Grade: Grade 9
7 Minutes
Content Note: Depictions of trauma
Director
Tasha Hubbard (Cree)
Hubbard is an award-winning documentary filmmaker and an associate professor in the University of Alberta’s Faculty of Native Studies. Her NFB documentary Two Worlds Colliding won a Gemini and a Golden Sheaf Award. She has also directed the short film 7 Minutes, and the feature docs Birth of a Family, nîpawistamâsowin: We Will Stand Up, which won 14 awards, including the CSA for best documentary and Best Canadian Documentary at Hot Docs 2019. She is a founding director of the International Buffalo Relations Institute. Her documentary Singing Back the Buffalo won three awards and was nominated for four others.
Writer
Tasha Hubbard (Cree)
Cast
Darian Lonechild (Cree/Saulteaux)
Producer
Marilyn Poitras (Métis)
Genre
Documentary
Interests
Female Filmmaker, Global Experiences, Indigenous Filmmaker
Original Language
English
Activism 2.0
Director
Emily Hunter
Writer
Emily Hunter
Producer
Emily Hunter
Genre
Documentary
Interests
Environment, Female Filmmaker, Social Justice & Politics
Original Language
English
Against The Grain
Director
Curtis Mandeville (Métis)
Writer
Curtis Mandeville (Métis)
Cast
Simon Mutabazi
Producers
Curtis Mandeville (Métis), Eileen McCord
Genre
Documentary
Interests
BIPOC Stories, History, Indigenous Filmmaker, Social Justice & Politics
Original Language
English
Air Show
Director
Maya Bastian
Writer
Maya Bastian
Producer
Maya Bastian
Genre
Drama
Interests
BIPOC Stories, Female Filmmaker, Global Experiences
Original Language
English
Anatomy of Assistance
Director
Cory Bowles
Writers
Cory Bowles, John Titley
Cast
Shamier Anderson, Clé Bennett, Kingslee Christie
Producer
Lauren Corber
Genre
Drama
Interests
BIPOC Stories, Social Justice & Politics
Original Language
English
Anirniq (Breath)
Director
RJ Sauer
Writer
RJ Sauer
Producers
RJ Sauer, Amy Jones
Genre
Drama
Interests
Arts and Culture, BIPOC Stories, Indigenous Filmmaker
Original Language
Inuktitut
Apaja’simk (The Return)
Director
Trevor Gould (Mi’kmaw)
Writer
Trevor Gould (Mi’kmaw)
Cast
Tapit Gould, Miranda Gould, Noel Julien
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Interests
BIPOC Stories, Indigenous Filmmaker
Original Language
Other Language
Arrowhead
Director
Peter Lynch
Lynch earned international success with his wildly popular and critically-acclaimed Project Grizzly. His features include The Herd, Cyberman, A Whale of a Tale and Dem Bones. Lynch won a Genie for his short film Arrowhead. His most recent feature film, Birdland, was released in 2018.
Writer
Peter Lynch
Cast
Don McKellar, Hadley Obodiac, Namir Khan
Producers
Peter Lynch, Emmet Sheil
Genre
Drama
Interest
Environment
Original Language
English
At The Quinte Hotel
Director
Bruce Alcock
Writer
Al Purdy
Genres
Animation, Drama
Interest
Arts and Culture
Original Language
English
Awaskinawason (Children of Earth)
Director
Antony Dubé (Atikamekw)
Writer
Antony Dubé (Atikamekw)
Genres
Animation, Drama
Interests
Arts and Culture, BIPOC Stories, Environment, Indigenous Filmmaker
Original Language
Other Language