Eight alumni films will screen as part of the short film program The Messenger in celebration of National Indigenous Peoples’ Day.
The Messenger, presented by the Winnipeg Film Group’s Cinematheque, Urban Shaman and imagineNATIVE, is a collection of 13 short films curated by imagineNATIVE’s Kaitlynn Tomaselli.
Tune in to watch the following films:
- A Portrait in Red (pictured) – directed by Alexandra Lazarowich (NSI IndigiDocs)
- Portraits of Lori Blondeau – directed by Rhayne Vermette (NSI IndigiDocs)
- Savage – directed by Lisa Jackson (Featuring Aboriginal Stories Program and associate faculty)
- What Kind of Help? – directed by Amanda Kindzierski (CBC New Indigenous Voices, NSI IndigiDocs)
- Under Your Always Light – directed by Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers (NSI IndigiDocs co-manager and director advisor)
- To Do List – directed by Justina Neepin (CBC New Indigenous Voices, NSI IndigiDocs)
- Eagle Girl – directed by Sonya Ballantyne (CBC New Indigenous Voices, NSI IndigiDocs)
- êmîcêtôsêt: Many Bloodlines – developed through the NSI IndigiDocs program by Theola Ross and Alex Bailey
Cinematheque is asking viewers to pay what they can to watch the entire collection.
The collection will begin streaming at 5 p.m. PDT on June 18.