American Indian Film Festival 46

Dramatic Docs - part 1

Expired November 14, 2021 6:45 AM
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5 films in package
Bella's Story
Bella’s Story explores the tragedy, the mystery and the aftermath one Indigenous family endures in their fight for answers, justice and closure.
Dear Friend
Nominated for Best Live Short: Dear Friend is a visual letter penned by Indigenous youth and made out to a “cruel friend.”
Honor Thy Mother
As survivors of Indian Residential Schools, they came, some still in their teens, to pick berries for Japanese American farmers, fell in love and married Filipino immigrants.
I Will Be Your Breath
Will Be Your Breath is an experimental short film about a young Hawaiian woman, Kamahina, exploring her place as a product of the survival of her culture and the hardships her great grandmother endured.
Tzouhalem
This documentary examines the near-mythic figure of Cowichan Chief Tzouhalem, the account of his life from both historians and First Nations Elders, the folkloric tales concerning him, his impact on the modern relationship between the Crown and First Nations, and how his legend remains alive to this day, examining critically how his story has been told and passed down to us.

On July 20, 2013 Bella Laboucan-McLean, a bright and beautiful 25-year-old Cree woman plummets to her death from the 31st floor of a downtown Toronto high-rise. Today the mystery of her death remains unsolved. Bella’s Story explores the tragedy, the mystery and the aftermath one Indigenous family endures in their fight for answers, justice and closure.


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Director: Petie Chalifoux is a Cree filmmaker from northern Alberta who has chosen film as her creative medium to shed light upon the realities of the social issues that surround the world we live in today from an Indigenous perspective.

  • Year
    2021
  • Runtime
    0:40:00
  • Language
    English
  • Country
    Canada
  • Director
    Petie Chalifoux
  • Screenwriter
    Micheal Auger
  • Cast
    Melina Laboucan-Massimo, Billy Joe Laboucan
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