LOCATION: Urban Shaman Gallery
* Free Admission
Two Scoops
Dir: Jackie Traverse & Crossing Communities Art Project (3 mins, 2008)
Two Scoops is a stop motion animation exploring the intergenerational effects of the 60s and 70s scoop of Aboriginal children stolen into the child welfare system.
4wheelwarpony
Dir: Dustinn Craig (9 mins, 2008)
This film juxtaposes native culture with skateboard culture and its effects on pop culture.
A Grim Fairy Tale
Dir: Bonnie Devine (7 mins, 2008)
The contents of an old wooden chest reveal the story of the battle for the Black Hills.
Mikomiing
Dir: Leonard Sumner (9 mins, 2009)
This documentary follows a day in the life of a fisherman in the First Nation community of Little Saskatchewan, Manitoba.
Su Naa (My Big Brother)
Director: Helen Haig-Brown (11 mins, 2005)
This experimental doc reveals the logic of memories during a tragic moment.
Buried Traces
Dir: Michelle Smith (8 mins, 2008)
Buried Traces is an experimental documentary exploring questions of Métis identity, cultural loss and renewal
Empty
Dir: Jackie Traverse & Crossing Communities Art Project (5 mins, 2009)
Empty is an animated portrayal of a daughter experiencing the destruction that alcoholism has inflicted on her mother.
A Snapshot in Time
Dir: Dustinn Craig (10 mins, 2009)
Hard choices and quiet moments are captured through snapshots taken at a graveyard in Fort Sill.