First Contact by executive producer/producer Vanessa Loewen (NSI Global Marketing), executive producer Stephanie Scott (NSI Storytellers) and director Jeff Newman (NSI associate faculty) was just featured at the 2019 世界公視大展精選 Best of INPUT in Tapei, Taiwan.

This event showcases films from around the globe to help shed light on important human rights issues happening around the world.

Canadians’ opinions about the Indigenous people of this country are formed without any knowledge of the culture’s true history or firsthand experience of the present-day communities. This may explain the prevalence of racist, unsympathetic and generally prejudicial attitudes that are often directed towards Indigenous peoples.

First Contact takes six Canadians on a 28-day journey intended to challenge these attitudes and shed a light on the true Indigenous experience. The travellers, all with ignorant views about Indigenous people, have been invited to leave their everyday lives behind and embark on a unique journey, travelling deep into the Indigenous communities throughout Canada including the nation’s capital, Algonquin Anishanabek Territory, Labrador, Saskatchewan and the Yukon.

It is a journey that will challenge their perceptions and confront their prejudices about a world they never imagined they would see. This exploration of the true Indigenous experience in Canada will change the participants’ lives forever.

First Contact is streaming now on APTN lumi.