford mall | Dancers: includes girl Marla May Philip President: Warrior Cal (?) Vice President: Bernice/Bert (?) Edwards War Dance Committee | Produced by Indian War Dance Club, see other records https://rbscarchives.library.ubc.ca/indian-clubs | y | unknown | available for personal/research viewing, contact to discuss other options and distribution | 274 | |||||||
| Vancouver Indian War Dance Club [2/2] | VIWDC | 1973 | Documentation | 0:31:03 | Vancouver, Surrey | B&W | English | Dance club in performance at Guildford mall | Ernie Philip | Produced by Indian War Dance Club, see other records https://rbscarchives.library.ubc.ca/indian-clubs | y | unknown | available for personal/research viewing, contact to discuss other options and distribution | 275 | |||||||
| The Chilkat Blanket | Derrick Harvey, Campbell River TV Association | Documentary, Public Access Television | 0:57:00 | Kwakiutl | Campbell River | B&W | English | Three elderly Indian ladies discuss the legends behind Chilkat blankets. | Elders: Mrs Nox (Prince Rupert), Mrs Frank (Comox), Mrs Cramer (Alert Bay) Liaison & Textile Researcher: Mona Horn (Campbell River) ( | unknown | y | available for personal/research viewing, contact to discuss other options and distribution | 294 | ||||||||
| Haida Dancing [1/2] | Charles Naktong Sr. | 1975 | Documentation | 0:32:43 | Haida | B&W | English | A class of 100 people performs Haida dances in full regalia. | https://sitkasentinel.com/7/2012-05-10-22-08-43/obituaries/13231-charles-n-natkong-sr | y | n | available for personal/research viewing, contact to discuss other options and distribution | 312 | ||||||||
| Haida Dancing [2/2] | Charles Naktong Sr. | 1975 | Documentation | 0:31:05 | Haida | B&W | English | A class of 100 people performs Haida dances in full regalia. | https://sitkasentinel.com/7/2012-05-10-22-08-43/obituaries/13231-charles-n-natkong-sr | y | n | available for personal/research viewing, contact to discuss other options and distribution | 313 | ||||||||
| Burning Of Custer: The War In South Dakota | Native American Video | 1973 | Documentation | 0:30:00 | Rapid City | B&W | English | After a reduction of charges of a white man after murdering a native indian, the town of Crescent City feels the community reaction. A demonstration march turns into a riot against the police and FBI in the area who have been instrumental in oppressing the native people. The Courthouse burns amidst cheers. | y | n | available for personal/research viewing, contact to discuss other options and distribution | 401 | |||||||||
| Women - The Native Experience | Gail Valaskakis, Canadian Women's TV Series | 1975 | Documentary | 0:30:41 | Kahnawake | Montreal | B&W | English | Producer: Gail Valaskakis Slides: Joseph Levy | Helen (Ojibway), Janine and Rita (Mohawk) | y | n | available for personal/research viewing, contact to discuss other options and distribution | 402 | |||||||
| These Schools - Children's Future | Indian Cultural College | 1973 | Documentary | 0:32:00 | Thunderchild First Nation, Lac La Ronge Indian Band | B&W | English | A reserve school tries to give Cree children in Saskatoon an academic education without taking their traditional culture from them. | Pamela Burns Christina Jeng(?) Chief Sol Sanderson | https://sicc.sk.ca/ | y | unknown | available for personal/research viewing, contact to discuss other options and distribution | 477 | |||||||
| Like The Trees | Kathleen Shannon, National Film Board | 1975 | Documentary | 0:15:00 | Woodland Cree | B&W | English | A native indian mother, abandoned by her husband, tells of her struggle to support herself and children. | Union of BC Indian Chiefs hosts the video under a Creative Commons License on the Internet Archive; see their archive and digital collections for more information | n | y | available for personal/research viewing, contact to discuss other options and distribution | 492 | ||||||||
| Chilliwack Conference [1/2] | Union of BC Indian Chiefs | 1975 | Documentation | 1:10:00 | B&W | English | The B.C. Council of Indian Chiefs Conference held at Chilliwack in 1975 voted in favour of rejecting all government funding through the Bureau of Indian Affairs. | Union of BC Indian Chiefs hosts the video under a Creative Commons License on the Internet Archive; see their archive and digital collections for more information | y | unknown | available for personal/research viewing, contact to discuss other options and distribution | 535 | |||||||||
| Chilliwack Conference [2/2] | Union of BC Indian Chiefs | 1975 | Documentation | 1:10:00 | B&W | English | The B.C. Council of Indian Chiefs Conference held at Chilliwack in 1975 voted in favour of rejecting all government funding through the Bureau of Indian Affairs. | y | unknown | available for personal/research viewing, contact to discuss other options and distribution | 536 | ||||||||||
| We Are The Evidence Of The Western Hemisphere | Richard Hoover, American Indian Treaty Council | 1977 | Documentation | 1:20:00 | Lakota | B&W | Thanks to : Richard Hoover & The Native American Solidarity Committee. Paul Burtness & University Committee Video. | English | An explanation of the goals/objectives of the American Indian Treaty Council as a history of the Native Struggle for aboriginal title to their lands. | Produced by the attendees of the Second International Indian Treaty Conference | Voice: Jimmie Durham | Part of the International Treaty Conference In this time period the International Indigenous Treaty Council formed. | y | unknown | available for personal/research viewing, contact to discuss other options and distribution | 565 | |||||
| Sunbear At Unitarian Church [1/2] | Twin Rainbows[Jean Irwin], Alma House | 1976 | Documentation | 0:32:00 | B&W | English | An address by Sunbear, a Cherokee Indian wiseman, to a group at a local church. Accompanied by occasional singing and drumming. | Sunbear | https://www.culturalsurvival.org/publications/cultural-survival-quarterly/spiritual-hucksterismthe-rise-plastic-medicine-men | unknown | y | available for personal/research viewing, contact to discuss other options and distribution | 590 | ||||||||
| Interview With Heronitis & Means | Metro Media, Jim Lipkovitz | 1976 | Interview | 0:25:00 | Col. | English | Interviews with Margaret Heronitis, the sister of Mary Steinhauser who was killed during a hostage taking at the B.C. Penitentiary, and with Russel Means, a spokesperson for the American Indian Movement (AIM). | Russell Means | n | y | available for personal/research viewing, contact to discuss other options and distribution | 620 | |||||||||
| Ethnocide [1/3] | Cine Difusión SEP, NFB | 1976 | Documentary | 0:49:21 | Otomi | Col. | Spanish | This film is a collaborative effort between the NFB and some spanish filmmakers. The film is about the oppression of the OTOMI Indians living in Mexico. The NFB has refused to release the film because of the highly political content that tends to be Marxist oriented. In Spanish with English subtitles. | unknown | y | available for personal/research viewing, contact to discuss other options and distribution | 623 | |||||||||
| Ethnocide [2/3] | Cine Difusión SEP, NFB | 1976 | Documentary | 0:51:33 | Otomi | Col. | Spanish | This film is a collaborative effort between the NFB and some spanish filmmakers. The film is about the oppression of the OTOMI Indians living in Mexico. The NFB has refused to release the film because of the highly political content that tends to be Marxist oriented. In Spanish with English subtitles. | unknown | y | available for personal/research viewing, contact to discuss other options and distribution | 624 | |||||||||
| Ethnocide [3/3] | Cine Difusión SEP, NFB | 1976 | Documentary | 0:20:00 | Otomi | Col. | Spanish | This film is a collaborative effort between the NFB and some spanish filmmakers. The film is about the oppression of the OTOMI Indians living in Mexico. The NFB has refused to release the film because of the highly political content that tends to be Marxist oriented. In Spanish with English subtitles. | unknown | y | available for personal/research viewing, contact to discuss other options and distribution | 625 | |||||||||
| Chilliwack Impressions | Ben Prest,B.C. Assoc. of Non-Status Indians | 1975 | Documentation | Penticton Band, others | Chilliwack, | B&W | English | brief spoken Indigenous languages | Chilliwack Impressions: A number of Indian Chiefs from all over B.C. talk about why they have gotten together. They explore their past and current circumstances and what they strive for in the future. In the second tape, Louise Roberts and Tilly Gatarias deliver long and moving monologues. | Louise Roberts, Tilly Gatarias , Mary Paul, Angela Ennis, Susan Kruger, Louise Gabriel, Helen Alleck, Brian Ennis | y | n | available for personal/research viewing, contact to discuss other options and distribution | ||||||||
| Louise Roberts - Tilly Gataris | Ben Prest,B.C. Assoc. of Non-Status Indians | 1975 | Documentation | Penticton Band, others | Chilliwack, | B&W | English | brief spoken Indigenous languages | Chilliwack Impressions: A number of Indian Chiefs from all over B.C. talk about why they have gotten together. They explore their past and current circumstances and what they strive for in the future. In the second tape, Louise Roberts and Tilly Gatarias deliver long and moving monologues. | Louise Roberts, Tilly Gatarias , Mary Paul, Angela Ennis, Susan Kruger, Louise Gabriel, Helen Alleck | y | n | available for personal/research viewing, contact to discuss other options and distribution | ||||||||
| Chilliwack Impressions, Louise Roberts & Tilly Gataris | B.C. Assoc. of Non-Status Indians | 1975 | Documentation | 0:49:12 | Penticton Band, others | Chilliwack | B&W | English | brief spoken Indigenous languages | Chilliwack Impressions: A number of Indian Chiefs from all over B.C. talk about why they have gotten together. They explore their past and current circumstances and what they strive for in the future. In the second tape, Louise Roberts and Tilly Gatarias deliver long and moving monologues. | Louise Roberts, Tilly Gatarias , Mary Paul, Angela Ennis, Susan Kruger, Louise Gabriel, Helen Alleck | y | n | available for personal/research viewing, contact to discuss other options and distribution | 635 | ||||||
| The Next 200 Years | Video Circle | 1978 | Documentary | 0:58:29 | Karuk, Tolowa, and Yurok | Humboldt | B&W | California Arts Council, People of NW California | Special thanks to: Wyn Tucker, John Olmsted, Edward Curtis, Tim Mckay | English | This tape explores the controversy over a road which opens up access to an area in Six Rivers U.S. National Forest Region, previously used by local Native people as a sacred place. Environmentalists criticize the lack of defined planning for the area. Interviews with natives, loggers, tree-planters. | David Simpson , James Bommelyn (Tolowava), Loren | explores Gasquet and Orleans (the G-O Road) Controversy (https://politics.humboldt.edu/g-o-road-controversy-american-indian-religion-and-public-land) | n | y | available for personal/research viewing, contact to discuss other options and distribution | 652 | ||||
| Dennis Banks At PSU | Creative Outlet | 1976 | Documentation | 0:58:29 | Portland | B&W | English | Dennis Banks addresses a meeting at Portland State University prior to his trial in Oregon to determine whether he would be extradited to South Dakota. He talks about the American Indian Movement, the American government, the courts, and the growing struggle against injustice in the United States. | Ron Williams, Dennis Banks, Jack Scott | American Indian Movement, and the resistance of Dennis Banks extradition https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/30/obituaries/dennis-banks-dead.html | n | y | available for personal/research viewing, contact to discuss other options and distribution | 701 | |||||||
| Maori Land Problems | Darcy Lange | 1978 | Documentation | 0:46:10 | Maori | B&W | English | Maori | The Maori people in New Zealand discuss their land claims issue. Extracts from 15 hours. | n | y | available for personal/research viewing, contact to discuss other options and distribution | 703 | ||||||||
| Puyallup Tribe | Hans Jorg Heinrich | 1982 | Documentation | 0:49:22 | Puyallup Tribe | B&W | English | Discussion with Ramona Bennet, Bertha Turnipseed and Don Matheson about the current problems of Native Americans regarding treaties, protection of natural resources, struggles with government and police, and their right to exist as a unique people. | Ramona Bennet, Bertha Turnipseed and Don Matheson | n | y | available for personal/research viewing, contact to discuss other options and distribution | 731 | ||||||||
| Waglisla Artists (Bella Bella B.C.) | Heiltsuk Community TV | 1983 | Community Broadcast | 0:25:21 | Heiltsuk | Bella Bella | Col. | English | This tape documents the work of various artists in Bella BC. Included on the tape are shots of the town and its environment. The work of the following artists is shown: George Reid, Jeff Brown, Shirl Hall, Robert Hall, Larry Campbell, Wilbur Grant, Martin Campbell. | edited by Andrew Krumins Camera: Reg Moody, Simon Campbell, Angie Mason, Andrew Krumins Production coordinator: Kasandra Maidment Post production facilities: video inn Vancouver BC | George Reid, Jeff Brown, Shirl Hall, Robert Hall, Larry Campbell, Wilbur Grant, Martin Campbell. | y | n | available for personal/research viewing, contact to discuss other options and distribution | 1067 | ||||||
| Revival With Doreen Jensen | Michael Brodie,Bill Roxborough,Matrix Productions | 1983 | Documentary | 0:29:00 | Gitksan, Nishga, Haida | Col | BC Ministry of Education, Indian Education Branch | Special thanks to: UBCIC Museum Of Anthropology, BIll McLennan, Saul Arbess | English | Haida (briefly) | A survey of the revival of the Northwest Coast Native arts in terms of the issues surrounding it and the roles the artists have played in creating it. The tape looks at the principles of Northwest Coast design and includes interviews with several young artists and live demonstrations of the creation of a mask, silkscreen prints, and the sewing of a button blanket. | Artists: Doreen Jensen, Norman Tait, Dorothy Grant, Reg Davidson, Jim Hart, BIll Reid, Emmott Burns, Robert Davidson Dancers: Skidegate Dancers, K-AADSNEE Shark House Dancers, Rainbow Creek Dancers | y | y | Available for distribution | 1101 | |||||
| Band Capital Planning | Department of Indian Affairs | 1972 | Documentary | 0:20:00 | B&W | English | The Department of Indian affairs introduced a Band Capital Planning Program in December 1971 in which each band would decide how much money is needed for improvements in its own community and how the money will be spent. In this tape, made less than a year after the implementation of this program, Indian Affairs officials discuss its workings. | y | y | available for personal/research viewing, contact to discuss other options and distribution | 1145 | ||||||||||
| Central America: 1983 | Russell Stephens | 1983 | Documentary | 0:42:00 | Col. | Vernon Belcourt, Bob Skelly, Hans Dietrich, Idera FIlms, Video Inn, Cineworks | English | This examines the political situation in Central America. Human rights, elections, agrarian reform, native issues and US involvement are discussed through a series of interviews. Made in September of 1983 with live footage of the region. | Camera: Dan Novak Sound: Jori Woodman | n | y | available for personal/research viewing, contact to discuss other options and distribution | 1182 | ||||||||
| Voices On The River | Dora Fitzgerald (Red Queen) | 1983 | Documentary | 0:28:00 | Skeena, Nass, Kispiox and Bulkley Rivers | Col | Special thanks to: Shirley Adams, Victor Jim, Jeff Harris, Harold Morin, Jane Mowatt, Maurice Squires, Neil Sterritt, Brian Williams & all other people who contributed their energy and ideas to this project | English | Aboriginal people talk about education, fishing, industry and land claims along the Skeena, Nass, Kispiox and Bulkley Rivers in northern British Columbia. | Camera Gary Bennet, NWCC & Mike McDonald, Electronic Totem | y | n | available for personal/research viewing, contact to discuss other options and distribution | 1215 | |||||||
| Electronic Masks | Barbara SykeS,Bill Etra | 1981 | Animation | 0:05:00 | Col | - | As the name implies, this tape is composed of a variety of masks or faces created by the manipulation of brightly hued stripes on a black background. Muted tribal music set the pace as images from totem poles robots and other faces are called to mind. | n | y | available for personal/research viewing, contact to discuss other options and distribution | |||||||||||
| Bc Hydro Et Ses Projets Site C Et Hat Creek | Yan Geofroy | 1981 | Community Broadcast | 0:29:03 | Hat Creek, Site C | B&W, Col | French | BC HYDRO ET SES PROJETS DU SITE C ET DE HAT CREEK - Dans le cadre de La Francophonie and You , Jeanne Dore rencontre des représentants de BC Hydro, un consultant en planification régionale et une représentante d'une organisation de citoyens concernés. Energie et l'environnement. Cette bande vidéo n'est pas disponible à la vidéothèque du Vidéo Inn; elle nous a été gracieusement prêtée par Yan Geoffroy de la Francophonie and You . | Animation: Christiane Cote Recherche et Entrevue: Jeanne Dore Unite Mobile: Chas Leckie Production: Brute Mackinnon, Al Maclachlan Technique: Brian Dodd Realisation: Yann Geoffroy Une Production Communautaire Cable Dix Vancouver | unknown | y | Available for distribution | 1600 | ||||||||
| Double Visions | Jean LaMarr | 1992 | Experimental | 0:21:00 | Col | George Burdeau, Communication Arts, Dorothea J Theodoratus, Don Chunestudy, Carmen Franklin, Frank Cadden, Donna House, Fermin Salas, Steina Vasculus response contributions: BJ BUffalo BUlltail, Tash Terry, Steve Deo, Carmen Franklin, David Bradley, Marina Many fingers, DOnna house, Zig Jackson, Gloria Emerson, Hulleah Tsinajinnie, Theresa Harlan, Dennis Banks, Arlene Loretto, Mateo Romero, Gerilyn Buffalo Bulltail, Lynn Toledo,Fermin Salas, Victoria, Poe Jones, Victoria Begay, Poe Jones, Sharon Smythe, Karen Strong, MIchael Cywink, Clara Buffalo BUlltail, Preston Duwyenie, Richard Hill, Dale Tsosie, Carl Tsosie Artwork contributed by: Erwin Printup, Ophelia Rivas, Tess Benally, Jean LaMarr, Heidi Rankin, David Bradley, David Roggee | Special thanks to to faculty,staff, students and fiends of IAIA | English | American Indians have long denied the myth of discovery of America by Columbus. Lamarr travels to different reserves in the U.S. The individuals she meets speak the truth about colonization and oppression. Special Collection - Indigenous Media Art First Nations | Jean Jamarr (Paiute/Pit River ancestry) Director, Dale Tsosie ; assistant director, Lynn Toledo. Multimedia editor: Marta E Weiss Video Editors: Kenneth Knoll, Robin Kincade Director of Photography; Dale Tsosie Second Assistant Director; Marie Bourgeau Camera: David Rogge Assistant: Heidi Rankin Audio: Karla Esquivel Lightning: Robert Bowers Technical Advisor: Diane Reyna Technical Support: Moving Images 1 Music Director: Wap Jeconiah Installation Director: Erwin Printup JR Assistant: Sheldon Gibson, Fred Nelson, Jennifer Joseph | Actress: Annissa Dressler Performing:r: Ed Wapeconiah, Geraldine Barney, Tash Terry, Fran Loretto | https://www.nevadaart.org/art/exhibitions/jean-lamarr/ | y | n | Available for distribution | 1863 | |||||
| Words Of Wisdom | Annie Fraziér Henry | 1993 | Experimental | 0:15:16 | Col | Made with Assistance from Explorations Program of the Canada Council, Vancouver Foundation, Full Regalia Productions, North Shore Studios, National Film Board Pacific Cent Centre | Special thanks to Native Indian Youth Advisory Society, Elders Gathering 1992, Donnelly Henry, Museum of Anthropology, Satellite Video Exchange Society, Special friends and family | English | This video is a special message to youth, based on the poem of Salutation, an oral tribute of respect and homage to our Elders. The need for healing between native and non-native communities is addressed in this work. Traditionally, it is the Elders that assist the individual, the family and the community emotionally, physically and spiritually. Despite residential schools and legislated outlawing of cultural knowledge, our Elders have endured. Suffering through racism and pain they retain what they had been given and taught by their Elders. Native culture was never "dead", it was kept alive in the quiet whispers of the Elders. | Director of Photography: Robert Nichol Camera Assistant: Pam Nichol Lights and Sound Recording: Tony Hyland Steadicam Operator: TIm Moynihan Steadicam assistant: James tocher Production assistants: Charlene Aleck, Wayne Lariviere Blue Screen Consultant: Philip Spink Blue Screen Special Effects: Clayton Orr Picture and Sound Editor: shirley Anne Claydon Online Editor: Bill Morrison Sound Engineer: Steve Chung Costume: Pam Baker, Rob Bottieti, Anji Bemben Concept Consultant: Loretta Todd Consulting Musical Director: WEsley Lowe Post production supervisor: Shirley Anne CLaydon | Elders: Dorothy McKinnie, Michael Dangeli, Mary George, Dalton Taylor, Chief Timothy Derrick, Agnes McGee, Chief Charles Alexander Sr, Chief Simon Baker, Leonard Antoine (Song) Youth: Charlene Aleck, Spirit Song Theatre, Wilfred Baker, Jessica Baker, Katrina Baker Jamie Robinson, Stanley Temple, Christa Louie, Ngatai Crowchild Musicians: Joseph Danza, Annie Fraziér Henry, Michelle Thrush | y | n | Available for distribution | 1914 | ||||||
| Danielle T, D Or P | Nicole Thompson | 1994 | Narrative | 0:30:00 | Col | English | What does it feel like to be sixteen, part First Nations, part Scottish, kicked out of school, kicked out of the house, living on the street, trying to make sense out of life? This is Danielle s story, as told by Danielle herself. The videomaker met her while working as a counsellor when Danielle was fourteen. They kept in touch, and from their friendship came this documentary. | y | y | Available for distribution | 1906 | ||||||||||
| Terra | Carole Beaulieu | 1994 | Experimental | 0:07:00 | Col | thank you: melanie fei-lin boyle sabrina matthews tiure mark handley ruby angna aaq Banff Centre | English | Land claims and conflicts are played out in this performance-based work which renders the complex politics and issues of land claims into a simple image of respect for the elements, culture and the people they represent. | Drawings: zachery longboy, rachel qitsualik, sabrina mathewswith: solomon tzeggai, carole beaulieu camera: gilles tasse, carole beaulieu sound: martine h crispo directed by carole beaulieu | The Banff Centre for the Arts | y | unknown | Available for distribution | 1976 | |||||||
| Des Bouchés Et Le Rose Et Le Brun | Martine Crispo | 1994 | Experimental | 0:05:00 | Col | Banff Centre for Arts | Thanks to Media Art Section and Photography Program | French | We are barbaric to some peoples. An experimental look at First Nations identity and the effects of colonialism. | y | n | Available for distribution | 1977 | ||||||||
| Mekaron | Tiure | 1980 | Experimental | 0:05:00 | B&W | Banff Centre for Arts | melanie fei lin boyle, carole beaulieu, sabrina mathews, martine a crispo | English | The devastating effects of colonization and genocide are revealed on this fast-paced video collage. From Brazil to Canada, First Nations peoples face racism and change. | dramation section with the director of photography: Gilles tasse camera: Mark Handley Assistant Director: solomon tzeggai sound: vuong mai documentary section camera tiure editors: gilles tasse, tiure | unknown | unknown | Available for distribution | 1993 | |||||||
| Indian Culture/dan George Talk | Metro Media | 1974 | Documentation/Broadcast/Comp | 0:57:00 | Musqueam Reserve | B&W | English | Assistants: Mo Simpson, Dave Johnson , Editor: Keith Dunbar | Rita, Walter, Eddie, Lee and Joan | n | y | available for personal/research viewing, contact to discuss other options and distribution | |||||||||
| Wounded Knee | Paul Watson, Metro Media, Dave Garrick | 1974 | Documentation/Broadcast/Comp | 0:41:00 | B&W | English | y | y | available for personal/research viewing, contact to discuss other options and distribution | ||||||||||||
| Fred Quilt Program/Indian Alliance Forum | Metro Media | 1973 | Broadcast/Compilation | 0:43:00 | B&W | English | y | y | available for personal/research viewing, contact to discuss other options and distribution | ||||||||||||
| Naf Arts & Crafts/kraft Boycott/Wounded Knee | Metro Media | 1973 | Documentation/Broadcast/Comp | 1:00:00 | B&W | English | y | y | available for personal/research viewing, contact to discuss other options and distribution | ||||||||||||
| It's Up To Us | Camp Salish Students, Annie Fraziér Henry, Native Cultural and Theatre Arts Society | 1996 | Experimental | 0:07:00 | Col | Vancouver Sunshine Coast Aboriginal Management Society Challenge, BC Gaming Commission, Satellite VIdeo Exchange Society, First Nations Access Program, Video In Studios, Native Education Centre, Jimmy Sidlar, Paul Manly, Andrew Power | English | A group of First Nations students inform the viewer about life as First Nations young people, the difficulties faced, and the challenges to be met. | Written and Directed by: David Dennis, Honey Desjarlais, Diana Gustafson, Jared Moore, Elisha Monroe-Sidlar Musicians & crew: David Dennis, Honey Desjarlais, Diana Gustafson, Jared Moore, Elisha Monroe-Sidlar | Actors: David Dennis, Honey Desjarlais, Diana Gustafson, Jared Moore, Elisha Monroe-Sidlar | Produced as part of the Native Theatre and Cultural Arts Society Summer Challenge Program 1995 | y | n | Available for distribution | 2163 | ||||||
| The Awakening Of Elizabeth Shaw | Eva Manly,Paul Manly | 1996 | Documentary | 0:25:00 | Nisga'a Lava Fields, Slocan Valley, | Haisla, Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council | Port Simpson, Lakalzap,Richmond, Vancouver | Col | VISION TV, Video In Work Exchange, United Church Women BC Conference, Knowledge Network, United Church Archives | Thanks to the staff of Video In and Video Out, Jennifer Abbott and Karen Knights, Kim Tomczak and V Tape, The Haisla People, Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council, Charlotte Sullivan | English | A letter written in 1898 by a white woman who worked at a First Nations residential school in Port Simpson, British Columbia is the subject of this timely, important video. The letter contains detailed accounts of abuse suffered by the residents during her stay there, raising many questions about the historical mistreatment of First Nations children in the residential school system, about the accountability of churches in condoning these abuses. | Co-producers: Eva Manly & Paul Manly Director: Eva Manly Research & Script: Jim Manly & Eva Manly "Flee as a Bird" by Irene Starr (Haisla Elder), Gitwinksihlkw Brass Band Camera: Paul Manly, Eva Manly, Paul Lang Lighting; Paul Lang Editor: Paul Manly Audio: Paul Manly , JP | Cast: Sharon Hazelwood, Shauna Kohls, Jan Bulman, Joe Starr, Valerie Dudoward, Jim Manly, John Cashore, ob Stewart, Len Lythgoe, Don Robertson, Jack Hooper, Sid Rowles Narrators: Pamela Dudoward, Valerie Dudoward, Eva Manly | n | y | 2174 | ||||
| Red Interiors Compilation | Zachery Longboy, Dana Claxton, Stephen Foster, Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun, First Nations Video Collective, Debbie Keeper, Erika MacPherson, Monica Marx, Hope Peterson | 1992 | Compilation | 0:45:00 | Col | English | A part of the Regional Landscapes series, Red Interiors is a provocative selection of experimental works by First Nations artists which explore history in relation to the myriad constructs of Canadian society. Using personal narrative, performance, and reprocessed news footage, First Nations artists present their voice. Curated by Dana Claxton. Included are FROM ANOTHER TIME COMES ONE (Zachery Longboy), VILLAINS AND HEROES (Stephen Foster), INHERENT RIGHTS, VISION RIGHTS (Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun), ANISHNA WHAT!? (Debby Keeper), ONE STORY (Erika MacPherson, Monica Marx and Hope Peterson), BUFFALO BONE CHINA (Dana Claxton), and SI'ELU'TAXW (The First Nations Video Collective). | Curated by Dana Claxton | part of the Regional Landscapes series | y | n | available for personal/research viewing, contact to discuss other options and distribution | 2240 | contains some videos which are available for distribution via Video Out/the CDMLA | |||||||
| Seeing. Believing. Compilation | Andrew Power, Sarah Butterfield, Annie Fraziér Henry, Shawn Chappelle | 1997 | Compilation | 0:57:00 | B&W, Col | English | A part of the REGIONAL LANDSCAPES PROGRAM, SEEING BELIEVING. is a program of recent video art by British Columbian artists examining the relationship between seeing and believing , between the illusory qualities of vision and their link to our perception of reality. Utilizing new developments in computer animation, digital technologies and 3D video, this program both examines and illustrates the ways in which our instruments of recording reflect our relationship to the real, the remembered and the mythical. Curated by KAREN KNIGHTS. Included are GATHERING EVIDENCE 1/7 (Sarah Butterfield), O/C (Andrew Power), PROBE (Shawn Chappelle), TOTEM TALK (Annie Fraziér Henry), and MEDITATIONS (Al Razutis). | Curated by Karen Knights | part of the Regional Landscapes series | y | y | available for personal/research viewing, contact to discuss other options and distribution | 2241 | contains some videos which are available for distribution via Video Out/the CDMLA | |||||||
| New Acquisitions Winter 1997 Tape 1 | Walia Ra ad, Sarah Butterfield, Maureen Bradley, Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun, Steve Reinke | 1997 | Compilation | 0:54:00 | Col | English | Missing Lebanese Wars, Walid Ra ad; Gathering Evidence 1/7, Sarah Butterfield; Everybody Loves Nothing, Steve Reinke; o/c, Andrew Power; HER, Maureen Bradley; Inherent Rights, Vision Rights, Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun | part of New Acquisitions series | y | y | available for personal/research viewing, contact to discuss other options and distribution | 2253 | |||||||||
| Bringing Truth To Light | Eva Manly,Paul Manly | Documentary | 0:25:00 | Kaqchikel | Col | English, Spanish | A documentary which follows the Kaqchikel people of Chimaltenago and their renewed hopes for justice after the signing of the peace accords in Guatemala. | 2328 | |||||||||||||
| Native American Barbie | Marie Humber Clements | 1994 | Video Art | 0:25:00 | DTES | Col | English | Documentation of an improv performance | y | n | available for personal/research viewing, contact to discuss other options and distribution | 2352 | |||||||||
| Video In At 25: Program 3: Video Art By West Coast First Nations Artists | 1999 | Experimental/Compilation | B&W, Col | English | Document of the Video Out program aired on the Knowledge Network, September 1998. Includes I WANT TO KNOW WHY by Dana Claxton; AND THE WORD WAS GOD by Ruby Truly; SI ELU TAXW by the First Nations Video Collective and ROBERT DAVIDSON: I M IN AWE by Michael Brodie. | y | y | 2395 | |||||||||||||
| Cyberpowow | Archer Pechawis | 2001 | Experimental | English | "The CyberPowWow project, conceived in 1996, is part website and part ""palace"" --a series of interconnected, graphical chat rooms which allow visitors to interact with one another in real time. Together, the website and palace form a virtual gallery with digital (and digitized) artworks and a library of texts. All the works have been created specifically for CyberPowWow by emerging and established Aboriginal artists and writers. From 1997 to 2004 CyberPowWow was also an event which took place every two years. The event marked new work being added to the palace, like an opening. Visitors were invited to log on from the comfort of their own computers, or, if they were feeling social (or did not have a computer of their own) they could attend via a Gathering Site. Gathering Sites were established across Turtle Island (North America) as welcoming, comfortable places where people could access computers, the Internet, friends CyberPowWow used The Palace software as our graphical chatspace because it was easy to use and to customize. It featured cartoon-like text balloons, and a happy-face default avatar. Though we at Nation to Nation no longer have the resources to continue supporting The Palace, it is still possible to download it from http://www.ThePalace.com. If you are reading this on a computer that has The Palace installed, you can check out the fabulous artwork, or stop by the library to read the insightful texts, all made just for CyberPowWow. To move around in a room, use your arrow keys. To go to another room, single-click on the hotspots--exactly like in a web page. The best way to learn how to use the palace is to use it. and food. http://www.cyberpowwow.net/archerweb/" | y | n | N/A , not accessible | 2462 | ||||||||||||
| Natalie Of Wood | Shawn Chappelle | 2001 | Experimental | 0:02:45 | B&W, Col | dylan cree | English | Natalie of Wood remixes found footage from the '50s documentary "behind the camera" on the location of "The Searchers". Chappelle s sharp wit slices through '50s eurocentric anthropological rhetoric throwing it back at the contemporary audience with his tongue firmly planted in his cheek. In one scene the voice over tells us that "...there are plenty of real Indians". Chappelle uses this video as a mirror for us to look into and feel very ugly indeed. | sound and image; shawn chappelle | n | n | Available for Distribution | 2587 | ||||||||
| IMAG Youth 2001 Compilation | IMAG, James Diamond, James Desjarlais, Sondra Cross, Michelle Oleman, Geoffrey Parenteau | 2001 | Experimental/Compilation | 0:25:00 | Col | Indigenous Media Arts Group | Thanks to Trevor Cameron and Cease wyss for all your help and to the Baker's for the use of their home Thanks to Urban Multipurpose Aboriginal Youth Councils Special thanks to Maija Martin Thanks to: Cease Wyss, TIna SIngh, Cleo Reece, and Cooper | English | First Things First - James Diamond. - A poignant reflection on childhood memories of homelessness that asks the question of why there was no one there to help. Humans - James Desjarlais. She s Not Alone - Sondra Cross. - The subject is rape and a young girl ponders on her way home the events of the night before. Atrocities - Michelle Oleman. - As a young girl enters the city the first scenes she observes are of the gritty streets of the downtown eastside and a variety of temptations in which she must make a choice. Hydrogen - Geoffrey Prenteau. - A stylized story of takeover of an indigenous island reflecting themes of colonization but with a twist. Music is the artist's own original sound track. | music: Daybi Production, Editing: James Diamond, James Desjarlais, Sondra Cross, Michelle Oleman, Geoffrey Prenteau Managing Producer: Cleo Reece, with assistance of IMAG | James Diamond, James Desjarlais, Sondra Cross, Michelle Oleman, Geoffrey Prenteau, Jordan Ann Baker, Chrisse Oleman, The Empress | compilation produced as part of the Indigenous Media Arts Group | y | n | Available for Distribution | IMAG posters | |||||
| Eating Lunch | Zachery Longboy | 1992 | Experimental | 0:12:00 | Col | Thank you Jennifer Abbott, Mary ALice, Shawna Bahary, Rae Bakrud, Dennis Belland, Sam Bob, Lorna Boschman, Caroline Borklund, Heather Brant, Banff Center, Dana Claxton, Crista Dahl, Sara Diamond, Richard Desroches, FNAP, Real Gauvreau, The grunt gallery, THomas Allen Harris, Les Haller(emotional development), Dept Indian Affairs (emotional development) Margo Kane, Chris Creighton Kelly, Rocco Kenny, Bree Kyle, Paul Lang, Sandra Lockwood, DUane Mark, Kelly Marlowe, James Mecham, Michael MacDonald (Video), Jack McKnight (emotional development) David Odhiambo, David Rimmer, Gy Robert, Joe Sarahan, Dorothea Strain, SVES - Video In, Paul WOng | English | An experimental video meditation exploring the artist's personal position and placement in white culture. Continuing his search for identity from within a fractured cultural environment, the artist reflects on his history of dislocation and negotiates with the boundaries that include aspects of his experiences from within both his cultural homes; white and First Nations (native) history and culture. | y | n | Available for Distribution | 2695 | |||||||||
| To The Living, The Dead, And Those Yet Unborn | James Nicholas | 2004 | Experimental | 0:10:45 | Col | Cree | In this inter-textual video, the author, director, and actor, James Nicholas weaves Taras Schevenko's (poet in feudal Ukraine) poem with thoughts of his own in Cree. His reading of Shevchenko's Poem Poslanyi is disrupted by the artist portrayed as a drunk. The drunkenness is also a medicine. The artist is suggesting that drunkenness is a form of resistance and/or self-inflicted cultural genocide. The first victim is language wherein culture abides. Just as Shevchenko admonishes his own people, the artist is self critical. This video takes a broader look at the use of alcohol through two nations that have been historically oppressed. | y | n | Available for Distribution | 2830 | ||||||||||
| Here Are The News | Cathleen Smith | 2008 | Documentary | 0:03:46 | Col | NFB Pacific & Yukon Studio, Yukon Film Society, Klondike Institute of Art and Culture, Northern Film and Video Industry Association, Wood St Centre | To the mothers whose experiences made this film Thanks to on camera volunteers, Yukon Brewing Company, Dave Luxton | English | A personal story about facing FASD - Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder. Produced as part of the Yukon Verite Documentary Program | 2nd Camera and props: Susana Valera Picture Editors: Marten Berkman, Jessica Hall Sound Design and Editing: Jay Burr Music: Heidi Slat Project Manager: Andrew Connors Program Mentors: Ross burnet, Allan Code, Lulu Keating Workshop Instructors: Ross Burnet, Paul Cowan, Don White, Gael MacLean | Produced as part of the Yukon Vérité Documentary Program | unknown | unknown | N/A , not accessible | 3081 | ||||||
| Untitled Part 6 | Jayce Salloum | 2013 | Documentary | 2:26:00 | Maori | Col | English | te reo | Parihaka (on the north island of Aotearoa/New Zealand) is seen by many nationally and internationally as a symbol of non-violent resistance, as the Maori struggle for contemporary and historical justice. Speaking of the history of Parihaka and Taranaki through stories of key events in the struggle to retain Maori lands and culture, Te Miringa Hohaia (Taranaki iwi - Kaitiaki of the Te Paepae o Te Raukura meeting house and marae at Parihaka Paa) chronicles the early period of the British invasion, settlement, and series of attacks upon Parihaka and the resistance to these colonizing efforts. Many conflicts are repelled, led by the likes of Riwha Titokowaru, (1823-1888), and through the Parihaka leadership of Te Whiti o Rongomai (1815-1907), and Tohu K_kahi, (1828-1907). This general history is made specific and personal and then woven back to reflect the imperatives of agency, of resisting, and of carrying constructive actions forward into peace. Jayce Salloum has been working in installation, photography, mixed media and video since 1975. Salloum is known for installation works that sensitively investigate historical, social and cultural contexts of place. The grandson of Syrian (now a part of Lebanon) immigrants, Salloum studied in the United States. Central themes played out in his work include questions of exile, ethnic representation and cultural identity. Exhibiting nationally and internationally, his work is held in the collections of the National Gallery of Canada, the Museum of Modern Art and the Centre Pompidou. In 2014, Salloum won a Governor General’s Award in Visual and Media Arts. Accession #: 5108 Distribution Status: In Distribution | n | y | Available for Distribution | 5108 | ||||||||
| Anamnesia - Dispatches: Of Wrested Resumption, In Time And Area | Various Artists | 2012 | Compiliation | 1:10:00 | American Indian Movment | Oglala Sioux | B&W, Col | Video documents spanning 1973-1979 that address the Oglala Sioux and American Indian Movement stand at Wounded Knee and concurrent narratives on asylum, liberation and civil rights movement, including Vancouver-local actions. | Curator: Cecily Nicholson | curated screening as part of Anamnesia | y | y | Available for Distribution | 5362 | |||||||
| Night Visions | Marusya Bociurkiw | 1989 | Narrative | 0:58:00 | Vancouver | B&W, Col | Canada Council, Ontario Arts Council, Lesbian & Gay Community, Appeal, Studio D/National Film Board | english | Nea is in danger of losing her daughter: First Nations, single and poor, she places no trust in a legal system that has taken thousands of First Nations children away from their families. Morgan's erotic photographs have been seized by the cops: as a lesbian involved in the anti-censorship struggle, she is starting to feel a bit jaded. A mutual friend, Helena, introduces Nea to Morgan and their lives collide. Layered with special effects and poetic writing, this video-drama documents a historical moment in feminist and anti-racist organizing in Canada. Useful for both academic and community audiences. | Written, directed & produced by Marusia Bociurkiw Script developed in collaboration with Tina Bomberry, Shawna Dempsey, Janine Fuller, Monique Mojica, Kim Renders Assistant Directors: Ahdri Zhina Mandiela, Maureen White Camera and lighting: Almerinda Travassos Sound: Lila Pine Production Assistant: Katie Thomas Additional Camera: Marg Moores Online Editor: Dennis Day Original Music by Ingrid Stitt "Revolutionary Tea Party: by Lillian Allen Photographs: Skye Stewart, Maurisa Bociurkiw, Left Eye, Lisa Sakulensky David Smiley, Ruthann Tucker Documentary Footage: amelia productions, emma productions, nomi wall | Monique Mojica, Tina Bomberry, Karen Keeshig-Tobias, Kim Renders, Shawna Dempsey, Janine Fuller, Richard Fung, Enid Bennet | n | y | In distribution | 1805 | ||||||
| Reclamation | Melissa General | 2014 | Documentation | 0:06:26 | Artscape Gibraltar Point on Toronto Island. | Col | - | Reclamation was created during a residency at Artscape Gibraltar Point on Toronto Island. During the course of my residency I learned that the island was once a peninsula which the Anishinaabek used for healing. Reclamation explores the relationship between the Indigenous body, the land and the water. | - | - | y | n | In distribution | 4631 | |||||||
| Marjorie Beaucage - Making Your Own Medicine | 1995 | Documentation | 1:52:45 | VIVO Media Arts Centre (1965 Main Street) | Vancouver | Col | English | Marjorie Beaucage | unknown | unknown | in Event documentation fonds, available for research and personal viewing | This workshop was hosted by FNAP and is mentioned within the FNVC fonds | |||||||||
| Tsaxis/98 [kwakwa̱ka̱ʼwakw Potlatch] | 1998 | Documentation | 4:00:00 | Tsaxis (Fort Rupert), Alert Bay | Kwagu’ł Nation | Col | English, Kwak̓wala | - | y | contact the archive to discuss options, not currently available | |||||||||||
| Her Sugar Is? | Dana Claxton | 2009 | Video Art | Col | none | English Credits | A playful burlesque performance peels away layers of history to reveal a persuasive and thought-provoking dance that informs as much as it delights. | Edited by Winston Xin Music by Russell Wallace | y | Available for Distribution | 4013 | Dana Claxton MAAD Files | |||||||||
| Anwolek - Regatta City | Dana Claxton | 2005 | Video Art | Kelowna | Col | Alternator Gallery for Contemporary Arts | Thanks to David Ross Archival Footage courtesy of National Film Board of Canada | none | Credits in English | Originally commissioned by the City of Kelowna and the Alternator Gallery this work addresses memory, loss, identity, nostalgia and how the landscape gets deterritorialized through pageantry. Rich with subtext and metaphor, this work engages 9/11, the shooting of JFK and Olympia by Leni Riefenstahl. | Editor: Winston Xin Audio: Nikolai Akim Tatraty Post Production: Video In | Available for Distribution | 2841 | ||||||||
| Dana Claxton Compilation | Dana Claxton | Compiliation | B&W and col. | A compilation of Dana Claxton's work from 1994-97, including TREE OF CONSUMPTION, SHIRT, I WANT TO KNOW WHY, BUFFALO BONE CHINA, and LOOK HONEY...A GUERILLA GIRL! | y | n | available for personal/research viewing, contact to discuss other options and distribution | 2261 | |||||||||||||
| Gunplay | Dana Claxton | 2004 | Video Art | Col | English | Juxtaposes images of a gun with images of a playground and the sounds of children playing. An exploration of childhood and violence through the juxtaposition of images. | Editor: Winston Xin | Voices: Megan, Mitchell, David, Charlie | y | n | Available for distribution | 2788 | |||||||||
| Look Honey...a Guerilla Girl | Dana Claxton | 1997 | Video Art | Col | Inspired by: Lawrence Paul Luxweluptun | Silent | A feminist drive-by shooting , with a post-modern point of view. | Directed by: Dana Claxton Inspired by: Winston Xin Camera: Dana Claxton | y | n | Available for distribution | ||||||||||
| Shirt | Dana Claxton | 1994 | Video Art | Col. | None | English credits | A visual study of a white shirt that gets washed ashore, bringing with it concepts of time, money, the written word, church and oppression. | Directed and and edited by: Dana Claxton Music by: Russell Wallace The shirt courtesy of Naomi Martin | y | n | Available for distribution | 1994 | |||||||||
| Tree of Consumption | Dana Claxton | 1994 | Video Art | Col | Exploring the parallels between the treatment of the earth and the treatment of women, the artist has intentionally used low-end video equipment to produce a degenerated image. A woman stands in a destroyed forest amongst cut and broken trees. The images are electronically ripped, cut and torn in post production, eventually blurring the artists body with that of the earth. | Directed and and edited by: Dana Claxton Music by: Russell Wallace The shirt courtesy of Naomi Martin | y | n | Available for distribution | 1973 | |||||||||||
| Message Sent | Terry Haines | 2011 | Video Art | Col | English | Mostly ambient noise | In a technology based society we must remind ourselves to pay homage to the wind, water and wings of existence. | y | n | Available for distribution | 5111 | ||||||||||
| This lane is our lane revisited | Terry Haines | Video Art | Col. | A mother and daughter's time of bonding is interrupted by indifference. | y | n | Available for distribution | 5110 | |||||||||||||
| Bloodstorm | Terry Haines | 2010 | Col. | VIVO Media Arts Centre funded by Canada Council for the Arts | Thank You Aaron, Asa, Eliza, Kika, & VIVO staff & to Cale for the blood | English | Bloodstorm sifts through notions of beauty, strength and hope in an artistic interpretation of the force of a storm. It is unpredictable and undeniable, much like HIV/ AIDS. Blood and storm combine to reveal the inner turmoil and fear of living with a disease, which has no cure, in an intimate testament of survival. | Camera Assistant: Aaron Rice Technical Assistance: Asa Mori Sound Production: Eliza McCullough | Artist Residency at VIVO Media Arts Centre | y | n | Available for personal/research viewing, contact to discuss other options and distribution | 4020 | see Terry Haines MAAD file, other videos | |||||||
| only and AGONY | Terry Haines | 2009 | Video Art | Vancouver | Col | English | A stubbed toe and a glance are sometimes all it takes to find happiness. | Produced at VIVO Media Arts Centre | y | n | Available for personal/research viewing, contact to discuss other options and distribution | 3090 | Terry Haines MAAD file, other video works | ||||||||
| Twisted Sage | Terry Haines | 2009 | Video Art | Vancouver | Col | Dedicated to my dad, Robert Allan Haines 1934-2009 | Water, sage and fire become vessels of release for a son saying his last farewell to his father. | produced at VIVO Media Arts Centre | y | n | Available for personal/research viewing, contact to discuss other options and distribution | 3088 | Terry Haines MAAD File, other video works | ||||||||
| The Last Mittens of Winter | Terry Haines | 2009 | Video Art | Col | Thank you: Scott Amos, Dan Sokolowski Special thanks to: Rozalind McPhail for Sound | - | PDart of the Dawson City One Minute Film Challenge created by Scott Amos | y | n | Available for personal/research viewing, contact to discuss other options and distribution | 3087 | Terry Haines MAAD files, other video works | |||||||||
| Betty Has a Bad Hair Day | Terry Haines | 2007 | Video Art | Col | Special thanks to: aaron, lynn & vivo | This doll is really messed up. She needs to be ready for her big date and her hair is not cooperating. In the nick of time, her saviors arrive to save the day or at least Betty s hairdo. A humorous look at vanity and self-esteem in a small world. | Basement Betty [the doll] | y | n | Available for distribution | 2988 | Terry Haines MAAD file, IMAG materials, Terry Haines other video works | |||||||||
| Painted Positive | Terry Haines | 2005 | Col | thank you: Aaron, Cease, Emma, Rafael, Cindy, and Video In Staff love and respect - TH | An intimate look into one persons viewpoint on H.I.V. and A.I.D.S. Exploring personal experiences, feelings and coping strategies, the director talks about living with H.I.V., as a "visible minority". His hopes and fears echo with the sound of traditional music of the Sami people, which is a form of talking and purifying yourself. A message of acceptance and understanding in the hope of giving someone else strength. | Written, Directed and edited by: Terry Haines d.o.p.: Terry Haines Camera Assistant: Aaron Rice Terchnical support: Cease Wyss, Emma Hendrix, Rafael Tsuchida Promos: Cease Wyss, Cindy Mochizuki Music; Nieda (Girl) Girls of Angeli | Terry Haines | y | n | Available for distribution | 2828 | Terry Haines MAAD file, other video works | |||||||||
| Skin for Life | Terry Haines | 2005 | Video Art | Vancouver | Col | Canadian Heritage National Arts Training Program Urban Aboriginal Strategy | IMAG staff for direction, inspiration, and friendship Aaron and Cease my awesome little crew D'Arcy, Cease and Vera for their techo wisdom Video In Studioes Mark Curry Sepideh Saii Emma Hendrix Archer Pechawis Senaqwila Wyss G-4ce! Aaron for being patient Thank you all from the bottom of my heart! TH | "Skin For Life" is an experimental video poem that reveals the thoughts and fears of a body that imagines its existence as being foreign. An exploration of the visual and psychic layers of skin. | Written & Directed by: Terry Haines Director of Photography: Terry Haines Camera Assistant: Cease Wyss Mentor: Cease Wyss Original Score: D'Arcy O'Connor Audio Recording: Terry Haines, Cease Wyss Editors: Terry Haines, Cease Wyss, Vera Wabegijig Writing Assistant: Aaron Rice Produced by: Indigenous Media Arts Group Co-produced by: Ceasefire Productions | Stickman: Aaron Rice | y | n | Available for distribution | 2820 | Terry Haines MAAD file, IMAG files, other video works | ||||||
| The Walk | Terry Haines | 2006 | Video Art | Vancouver | Col | with generous support from Ceasefire productions, Video In Studios, Indigenous Media Arts Group and Video Out Distribution | Thank you All Especially SVEN - Respectfully TH | English | The WALK is a glimpse into the life of a gender bender who doesn t refer to himself as a drag queen, but rather a trans persona. | y | n | Available for distribution | 2903 | ||||||||
| Earth Flesh | TJ Cuthand | Video Art | Col | Director: TJ Cuthand 1st Ast Director: Warren Arcan 2nd Ast Director: Charlotte Wuttke Camera Operator: Tony Melting Tallow Camera Assistant: Michelle Sylliboy Projector: Adele Kruger Continuity: Michelle McGeough Sound Mixer/Cable Puller: Allan Hopkins Boom Operator: Stephanie Llewelyn Sound Consultant: John Prescott Editor Offline: Shirley Anne Claydon Editor Online: Paul Manly | Created as a particiapant of the First Nations Video Collective video production course | y | n | Available for distribution | 7139 | see Si'Elu'taxw, First Nations Video Collective fonds, and TJ Cuthand's other videos | |||||||||||
| Less Lethal Fetishes | TJ Cuthand | 2020 | Chemical Valley, Witney Museum | Col | Thanks to Riki Yandt, Leila White | English | Cuthand uses a latent gas mask fetish as a jumping off point for looking at her role as a participant in the Whitney Biennial during a contentious year for the museum which had a war profiteer on the board. Faced with calls to withdraw, Cuthand talks about the considerations she had for trying to come up with a way to protest while also being implicated in Kander’s artwashing. Using the gas mask as a potential protest image, she also discusses visiting Chemical Valley, a site in southern Ontario where 40% of Canada’s petrochemical industry lies, and how her visit also left her implicated in artwashing petrochemical money. | Video by TJ Cuthand | y | n | Available for distribution | 7103 | |||||||||
| Debauched, Deflowered, Disenchanted | TJ Cuthand | 1997 | Video Art | Col | produced with a Video In minigrant | Thanx to: Video In folks, Stan Cuthand, Ruth Cuthand, Anne O'Shea Special Thanx to: Judy Garland and Patsy Cline | English | y | n | 7098 | |||||||||||
| Longform Lesbian Census | TJ Cuthand, Riki Yandt | 2017 | Toronto | Col | made with the support of the RTCollective Ontario Arts Council | English | The Long Form Lesbian Census polls the Toronto lesbian community to find out important statistics on tops, bottoms, switches, butches, femmes, cats, dogs, how couples are planning to conceive, and other crucial lesbian data... Or are they just trying to get girlfriends? | Taylor Leedahl, Jax, Weronika, Tali Frankerpulten, Erin MacMillan, Riki Yandt, TJ Cuthand | y | y | Available for distribution | 6024 | |||||||||
| Sight | TJ Cuthand | 2012 | Video Art | Col | Produced with assistance from PAVED Arts | Ruth Cuthand, Savonne Somvong, Andrew Patterson, The Folks at the 8 Fest | English | Super8 footage layered with Sharpie marked lines and circles obscuring the image illustrates the story of the filmmaker's experience with temporary episodes of migraine related blindness and her cousin's self induced blindness later in life. Paralleling the experience of Blindness with Mental Illness, Cuthand deftly elucidates that any of us can lose any of our abilities at any time. | Super 8 Fest | y | n | Available for distribution | 5356 | ||||||||
| Boi oh Boi | TJ Cuthand | 2012 | Hamburg, Saskatoon | Col | Tribe Inc, Saskatchewan Arts Board | Karin Kroell, The folks at Villa Magdalena K, Ruth Cuthand | English | After a long period in life identifying as a Butch Lesbian Cuthand considers transitioning to male. The experience involves a six month period of her life during which she goes by name Sarain, which she would have been called had she been born a boy. They ask to be called by male pronouns. Complicated by mental health crises, Cuthand found themselves in a mental health group home for women, having to hide their gender dysphoria. After a considerable amount of thought and discussion, Cuthand changes her mind and decides to remain a Butch Lesbian. Shot partially in Hamburg Germany, riding back and forth on the UBahn is a metaphor for her eventual acceptance of fluctuating between masculine and feminine gender. | 2nd Camera: Sharlene Cuthand | y | n | Available for distribution | 5355 | ||||||||
| Just Dandy | TJ Cuthand | 2013 | Col | Ruth Cuthand, Shar Cuthand, Indigenous Peoples Artist Collective, PAVED Arts | Camera: Carrie Gates | y | n | Available for distribution | 5354 | ||||||||||||
| Love and Numbers | TJ Cuthand | 2004 | Video Art | Col | IMAG, Cease Wyss | Lynn Hill, Stephanie Llewellyn, Ruth Cuthand | English | A Two Spirited woman surrounded by spy signals and psychiatric walls attempts to make sense of love, global paranoia, and her place in the history of colonialism. Spliced in between her monologues are the binary codes of all the psychiatric drugs she has taken. | Camera: TJ Cuthand, Candie Tanaka Production Resources donated by: IMAG, Cease Wyss | y | n | Available for distribution | 2787 | ||||||||
| Working Baby Dyke Theory: The Diasporic Impact of Cross Generational Barriers | TJ Cuthand | 19997 | Vancouver | Col | Cuthand explains her theory of the disempowerment of youth, and discusses this in relation to her experience with older dykes. | y | n | Available for distribution | 2273 | mentioned in First Nations Video Collective fonds | |||||||||||
| Anedonia | TJ Cuthand | 2001 | Narrative | Col | National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation, Stan Cuthand, Ruth Cuthand, Little Pine First Nations | Peg Campbell, Velveeta Krisp, Margaret Flood, SAFER, Rob Kozinuk, Ruth Cuthand, Carolyn Bell, ECIAD A/V, Randy Lee Cutler, Jessica Rose, Stephanie Llewellyn, Richard Bidwell, Christine Stewart, Gem Salsburg, Brenda Crabtree, ImageNation | English | . A personal work about an individual s struggle with depression and the effect it has on her life. | camera operators: Miriam Needoba, Jessica Rose camera assistants: Eileen Zimmerman, Candie Tanaka lighting tech: Eileen Zimmerman | y | n | Available for distribution | 2001 | ||||||||
| Colonization: the Second Coming | TJ Cuthand | 1996 | English | In this sci-fi tale of conquest and empowerment, sex-toys become beacons for a new species of colonizers. | y | n | Available for distribution | 2272 | mentioned in First Nations Video Collective fonds | ||||||||||||
| Confirmation of My Sins | Zachery Longboy | 1995 | Col | Mary Alice, Michael Balser, Barbara Bedessi, The Canada Council, Richard Desroches, Eco, Andy Fabo, Margo Kane, Liz MacDougall, James McSwain, Linda Ostergaard, Catherine Phoenix, Soup du Jour, Jay Thompson, Daun Windover | "There are many memories of childhood that have slipped through the cracks. Those I do remember are of my struggles dealing with the difference in myself compared to the peoples around me. At two months of age I was taken from my biological family and given to a foster family; to this day I am unsure of the circumstances surrounding my removal. This action has left an abundance of questions that remain unanswered. I have since made some contact with my biological family, however their struggle with identity leaves little room for answers in my search. The identities I have chosen are a mixture created by trial and error, with the guidance of the dominant society's uncompromising vision, infecting every breath. I am a chameleon taking on roles and behaviours in their appropriate settings. Not having a solid cultural ideal to work from, I am forced to create a visual history that combines many ideals. Running, running, trees going by." | Camera: Jennifer Abbott, zachery longboy | Voice over: Vera Cramner-Newman, Dorthea Strain | y | n | Available for distribution | 2696 | ||||||||||
| Living Tree | Zachery Longboy | 1993 | Stoney Nakoda Nation | Col | silent | English text | Living Tree - Made as a PSA, this 30 second spot uses images from Longboy s performances to create a piercing representation of AIDS awareness. Small brown pill bottles with words printed on them like HIV, condoms, responsibility, you, me, safe sex , hang from a large tree and swing gently in the wind. Around the base of the tree Stoney Nation dancers and a drummer move in a sacred circle. Intercut with these images are close ups of people tied to the tree. The effect of this precise and elegantly constructed tape is unforgettable. | created as part of "Second Decade" AIDS/HIV PSAs available from Vtape here https://vtape.org/video?vi=2968 | y | n | Available for personal/research viewing, contact to discuss other options and distribution | 1969 | |||||||||
| Living Tree | Zachery Longboy | 1993 | Stoney Nakoda Nation | Col | silent | English text | Living Tree is one of a twelve AIDS/HIV PSA compilation known as Second Decade. " i came across the living tree standing in front i watched the branches flow in the breeze bound to mother earth roots adhere to my flesh follow a path take a direction we will walk the land we will breathe the air we will drink from the stream it is something i believe" | created as part of "Second Decade" AIDS/HIV PSAs available from Vtape here https://vtape.org/video?vi=2968 | y | n | Available for distribution | 2699 | |||||||||
| Stone Show | Zachery Longboy | 1999 | Col | the canada council, british columbia arts council, ontario arts council, the grunt gallery, video pool inc, urban shaman inc | glenn alteen, daniel barrow, danielle bartlett, lori blondeau, alain delannoy, stephen falk, danny longboy, archer pechawis, dorthea strain, francoise vaillant, richard desroches | I beg to differ, just look around, open your eyes the madness, the confusion, the make believe of life locked away and safely hidden, under a dress called me. Rather than a golden touch, more than the dream last night. When the days become long and the nights full and free. Visually poetic, this video diary explores the artist's reunion with his family and his culture after years of separation. | camera: jennifer abbott, zachery longboy video edit: brenna george audio edit: tom elliott audio recording: debby keeper tech assistance: debby keeper, rick fisher | drummer and singer: david boulanger voice: lori blondeau, caroline bjorklund, zachery longboy stone man: wayne lavalee | y | n | Available for distribution | 2697 | |||||||||
| Kultsia: The Art of the Apology | Cease Wyss | 2012 | Installation | St Paul's Residential School, St Edmond's Residental School | North Vancouver | Col | English | This installation work was part of the above titled group show at the Arnica Gallery in Kamloops. This work was the 3rd stage of my personal research with my mother, Kultsia-Barbara Wyss, who spent 7 years in the St Paul’s Residential School and went on to spend another 5 years in Day School, through St. Edmonds. Both of these schools were/are in North Vancouver and are walking distance from where my mother grew up. It is a conversation over tea, about her time at Residential School, and how she witnessed her life from a young girl to her elderhood, and the many challenges she faced as well as endured as a result of attending these schools. It is a legacy piece that I created for her grandchildren to hear her personal story. It is meant to either be heard in its entirety or to be heard at any point in the timeline. | Kultsia-Barbara Wyss, T'uy't'tanat-Cease Wyss | Kultsia: The Art of the Apology Group Show at Arnica Gallery in Kamloops | y | n | |||||||||
| Future Ancestors | 2010 | Installation | Col | multiple languages | This work explores the direct relationship between arts, culture and food security and how our children are saving the world returning to the old ways and finding a deeper respect for the natural world through canoe journeys, community gardens and learning their traditional languages and protocols. | Digital Installation for group Show entitled: Resistance for Existence This work was co-presented with a large group show at W2 Media Arts Center | y | n | Available for distribution | 4618 | |||||||||||
| The Ancestors are Speaking: We are not Listening | 2012 | Col | - | This digital media installation was part of the Show: Picto-Prophesy that was a group show with multidisciplinary artists from the Ullus Collective through En’owkin Ctr in Pentitcton, BC Touring Show 2012: Penticton: En’owkin Ctr/Kelowna: Alternator Gallery/ Kamloops: Arnica Gallery/ Vancouver: Native Education College/ImagiNative Festival: Toronto | y | n | Available for distribution | 4617 | |||||||||||||
| Killing Time | Frederick Cummings | 2015 | Experimental | English Bay | Vancouver | This short work is an experimental video if a song I wrote entitled "The Killing Time, " it was shot this past summer on the sea wall near English Bay at approximately 4:30 in the morning only the crows and the ducks were my audience not a very tough crowd to please. This song is in response to some man who dumped me and just wanted to be friends when he found out I am HIV + and do "drag,". I have forgiven him now but at the time I was very wounded and angry and I believe that comes out in the lyrics. | y | n | Available for distribution | 5401 | |||||||||||
| Behavioural Issues in Bed | Frederick Cummings | 2013 | Documentation | Stanley Park | Vancouver | Col | Thank you to VIVO for allowing RED 8 again and putting up with me for all of these years | English | This video combines footage shot in Stanley Park and documentation of two recent sexual encounters the artist has had with men he met online. The audio of the sexual encounters with "A" has been altered in the second clip by two octaves. | y | Available for distribution | 5132 | |||||||||
| Attila & I | Frederick Cummings | 2009 | Documentary/Experimental | Col | VIVO Work Exchange Program | Atilla Richard Lukacs | English | Attila & I is a mini experimental documentary on the prolific and famous painter Attila Richard Lukacs, shot in his gigantic studio in the east side of Vancouver. This new video exhibits an evocative and friendly side of this serious and influential painter. Shot by Frederick Cummings, edited by Shawn Chappelle. | Producer: Frederick Cummings Editor: Shawn Chappelle | Attila Richard Lukacs | y | Available for distribution | 3077 | ||||||||
| Diaper Boy | Frederick Cummings | 2001 | Narrative | Col | Thanks to Peter Stewart and Video In | Diaper Boy: Shane Mean Mother: Sisterfuck | y | n | Available for distribution | ||||||||||||
| Fluoxitine | Frederick Cummings | 1999 | Documentary/Experimental | Col | Video In Work Exchange Program | English | This is an experimental documentary abour fear and paranoia where five diverse individuals talk about fear, death, the future and medication. FLUOXITINE is an anti-depressant used to control anxiety and depression. This is a gritty piece of work shot on Hi8 and uses jump cuts and rough footage. | Technical Support: Sandy MacDonald | Actors: Jan, Jasper, Oz, Sam, Jerri | y | n | Available for distribution | 2477 | ||||||||
| Frederick Cummings Compilation | Frederick Cummings | Compiliation/Experimental | English | Experimental art at it s best but not edited very well, a Frederick Cummings claim to fame, visually beautiful and disturbing. Lionels Return Diaper Boy Viral Cleansing Piss for Chris QP Collective | y | Available for distribution | 2616 | ||||||||||||||
| I Told You From The Start Just How This Would End | Frederick Cummings | 2006 | Documentation | Crab Park, Oppenheimer Park, DTES | Vancouver | Col | English | Shooting up, collecting cans, singing naked in the pacific ocean. This is a 3 in one compilation shot at Crab Park and Oppenheimer Park for National Homelessness week. I wasn t homeless then but a few weeks later I was homeless I was homeles in the falling wet cold snow. | y | n | Available for distribution | 2931 | |||||||||
| Lionel's Return | Frederick Cummings | 2002 | Experimental | Col | English | Guns, violence, sexual abuse and hot DJing by Teen Jesus Barbie. Lionel (Sisterfucks common law husband and diaper boys father) gets out of jail and wants to see his sweet little diaperboy (Shane Bodie) but Sisterfuck has some restrictions. A fight ensues between Lionel and Sisterfuck and Kidsister gets in the way. Accidental death anyone? | Music: Shane Bodie | Actors: Arran Saul, Jay Jupiter, Frederick Cummings, Teen Jesus Barbie | y | n | Available for distribution | ||||||||||
| Piss for Chris | Frederick Cummings | 1999 | Experimental | Col | y | n | Available for distribution | ||||||||||||||
| QP Collective | Kim Kinakin, Rufus Poser, Lisa G, Frederick Cummings, Lee Plested, Denise Sheppard | 2002 | Compiliation/Experimental | Col | This is a compilation done for the Punk as Fuck part of Out On Screen, films by Kim Kinakin, Rufus Poser , Lisa G , Frederick Cummings, Lee Plested and Denise Sheppard, editing by Frederick Cummings and Sandy MacDonald. Hardcore and experimental definitely stretching the boundaries, vaginas and other holes. | Editors: Frederick Cummings, Sandy MacDonald | part of the Punk as Funk exhibition of Out on Screen Film Festival | y | y | Available for distribution | |||||||||||
| Slasher | Frederick Cummings | 1998 | Narrative | Col | Paul Lang, Paul Manly, Lorna Boschman, Christine Stewart for all the great workshops Wayne Yung for the mentoring Video In Maureen Bradley Out On Screen | English | Disclosure of HIV status to a lover, rejection and disgust from amother, and general malaise convince a young man that suicide would be better than reality. In conclusion the angel of death Azrael bids farewell to the disillusioned youth as he slashes himslef into oblivion. WARNING: Nudity, coarse language and introspection. | Written and produced by: Frederick Cummings Camerawork: Oz Hamburg, Chris Sound: Lamia, Roisin | Actors: Calvin-Jan, Joe's Mom, Nikki Music: Killing Zoe | y | n | Available for distribution | 2433 | ||||||||
| Viral Cleansing | Frederick Cummings | Experimental | Col Video | Viral agents are sent to a mansion in Vancouver to snuff out a diseased man who is contaminating the community. Violence, suffocation and disposal of bodies, jump cuts and rough editing. Starring Arran Saul, Eddie Toonflash and Teen Jesus Barbie. | y | n | Available for distribution | ||||||||||||||
| YotinPimoteoQuartzDevabe | Frederick Cummings | 2002 | Experimental | DTES | Vancouver | Col | Frederick Cummings performs his one hit wonder "What it is , Baby" while Devona does some handy camera work and then Devona does a rant about the women of the Downtown Eastside and how they are not just mugshots to her. Next we travel to Robert Abernathy s underground playground, afterhours where performance meets blown out basements. Definitely the best piece in the collection. | y | n | Available for distribution | 2661 |