The Image Before Us: A History of Film in British Columbia – Take 4
Screening Dates
  • April 16, 2018 7:00

“A powerful celebration of song and spirit … Simultaneously a piece of B.C. First Nations history, a call for revolution and resolve, and a portrait of a people who have retained their power and identity through community and activism.”

Dorothy Woodend, DOXA

Vancouver-born Métis/​Dene playwright and director Marie Clements’s soulful musical documentary connects several key moments in the history of First Nations activism in Canada—including the launch of the Native Voice newspaper in the 1940s and the Indian Constitution Express protest train of 1980—with the ongoing fight for Indigenous civil rights. Performed by an ensemble of prominent Indigenous musicians and vocalists, the film originated as a live piece commissioned for the 2010 Olympics; a full theatrical production was presented at the PuSh Festival in 2015.

preceded by

Rupture
Canada/​Jordan 2017
Yassmina Karajah
19 min. DCP

In Jordan-born UBC alumnus Yassmina Karajah’s moving film, named Best B.C. Short at VIFF, four Arab kids set out on a hot day to find a public swimming-pool in their new Canadian home.

Introduced by Dorothy Woodend, film critic for The Tyee and Senior Programming Advisor, DOXA Documentary Film Festival

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