[Bloquez l'empire!] image+nation event:: Roots and Resistance: An Exploration of Creative Defiance, Nov 25th, 17:00

[bloquezlempiremontreal at resist.ca]

> image+nation Montréal LGBT Film Festival November
> 25th 2006 @ the NFB, 1564
> Saint-Denis (meter berri-uqam),  17:00 Roots and
> Resistance: An Exploration
> of Creative Defiance
The following programme
> presents films by Canadian
> Aboriginal queer artists.  These films are being
> presented in light of the
> recent events surrounding the Haudenshaune/Caledonia
> land dispute.
> Consisting of experimental works that deal with
> identity, sexuality, and
> colonization, the screening and panel discussion
> will give us an opportunity
> to contextualize the films in relation to recent
> events affecting Aboriginal
> communities in Canada. The three panel participants,
> Wanda Nanibush, Jason
> Ryle, and Sarah DeCarlo,  will each give a
> presentation on how it is that
> media arts production is an important tool for
> resistance. As young emerging
> artists, the three panellists will also discuss
> their work-in-progress in
> relation to the shorts in this programme and issues
> of resistance and
> creation, and film practice and documentation.
> Curated by Nasrin Himada.
>
> Group of Seven Inches
> Kent Monkman and Gisèle Gordon Canada 2005 vidéo 8
> min sans dialogue
> *A playful musing on the relationship between artist
> and model.***
>
> Nastapa
> Sarah DeCarlo Canada 2005 mini dvd 4 min sans
> dialogue
> Nastapa, meaning 'lock the door' in Cree, was
> originally shot on Super 8
> Kodachrome film, featuring scenes from the Rupert
> River in Northern Quebec,
> which is currently being dammed.
>
> Head Case
> Jason Ryle Canada 2005 vidéo 4 min v.o.a.
> Finding "the One" can be a moving experience. But is
> it meant to last
> forever or is it all in your head?
>
> Meskanahk (My Path)
> Kevin Burton Canada 2005 vidéo 10 min cree &
> anglaise
> This video highlights a young Cree man's journey and
> the questions, doubts
> and uncertainties raised on his path from childhood
> to adulthood.
>
> Demonstration of Indianness #31
> Adam Garnet Jones Canada 2006 vidéo 3 min sans
> dialogue
> 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.
>
> Mars-Womb-Man
> James Diamond Canada 2006 vidéo 14 min v.o.a.
> "The equal sequel." Man from Venus meets Mars
> Womb-Man.
>
> Memory in Bones
> Gail Maurice Canada 2005 vidéo 3 min v.o.a.
> "Every step I take is with my ancestors; my memory
> in my bones - urban and
> rural live within me - I am who I am, a strong
> Indian woman. A look at our
> roots, our culture and how it makes us or influences
> us in day-to-day life."
>



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