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Jeff Barnaby: A Tribute

Join us to honour the recent passing of visionary Mi’kmaq filmmaker Jeff Barnaby, with a screening of his groundbreaking horror film Blood Quantum, followed by an in-person Q&A with the film’s star Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers (Blackfoot/Sámi).

EVENT DETAILS

This event will be livestreamed nationwide; Media release consent is required for all attendees.

Please note: This film is rated 18A and contains violence, gore, language, and other mature content.

About the Film

The term “blood quantum” refers to a colonial system enforced on Indigenous peoples in North America which determines their individual status and rights based on their “percentage” of Indigenous ancestry. It is a tool of control, assimilation and erasure of Indigenous peoples.

In this brilliantly provocative horror film set in an isolated Mi’kmaq community, the Indigenous population remains immune to a raging zombie virus infecting the surrounding white population.

Blood soaked, fast paced and darkly comic, Blood Quantum is a wild ride using the zombie genre as a vehicle to explore white supremacy, colonialism, genocide and Indigenous self-determination.

About the guests

Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers (Blackfoot/Sámi)
Star of Blood Quantum
Tailfeathers co-wrote, co-directed and starred in The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open, which premiered at the Berlinale and earned two Canadian Screen Awards (CSAs), for best direction and best original screenplay. Her 2021 documentary Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy, won the 2022 CSA for best documentary. The multi–talented Tailfeathers also took home the CSA for best actress for her starring role in Night Raiders

Jason Ryle (Anishinaabe)
Moderator
Jason Ryle is a producer, programmer, curator, story editor, and arts consultant based in Toronto. He is Anishinaabe from Lake St. Martin, Manitoba. Jason was the Executive Director of imagineNATIVE from July 2010 to June 2020. In this capacity, Jason oversaw all operational and artistic activities of the annual imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival, including the organization’s year-round initiatives, international partnerships, and special projects. He is currently working as a freelancer, with a focus in Indigenous media arts.

HOST(S)

Jason Ryle (Anishinaabe)

GUEST(S)

Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers (Blackfoot/Sámi)

Date

April 19, 2023

Time

7:00pm EDT

LOCATION

Scotiabank Theatre Toronto, 259 Richmond St W, M5V 3M6

Ticket Price

FREE

Event Primary Language

English

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