featuring black indian Assata Shakar (tupac shakur's aunt) this black panther escaped from maximum security prison in usa and fled to cuba.
with music by micheal franti and filmed in bolivia.
this documentary examines the connection between black and indigenous
peoples in the Americas.wih interviews
with the reggae loving Havasupai to the black indian coca farmers in the yungas in bolivia.with a narrative set completely against dub influenced music.
the soundtrack is by indigenous resistance featuing dr das ,jimmy dick,tohuno (solomon islands) photos are by baadziis & was edited by kwan .this video adresses the importance of respecting and returning to the land.The video and music is a collaboration that connects individuals in various continents of the world.
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.… Uqalimakkanirit
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.
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.
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.
And Native Land explores National Identity in the tense atmosphere around Six Nations / Caledonia. What does it mean to be Canadian? What does it mean to be Native? Is it possible to be both?
In this short video based on a traditional story, Skywoman returns to earth, only to discover that humans have wreaked havoc on the environment, making our future dangerously unstable.
An ambitious reporter is sent to interview an Indigenous elder to get some "real poetic and stoic stuff" for coverage of a conference on the environment. What she finds is a reminder that she didn't realize she needed to hear.
