GIMME SOME TRUTH Panel: REVOLUTIONARY NOTES - Protest and Resistance in Documentary (free admission)

Sat Nov 8, 2008 at 4:00 PM

Panel:
REVOLUTIONARY NOTES: PROTEST AND RESISTANCE IN DOCUMENTARY FILM

With panelists Nettie Wild and Zacharias Kunuk
Moderated by Sean Garrity

Saturday  Nov. 8 - 4:00PM (free admission)
WFG Cinematheque

Canadian filmmakers Nettie Wild (Fix: The Story of an Addicted City, 2003) and Zacharias Kunuk (Kiviaq vs. Canada, 2006) talk about the use of documentary film as a tool for social and political change, addressing issues including filmmaker objectivity, challenging or defying laws in pursuit of a greater goal, and how independent documentary films can be used to engage, inform and connect their audiences.

  • This panel will be streamed live on Isuma.TV

Panelist / Moderator Bios

Nettie Wild is as much an advocate as an activist; the quixotic figure behind a series of profound and controversial political documentaries that have earned acclaim around the world. Coming from a background in journalism and theatre, Wild eschews objectivity and takes a very definite ideological and political stance in her films. She made her feature debut with A Rustling of Leaves: Inside the Philippine Revolution (1988); this and all of her subsequent films  - including Blockade (1993), A Place Called Chiapas (1998), and Fix: The Story of an Addicted City (2002) - have swept up awards and courted controversy in equal measure.

Zacharias Kunuk has developed a unique approach to fictionalizing history with an immense contemporary artistic context, to meet his very specific objective of creating projects to contribute to the preservation and understanding of Inuit culture and language, and to create jobs within his community. With the groundbreaking Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner (2001), the first Inuit / Aboriginal language feature film to come out of Canada - spoken entirely in Inuktitut - Kunuk was the recipient of numerous prestigious awards, including the Camera d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival and Best Canadian Feature Film at the Toronto International Film Festival. Kunuk is also a significant contributor to Isuma TV – a new website for indigenous filmmakers.

Sean Garrity - Born in 1967 in Winnipeg, Canada, he studied film at Toronto’s York University and at the Instituto de Arte Cinematografico de Avellaneda in Buenos Aires. Besides traveling the world and directing many successful short films, he realized two multi-awarded features: INerTia (2001), Best First Feature at the 2001 Toronto International Film Festival and Best Director at the 2001 FilmCan Festival, and Lucid (2005), CityTV award for Best Western Canadian Feature at the 2005 Vancouver International Film Festival. He also works as a bass player, having appeared on half a dozen CDs.

Acknowledgements

This panel is sponsored by the Province of Manitoba and Urban Shaman Gallery, and will be streamed live on ISUMA.TV