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imagineNATIVE Film + Media Festival Trailer

Submitted by imagineNATIVE F... on Tue, 05/27/2008

The imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival is an international festival that celebrates the latest works by Indigenous peoples on the forefront of innovation in film, video, radio, and new media. Each fall, the festival presents a selection of the most compelling and distinctive Indigenous works from around the globe.

Demonstration of Indianness #31

Submitted by imagineNATIVE F... on Tue, 03/25/2008

Demonstration of Indianness #31 is a short experimental film based on old home movies that the artist's grandfather shot in the 50's. The film is as much a portrait of a struggle and a declaration of identity, as it is a questioning into the history of documentation and anthropology.

Filmmaker: Adam Garnet Jones

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Kikkik E1-472

Submitted by imagineNATIVE F... on Thu, 12/20/2007

During the 1950's famine in the Canadian Arctic, Kikkik, an Inuk woman killed a man in self defense and them found herself in the position of having to leave 2 of her 5 children on the tundra. She was tried for murder and criminal negligence and subsequently acquitted. Written by Elisapee Karetak, one of Kikkik's daughters.

Filmmaker: Martin Kreelak

Meskanahk (My Path)

Submitted by imagineNATIVE F... on Tue, 12/11/2007

'Meskanahk' is a video narrative of a young 'half-breed' man's journey off a Cree reserve. This video highlights the motivations that progressed his journey and the questions, regrets and fears raised on his path from childhood to adulthood.