[Reellife] The First Feature Film in Atikamekw!

[dave olsen]

/Before the Streets/ <http://thecinematheque.ca/before-the-streets> is opening 
on Friday night at the Cinematheque in Downtown Vancouver.

It's a powerful film, an impressive debut achievement for director Chloé 
Leriche, and the first feature film in Atikamekw, a dialect of Cree.

This isn't a Hollywood film made on a rez.  Although fiction, it feels like a 
glimpse into everyday life...and it illuminates beautifully.

Check out this research on a local government website 
<http://islandstrust.bc.ca/trust-council/first-nations-relations/>: about 5,000 
years ago, there were 100,000 people living on what we now call the Gulf 
Islands.  Today's population is 25,000.  Think about that.

Smallpox (twice), residential schools, stolen land. /Before the Streets/ 
<http://thecinematheque.ca/before-the-streets> shows us the effects, and it even 
gives a realistic antidote.  It's not political: they simply speak their own 
language on their own land.

The non-professional cast is superb.  And I couldn't ask for a more appropriate 
ending.  Not surprising for an oral culture to take a linear art form to the 
next level.

/Before the Streets/ <http://thecinematheque.ca/before-the-streets> opens 
tonight (Friday) at the Cinematheque!

Friday, April 21, 2017 - 6:30pm
Sunday, April 23, 2017 - 6:30pm
Monday, April 24, 2017 - 8:25pm
Saturday, April 29, 2017 - 4:30pm
Sunday, April 30, 2017 - 4:30pm
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Warmly,
dave/
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