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The Winnipeg Art Gallery and the Decolonizing Lens are proud to present the screening of 4 films (68min total) from Turtle Island, Aotearoa, and Australia to accompany the Naadohbii: To Draw Water Symposium. Full subtitles for the films are unavailable at this time.


Following the screening, filmmakers Victoria Anderson-Gardner (Mni Wiconi: Mitakuyelo), Keelan Walker (The Pakohe Trails), Kath Akuhata-Brown (Washday), and Jason De Santolo (Warburdar Bununu: Water Shield), will discuss the themes within their works (45min). Moderated by Kaila Johnston. Real-time subtitles available.


Our world is profoundly linked to water in all forms for human and ecological survival. Water is sacred. Water is life.


The Water Symposium is part of the inaugural Winnipeg Indigenous Triennial, Naadohbii: To Draw Water, presented by BMO Financial Group. The symposium will take place virtually with Indigenous voices from Turtle Island, Aotearoa, and Australia discussing environmental, political and cultural traditions and interconnected relationships to water.


New Zealand, 1963. A year after the passing of her mother, eight year old Hine and her father Whai, still grieve. One Sunday morning the water stops flowing into the house so while her father fixes it, Hine does the washing at the river. While there she devises a plan to wash away her father’s sadness forever. Washday is inspired by an ancient Māori story of the wind and the power of a child’s love.

  • Year
    2021
  • Runtime
    14 minutes
  • Language
    English, Maori
  • Country
    New Zealand
  • Director
    Kath Akuhata-Brown