This week’s episode of The Hats We Wear features filmmaker and NSI IndigiDocs grad Nadine Arpin.

The National Screen Institute’s new alumni podcast, The Hats We Wear, features artists and leaders from the film and television industries as they discuss their career highs and lows – and how life experiences have shaped their perspectives as people and storytellers.

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Episode 7: Nadine Arpin

Trigger warning: This episode contains discussions surrounding trauma and violence against Indigenous women.

Two-spirited, Red River Basin Métis filmmaker Nadine Arpin discusses the magic of animation, and how they use the medium to tell honest, vulnerable stories.

Wiiya’s current project, Eve Zaremba’s Dyke Detective, follows the origin story of the 1978 graphic novel character Helen Keremos, an Indigenous lesbian detective. Nadine reveals their personal connection to the character, as they describe their grief surrounding the loss of a friend – an Indigenous woman in Sioux Lookout whose death went unsolved.

Wiiya: Michef pronoun, they/them

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