Breakthroughs Film Festival

Shorts Program: I Am My Home

Expired June 29, 2020 3:45 AM
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Candid conversations about what it means to be Métis, to unlearn misleading narratives and the importance of relearning one's own body and heritage are set to the backdrop of poetic, interpretive images of bodies.


A dyslexic 7w6 who does not know her sun sign from her moon sign, Chanelle Lajoie is continuously striving to align her ethics, principals, and goals better than she does her posture. As a Queer Métis Femme living on Treaty 1 Territory, community building is Chanelle's medicine. Rooting and weaving her academic studies, work, and creative passions closely alongside her personal politics aids in merging the communities that reside in each.


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  • Runtime
    6 minutes
  • Language
    English
  • Country
    Canada
  • Premiere
    Toronto
  • Director
    Chanelle Lajoie