Shown in Festivals

You ever want to hire a real-life soundtrack to follow you about? The Squeeze Box is a film-noir love poem about a hitman that hires a mute accordion player to follow him around and be his real-life soundtrack.

Filmmaker: Shane Belcourt & Duane Murray

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The thing about history is it's in the past. In the present, history can be as malleable as soft butter. Somewhere between truth and fiction are the things that could and maybe did happen. If you weren't there, how do you know for sure. This film reveals a unique piece of Métis history.… Uqalimakkanirit

This film is about rebirth - a young man coming to grips with his past and trying to change the future. This film takes place mostly in his jail cell as he burns Indian medicine for strength. While the medicine burns and smoke comes up from a wooden smudge bowl he reflects on his past.… Uqalimakkanirit

Su Naa is a journey of resolve on an emotional landscape of grief. A sister tries to resolve her guilt in order to recover the happiness of the last night shared with her brother before he is killed in a tragic accident. The audience is taken through this journey of resolve on an emotional landscape of grief.

Filmmaker: Helen Haig-Brown

Painterly and reverent documentation of painted horses and voicemail create a personal glimpse into the social life of part of the artist's (Cree) community in Edmonton - as well as her/the 'technically expanded' international community of the aboriginal media art world.… Uqalimakkanirit

A young girl leads her father through his dark depression. Premiered at Sundance Film Festival. Nominated for best live short at the American Indian Film Festival. Shot in Six Nations, Ontario.

Filmmaker: Zoe Leigh Hopkins

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zhopkins@telus.net

Producer's Name: Zoe Leigh Hopkins

Described as grotesquely humorous these three stories exemplify the hardships of life in early canada. Murder, disabled chickens and a cross dresser - everything you need for a true Canadian story. Shot on the Fisher Price pixelvision camcorder this film resembles a nightmare caught on a surveilance camera.… Uqalimakkanirit

This video was made as the USA began their invasion of Iraq. Using the history of Native North Americans as a parallel, people who would be living their normal lives will suddenly find themselves in a state of chaos. The main character is played by well known artist Hulleah Tsinhnahjinnie. It was filmed in the suburbs of Irvine California, along the Grand River and around Niagara Falls.… Uqalimakkanirit

The equal sequel. Man from Venus (super 8, 4 min, 1998) meets Mars Womb-Man. She's an answer without a question and he a question without answer. A sustainable foreground emerges only when they forge paths. A motion portrait where opposites distract and the peripheral rule is born.

"Wagon Burner" examines what happens when a boy reclaims his identity through the simple act of destruction. The boy burns his wagon and dances to put out the flames. Music is done by Isho Bailey. Houle's images tell a story older than colonization: the power of resistance and rememberance.

Filmmaker: Terrance Houle

Slick and sexy, with a coffee in one hand and a cell phone in the other. It's time to meet the Metrosexual Indian. A short film about what it is to be an "Indian" in the 21 century.

Filmmaker: Terrance Houle

Producer's Name: Terrance Houle

Year of Production: 2005

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A mother, her daughter, and their bittersweet celebration. Shot in filmmaker's hometown -Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Filmmaker: Nanobah Becker

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nanobah_becker@hotmail.com

Producer's Name: Nanobah Becker

Year of Production: 2004

Sometimes there are true stories that you don't want to believe. Based on a true story from the city every Canadian loves to hate, "Pookums" is the re-telling of a dog sitting gone wrong. Sometimes all you can say is, well, I guess that's what life is like in the big city.

Filmmaker: Shane Belcourt & Duane Murray

From Cherry English is a surrealist Mi'gMac allegory about the loss of language and identity to the anonymity of urban wasteland. Traylor, a Mi'gMac man being pulled between two worlds meets a non-native woman who sends him on a hallucinogenic journey of masochism, and self discovery. The film explores the relationship that Traylor has with his language, culture, and past.

This film is set in the contemporary landscape and interweaves past and future issues that impact nature, self determination, and sovereignty. Uranium Womyn 238 is a 'hyper-animated-hybrid' character based in a warrior-clown archetype conceptualized while in a desert mountain region of Utah.

Filmmaker: LisaNa M Red Bear

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